Highlands

Discover the rich past of Highlands, North Carolina in this pictorial history told through the lens of over 200 vintage images.

Perched on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains and founded in 1875 as a health and summer resort, the town of Highlands in Western North Carolina enjoys a northern climate in a southern setting. Its people originate from across the nation, giving an otherwise provincial village a cosmopolitan worldview, and its natural surroundings have attracted professionals in the arts and sciences as well as laborers, tradesmen, and craftsmen. The photographs in this volume attest to the extraordinary variety of characters that inhabited the Highlands plateau at the town's founding and during the first half-century of its growth and development.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/28/2008
ISBN: 9780738554037
Pages: 127
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 64