WILDERNESS stories cover the early-mid 1800s, from early statehood through the end of the Civil War reconstruction as it relates to Transylvania County.

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Inhabitants of Our Region—Part 2

A century after the Spaniards, Britains determined to colonize North Carolina, wreaking further havoc on the Native Americans and introducing slavery to the region.
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Inhabitants of Our Region—Part 1

With the launch of a new series, we attempt to answer this perceptive question by local author and historian Rob Neufeld: “How do we put a human face…on our region’s first settlers?”
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Early Immigration to Western NC

In honor of St. Patrick's Day: The tale of how many Scots-Irish Americans found their way to Western North Carolina.
Revolutionary war soldiers claiming bounty lands
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Settling of Bounty Lands in Western North Carolina

How do you pay someone for a service rendered when you have no money? The leaders of the Continental Congress offered land grants or bounty lands to Revolutionary War soldiers as payment for their service.