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The lady in this colored photo is Ida Jean Allen She is wearing a blue coat and a white hat. In the photo she is sitting on a pew in a church with at least 2 others behind her.

Elizabeth was a wonderful cook, creating some of the most amazing dishes in Haywood County. She was first employed at the Garden Hotel, where she was the head cook, until the operation moved across the street to the Towne House. Elizabeth also worked…

This massive multimillion-dollar machine started operating in 1965, as Champion continued to grow. It could produce enough paperboard to make a pint milk carton for every man, woman and child in the United States. At that time, the mill's No. 20…

J.W. Hood (James Walker)-(1831-1918) Educator, Bishop, and author of Sketch of the Early History of the African American Episcopal Zion Church (1914). Hood resided in North Carolina from 1863 until his death in 1918, and was a prominent figure in…

State and Highway Map of Jackson County, 1954

It is a black and white photo of the Jackson County African American School plaque for grades 1-12. It states:

"This building is recognized as the last African-American educational institution in Jackson County Public Schools. Students in Jackson…