This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows Lelia Hall (age 9) of Ira Jones High School playing harp. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964)…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows Ms. Plemmons, age 3 from Canton, North Carolina. She was selected to lead a group in an opening song. Founder and director of the Mountain…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows President of the Jaycees Jack Belt and Leona Hayes signing the 1966 Mountain Youth Jamboree contract in Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin.…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows the Highland Minstrels performing in Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows the Singing Gems of Asheville performing in Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Peaton sitting at the piano with their daughters Jean Lorraine and Barbara Jewel. Mrs. Peaton was formerly Billie Jo…
This 1965 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer Ewart McKinley Ball, Jr. (1918-1966), shows Girl Scouts of America Troop 352 singing in Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin. Girls from left to right: Glenda Leatherwood, Jami Blythe,…
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that…
William G. Davis, Work Unit Conservationist, examines flood damage to a rim pond near Whittier. The reverse reads “Rim pond constructed with bulldozer in double springhead river bottomland.” This photo is from the Tuckaseigee Soil & Water…
James Gant, a wildlife protector, dumps speckled trout into Allen’s Creek, 3 miles east of Hazelwood in Haywood County. This photo is from the Tuckaseigee Soil & Water Conservation District, which was formed in western North Carolina in 1957 and…