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Carnegie Library in Hendersonville, NC
After he made his fortune, Andrew Carnegie turned his attention to philanthropy. Among his charitable projects, he donated money to build libraries.
2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929.
This was the Henderson County Carnegie Library.…
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There is always a market for a well-fed fat possum.
From the Asheville Citizen Times January 1914:
…Tom Israel Possums.
Operating Possum Farm Near City to Domesticate and Grow Animals.
Believing that there is always a market for a well-fed fat ‘possum, Thomas Israel, of Henderson County has conceived and
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