Craft Guild

Craft Guild

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Culture, Institutions

In 1892, Frances Goodrich, a New England educated Presbyterian Missionary, moved to the Madison County community of Allanstand. Her goal: to improve the quality of life for mountain families. Her means was the promotion of traditional crafts to a growing American market for authentic handicrafts. . .

Buncombe Turnpike

Economy

To truly appreciate the value and impact of western North Carolina’s historic Buncombe Turnpike it is useful to have a basic geographic understanding of the region it served. Today’s Buncombe County looks much different than it did over two hundred years ago when it...