Jackson County Genealogical Society, 2012

Mountain Heritage Award Winner, 2012 Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Awards for 2012 were presented Saturday (Sept. 29) to Rob Tiger, a Hayesville community leader who has led numerous efforts to preserve that town’s historic and cultural heritage, and...

John B. Battle, 1983

  WCU Honors Battle Asheville Citizens Times John Parris 9/25/83   CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1983 Mountain Heritage award went Saturday to John Bascomb Battle, an 86-year-old native of Jackson County who has spent a lifetime putting together...

John Parris, 1976

Cornshuck dolls from Allenstand part of the John Parris Collection Parris Receives Heritage Award/John Parris Receives Award During Mountain Heritage Day Festivities Asheville Citizen/ The Reporter Oct. 17th 1976 / Oct. 20th 1976 Western Carolina University Saturday...

Joe Parker Rhinehart, 1990

  Rhinehart Receives Heritage Award Joe Rhinehart received  Western Carolina University’s 1990 Mountain Heritage Award for his work in  preserving the history of the old Jackson county town of Webster, where he lives.   Rhinehart grew up in Webster,...