I hope you enjoyed the photograph from Roan Mountain.
Just where did Roan Mountain get its name?
No one knows for sure. One story is that Andre Michaux named it in 1794 after the Rhone River in his native France.
Another account is this: Daniel Boone was a frequent visitor to the area and the Mountain was named for one of his roan-colored horses.
Yet other legends say that the mountain was named for its roan-colored appearance in June and July, when the Catawba rhododendron are in bloom. Or, maybe due to the number of ash trees, which used to be called rowan trees.
So, will we ever know? No, probably not. It seems that the origin of the name has died with the past.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
New Book
New Book
Things have been really, really busy here of late. I am trying to balance four different books. Here is the latest release:
Families, Friends, and Felons: Growing Up in the Avery County Jail
This book was just released last week. We (I co-wrote this with Jimmie Daniels) had a book party this past Sunday afternoon. Families, Friends, and Felons takes a look at a historic structure, the Avery County jail, but from a different perspective. When most people think about a jail, they think about the incarceration of wrong doers. We did not focus on those who wound up on the wrong side of the law, but on those who lived in the jail. Over the course of almost seventy years, the jail was home to the jailer, sometimes the sheriff and sometimes an appointed deputy, and his family. The jailer’s wife often cooked (and at times cleaned) for the prisoners, and other members of the family helped take care of those men and women behind bars. Families, Friends, and Felons is the story (in their own words) of those families. They not only witnessed prisoners being brought in at any time of the day or night, but also weddings (two documented) and births (one documented), along with regular observances: birthdays, anniversaries, even Christmas.
The book is 51 pages in length and has a dozen photographs, most published for the first time. You can get signed copies of this book by sending a check for $15.00 to: PO Box 393, Crossnore, NC 28616 or, you can order it online by visiting www.michaelchardy.com/books.html. If you want us to address this book to someone in particular, please let us know to whom it needs to be addressed.
The folks who picked the book up last Sunday have already started calling and saying how much they enjoyed the book. Get your copy soon. It makes a great gift!
And don’t forget, I have two other books on Avery County. The first is the collection of historic images and the second is a collection of essays on all kinds of Avery County subjects, like Lulu Belle and Scotty, Howard Marmon, the Land of Oz, Crossnore School, Childsville, and many other locations and people. Check it out at http://www.michaelchardy.com/
Well, I hope everyone is well. It’s been snowing here on Hawshaw Mountain and very cold. More like January than November.
Regards,
Michael
PS: The new Mitchell County book is slated for release in February, and the book on the 58th NCT will be out sometime next year
Things have been really, really busy here of late. I am trying to balance four different books. Here is the latest release:
Families, Friends, and Felons: Growing Up in the Avery County Jail
This book was just released last week. We (I co-wrote this with Jimmie Daniels) had a book party this past Sunday afternoon. Families, Friends, and Felons takes a look at a historic structure, the Avery County jail, but from a different perspective. When most people think about a jail, they think about the incarceration of wrong doers. We did not focus on those who wound up on the wrong side of the law, but on those who lived in the jail. Over the course of almost seventy years, the jail was home to the jailer, sometimes the sheriff and sometimes an appointed deputy, and his family. The jailer’s wife often cooked (and at times cleaned) for the prisoners, and other members of the family helped take care of those men and women behind bars. Families, Friends, and Felons is the story (in their own words) of those families. They not only witnessed prisoners being brought in at any time of the day or night, but also weddings (two documented) and births (one documented), along with regular observances: birthdays, anniversaries, even Christmas.
The book is 51 pages in length and has a dozen photographs, most published for the first time. You can get signed copies of this book by sending a check for $15.00 to: PO Box 393, Crossnore, NC 28616 or, you can order it online by visiting www.michaelchardy.com/books.html. If you want us to address this book to someone in particular, please let us know to whom it needs to be addressed.
The folks who picked the book up last Sunday have already started calling and saying how much they enjoyed the book. Get your copy soon. It makes a great gift!
And don’t forget, I have two other books on Avery County. The first is the collection of historic images and the second is a collection of essays on all kinds of Avery County subjects, like Lulu Belle and Scotty, Howard Marmon, the Land of Oz, Crossnore School, Childsville, and many other locations and people. Check it out at http://www.michaelchardy.com/
Well, I hope everyone is well. It’s been snowing here on Hawshaw Mountain and very cold. More like January than November.
Regards,
Michael
PS: The new Mitchell County book is slated for release in February, and the book on the 58th NCT will be out sometime next year
Thursday, November 6, 2008
New Book
Greetings folks! My new book, co-written with Jimmie Daniels, will be available next week. On Sunday, November 16, at 3:00 pm, we will be having a book signing at the Avery County-Morrison Public Library. Following this, we will be touring the old jail. Everyone is invited. Information on ordering the book will follow shortly.
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