Western North Carolina: a History from 1730 to 1913

"John Preston Arthur, author of the first complete history of Western North Carolina...immediately recognized by historians for its scholarly, patient research...the author had visited every county in the mountain region. He gathered facts, traditions...recollections, written records, old letters, legal documents." -Asheville Citizen Times

"Western North Carolina: a history from 1730 to 1913...is a...