The Histories of
Asheville/Buncombe County:
Rich and Diverse
Laurentine Hall in Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97
Haywood Street
(Park in Civic Center Garage--$4/day--or in gravel lot across I-240
from church)
September 26, 2001
"One has to know what can be answered with wisdom from the past
and be aware of what new learning will be required"
- Ronald Heifetz
8:30 Coffee and muffins and welcome
8:45 The History of Asheville and Buncombe County Through
Picture and Story
Mitzi Tessier, author
and community historian
10:00 Break
10:15 Richness and Diversity in Asheville: People in the Mountains
Deborah Miles,
executive director, Center for Diversity Education
10:50 Richness and Diversity in Asheville: Geological
History
J. William
Miller, associate professor, Environmental Studies Program,
UNC-Asheville
11:25 Walk to several stations on Urban Trail
Barbara Jaslow
(LAS XIV), Shirley Berdie (LAS III), Myra Fuller--Urban
Trail Guides
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Richness and Diversity in Asheville: Asheville Writers
Gwen Ashburn, assistant
professor, Department of Literature and
Language, UNC-Asheville
1:45 Richness and Diversity in Asheville: Political
History
Jack Stevens, attorney,
Roberts and Stevens
Dick Wood, attorney,
McGuire, Wood and Bissette
2:30 Putting It All Together - Group
Processing
3:00 Tour of Basilica of St. Lawrence (1909 Rafael
Guastavino's Spanish
Baroque gem)
Suggested activities:
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Urban Trail
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Smith McDowell House, 283 Victoria Road (10-4 T-S, 1-4
Sun) $3.50 (seniors)
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Vance Homestead, Reems Creek Road, Weaverville (9-5 M-S,
1-5 Sun) Free
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Thomas Wolfe House Memorial, 52 N. Market St. (9-5 M-S,
1-5 Sun) (Winter: closed M, 10-4 T-S, 1-4 Sun
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Building Bridges Program, 253-0749 (New Mount Olive
Baptist Church)
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Pack Memorial Library, Carolina Collection photographs
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Biltmore Village Historic Museum (1-4:30 M-S)
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Grove Park Inn (old photographs in Sammons Wing)
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Richmond Hill Inn, 87 Richmond Hill Dr
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.YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market St.
Special thanks to: Barbara and Howard Jaslow (LAS XIV), Lettie
Polite (LAS X) and Phyllis Eisnitz (LAS XI)
