French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-30
estate is most cherished i'll the minds
of the old settlers.

estate is most Cnor1SneQ Ill IuE 1HlI1uS
of the old settlers.
Of the old Flat Rock people, DIR.
Mitchell c. King the Heloved phvsl-
clan was perhaps mos distinguished
and at the University CT "Ge5tingen,'
formed a close friendship with FEY
low student Otto Won Bismarck and for
several years they correspondent The
iletters are carefully being preserved
by the DOCTORS descendants.
The fateful year 1851 De Hned red in
tie horizon. The popU a,ion Of Hen
dersOn County waG widely scattered
/ hut it compared favorabIy with the
: surrounding counties. The town con-
sisted of half q dozen or so buildings
lined along the Main Street, the
rest of the present town being thtc-
ket bordering large marsh.
The Episcopal church was rearing
it's head and what is Mrs. Samples
house now was then owned by the
Episcopal clergyman, Rev. Collins
Hughs. Judge Shipp, father Of the
late Bartlett Shipp, owned a house
where now stands the Pine Grove
lodge. Further down Main Street was
Col. Fuller's house where w. \.
Smith has his Office, the Ripley House,
and below the Court House the old
Ripley residence and the house which
is Col. Pickens home.
The ArIedge house on Main street,
; and the old rock Office building on the
: corner of 7th Avenue have been stanc-
nation of the county.
We will pass over the war. It is
, history that does not touch closely
upon Henderson County. When the
County pulled itself out OF the debris
and it's sons came back from the army
, it looked around to find the carpet
baggers overrunning the country eX-
citing the heroes to burn and pillagc
, Families dared not leave their houses
and many a snug farm house went w
IN flames. 1t was the Ku KluX thar
saved the south during these dark
, days of reconstruction. One old dar'
= KEY who met one of these ghOstlJ
a. riders was asked to describe the meet
Q ing. wal, | was a walkin' long de
O road when I hears q rustlin' III Gt
Y bushes long side CT me. rs powerful
? ;bkeered but 1 darstn't run. Den Oh
, dem bush steps q boss like I amt ne0
i er seen before, with a ghost s1ttn
ON him. I hopes to de Lord 1 don
!, never sees one agin. 1t jest stands
:. thar in de road an It pears up an
a en- it pears down den all of suddeI
/. disappears"
G North Carolina has been someWha
: a Iaggard in education. 1t wasn't IN
O til 1890 that a public school system
was established. IN Hendersonvil1
= was 2 boarding school for girls con
e Quoted by the Southern Baptists
h this was in the old rock building nov
d used as a sanitarium by DR.. Guy Il
= Dixon. Later the school becam
s bankrupt, and was finally abandoned
{ The Southern Baptists now have tn
:, Fruitland Institute, seven miles iron
town. Scattered around the count
,-;were small log cabins where IN
+. three RS we're taught to the few VIII
:, hungered after knowledge. After tn
:, war schools began to spring up owe
= night. as it were, until at the presen
T.. av Henderson county is we'll equlppe
: with public schools and Henderson
= VILE holds one Of the finest prepare
orv schools for girls in the state.
~ II NAV have been that the lore
a fathers of our county site dreamed Q
" making a navigable stream out OF tn
- French Broad River, and if so that 1
> probably why they proposed site O
&C. the banks of that river for the Town
n shin. The idea, if there was one, I'D
g Is11yally eliminated in the nina 9
=, Gen Robert B. Vance in 1870. Gei
n Vance. after being appointed commits
= sioner of patents in the year before
&c secured permission to dredge the rive
&c between Brevard and Asheville and 10
70 10 short time that year ran sma
,e steamboat between the two places. In
Id enterprise however failed ana tn
,boat was hauled up on dry land owe
be in the Mills River valley, and is peln
&c .used today as a Sunday School. Gel
&c Vance was also instrumental IN secul
ht ing daily mails for this section and
is establishing mail order offices.
ne The golden year of 1882 pushed tn
ID railroad into Hendersonville and Tn
ts old traditional stage disappeared To-
&c ever. gaEs!Esfe
es! -
- WHILE THE GOING WAS GOOD