The January 10, 1928, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) contained an article "Work Started on Big Paper Mill", concerning construction of the Sylva Paper Board Company's plant by the Mead Corporation. The paperboard company's…
An article from the January 24, 1928 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) entitled 'Bemis Firm to Top Lumber Belt'� indicated that the Bemis Lumber Company, under its subsidiary operation of the Graham County Railway, planned an extension of its…
The October 16, 1928, edition of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) featured an article about the Royle-Pilkington Company, a textile manufacturing plant, entitled 'Hazelwood Plant To Employ Three Hundred.' Hazelwood, North Carolina was an incorporated…
An article titled 'Town of Whittier Is Abolished By Assembly Bill'� appeared in the January 31, 1933, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.). An article in the January 19, 1933, issue of a separate newspaper, the 'Jackson County Journal'� (Sylva,…
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) was the article 'Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,'� reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a hydroelectric…
The front page of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) newspaper for April 7, 1931 featured two articles that, combined, expressed both optimism and loss. The page contained articles about Sylva's potential as a gateway to the new Great Smoky Mountains…
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'Big Fill Trestle from below' (top left); 'Rockcut at Unaka' (middle far left); 'Peters Rock' (center left);…
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'R.R. bridge 1 1/2 miles below Asheville' (top left); 'Pearsons Bridge across French Broad 4 miles below…
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'Lover's Leap from across the river' (top left); 'Spring Creek Falls' (top middle); 'Mt. Mitchell Hotel, Black…
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'French Broad from Connallys' (top); 'Deep Water Bridge and island' (second from top); 'The Narrows' (third…