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The growth of tourism: Warm Springs

In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.9

Advertisement for Warm Springs (now Hot Springs) in Madison County, North Carolina, from the late nineteenth century. Includes historical commentary about the region, tourism, and nineteenth-century medicine.

Format: pamphlet

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Map of Madison County, North Carolina

This map of Madison County, North Carolina shows township boundaries as well as Mars Hill.

Format: image/map

Southern Appalachian Center - Rural Life Museum

Through its exhibits and programs, the Rural Life Museum helps students to learn about their rich rural heritage.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Kite-flying at Max Patch, Madison County, North Carolina

This is Max Patch in Madison County, North Carolina. It is a popular stop along the Appalachian Trail, a hiking trail that runs from Maine to Georgia. It is a mountain bald, a mountaintop area naturally devoid of trees. A carriage trail cuts through the middle...

Format: image/photograph

Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina

This is Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina. It is located about fifteen miles north of Asheville. It is a private liberal arts school affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist Convention. The college was founded in 1856. Originally, it was named...

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The old-fashioned soda shop at Mars Hill College

This is an old-fashioned soda shop at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina. Mars Hill College is located about fifteen miles north of Asheville. It is a private liberal arts school affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist Convention. The college...

Format: image/photograph

The French Broad River in Hot Springs, North Carolina

This is a bridge over the French Broad River in Hot Springs, North Carolina.

Format: image/photograph

A view of Hot Springs, NC, from the Lover's Leap Rock

This is a view of Hot Springs, North Carolina, from the Lover's Leap Rock overlook. It is a popular site along the Appalachian Trail, a hiking trail that runs from Maine to Georgia. The rock gets its name from a Cherokee Indian tale of a maiden who threw herself...

Format: image/photograph

The remnants of an old spa in Hot Springs, NC

These are the remnants of an old spa in Hot Springs, North Carolina. In the late 1700s, Hot Springs, then known as Warm Springs, became a popular destination for travelers during the American Revolution. A tavern was established there and was later the site...

Format: image/photograph

The Great Depression: Impact over time

In this lesson students listen to oral history excerpts from Stan Hyatt from Madison County and evaluate how the Great Depression affected one North Carolina family over time.

Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Interstate highways from the ground up

This lesson gives students a first-hand opportunity to hear about the planning and effort it takes to build a highway by through an oral history of a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resident engineer.

Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Advertisement for Warm Springs Hotel

The Warm Springs, Madison County, Western North Carolina. Howerton & Klein, Proprietors. Hot, Warm, Tepid and Cold Baths. Readily accessible from every section of the United States, over. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and Connecting lines...

Format: image/poster

North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction

Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.

Format: book (multiple pages)

North Carolina in the New South

Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.

Format: book (multiple pages)

The Buncombe Turnpike

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 7.6

The Buncombe Turnpike began in the early nineteenth century as the Drover's Road through western North Carolina, used to drive livestock to market. The Turnpike brought trade and increased prosperity to the region and especially to Asheville. After the Civil War, economic recession and the rise of railroads led to its decline.

Format: article

Buncombe County Turnpike: GIS map

The Buncombe Turnpike through North Carolina's mountains was built between 1824 and 1828 along the Drovers' Road, so called, because drovers used the road to lead herds of animals (droves) to market. The Turnpike was an important road until the 1880s, when...

Format: image/map

The Thomas Legion

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.12

The "Thomas Legion" of North Carolina Cherokees fought with the Confederate army from 1862 to 1865.

Format: article

The Shelton Laurel massacre

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.9

In 1862, Union sympathizers and Confederate deserters from Madison County, North Carolina, raided farms to steal food and supplies. In response, the 64th North Carolina infantry rounded up fifteen men and executed all but two, though only five of the men killed had taken part in the raid.

Format: article

The Home Guard

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.10

Letter from a commander of North Carolina's Civil War Home Guard to Governor Zebulon Vance, explaining the chaos in the western part of the state and his efforts to keep order and asking the governor for assistance. Includes historical commentary.

Format: letter

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Connecting oral history to geography: The changes of Madison County

In this lesson for eighth grade social studies, students read about the history of Madison County and listen to associated oral histories. They then draw conclusions about the changes over time in the county and relate those changes to changes in their own... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

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