This year’s SMCC Spring Fling was a resounding success, with over 350 people attending the event. We were thrilled to give away over 1,000 plants during our Plant Exchange. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our amazing sponsors who generously donated an … Read More
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