Enjoy the view from Nanny and Papa’s porch of the 1969 Sandy Mush Wagon Train coming up Willow Creek Rd. There is a field of tobacco in the background of the wagon photo, but otherwise much of this view remains the same, … Read More
Margaret Hawkins Brown will happily tell you she will turn ninety-five this June. Margaret is the daughter of Nola Ellen Duckett Hawkins and William Author Hawkins, and she is one of twelve children. She has touched many people’s lives in this … Read More
Quilter: Margaret Hawkins Brown Quilt Name: Dresden Plate Quilt Created: 2004 On Loan by: Dave & Kim Everett Charles and Tammy Brown and their family were among the first people we met when we came to Sandy Mush to rehabilitate the old … Read More
Quilter: Designed and Pieced by Peggy Baldwin Quilting by Longarm Quilting by Brenda Quilt Name: Williamsburg Waltz Quilt Date: 2013-2014 On Loan by: Peggy Baldwin I learned to quilt from two of my sisters. We have been gathering for a week … Read More
Quilter: Julia Borg Quilt name: “sampler” Quilt created: 1986-87 On Loan by: Julia Borg Living in a quilting community and not knowing how to quilt, I jumped at the chance to attend a twenty week quilting class offered by AB … Read More
John Garrett’s Carver Covered Wagon has been passed down through the family in Sandy Mush since 1901. John’s grandpa, Will Garrett bought this wagon in 1901; it was built by Carver Wagon Works of Morristown, Tennessee. They were considered some of the … Read More
Shown in this 1907 photo is the funeral procession of Jonathan Cody Woody (1881-1907). The horse drawn hearse and funeral procession is proceeding along Sugar Creek Rd. in the direction of Big Sandy Mush Rd. Pictured is the original Jones Valley Baptist … Read More
Quilter: Betty Rogers Duckett Quilt Name: “Odd Fellow” Quilt Created: 1989 On Loan by: Eva Duckett It was called an Odd Fellow because each piece has a different print. It was also known as a “Beggar’s Quilt”, perhaps because in order … Read More
Our Sandy Mush Quilt Gallery is now on display in the SMCC Gym. Stop by to enjoy! Currently, we have eight community quilts on loan. We will share a photo and information on each quilt over the next few weeks. Stay tuned! … Read More
It was 1839 before public schools were actually established in North Carolina, sixty-three years after a provision for their creation had been written into the state constitution. “Adequate schools supported through public taxation” yet it was the early 1890s before this reform … Read More