Monday, August 6 at 6pm is our monthly Sandy Mush history gathering. The focus this month is our Sandy Mush veterans. Vance Garrett is working on a community project to honor our Sandy Mush veterans with a permanent display at our community … Read More
Sandy Mush History Gatherings – 1st Mondays at 6pm in SMCC Library – Everyone Welcome! August 6 at 6-7pm Topic of discussion – Sandy Mush Veterans Join us for informal Sandy Mush history discussions on the first Monday of each month … Read More
Family and friends celebrated the 91st birthday of Ida Mae Reemes who has lived in Sandy Mush her entire life. Born Ida Mae Surrett; she married Jack Dempsy Reemes. They had nine boys. With ten grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, Ida … Read More
Asheville History @avlhistory sent this message out about Alonzo Carlton Reynolds, Sandy Mush native, this morning. 10/19/17, 6:46 AM October 19, 1870- Alonzo Carlton Reynolds, educator & @WCUpresident, was born in Sandy Mush. More @ncpediancpedia.org/biography/reyn… While they shared a very useful … 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
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