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 | Daycation - Raft the French Broad River on July 30th
On
Saturday, July 30, cool down on this mid-summer Daycation, a rafting
trip down the French Broad River. There will be a guide from Montreat
College in each raft and rapids will range from Class I to Class III.
Details:
Meet in parking lot of Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State St. at
8:30 am to carpool to the site in Madison County. Return will be around
3:30 pm.
Bring
your lunch, water, a hat, river shoes, sunscreen, and holders to secure
your eyeglasses. Also, bring a change of clothes and a towel, and wear a
bathing suit or clothing you don’ t mind getting wet. Our guides will
provide dry bags to keep all your things dry on the river.
Cost
is $45 for Museum members; $60 for non-members. Reservations are
required as there are only 12 spots in the boats. Call 669-9566 to
register or email info@swannanoavalleymuseum.org.
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 | Rummage Sale - Saturday, August 6th
Mark
your calendars for our annual Rummage Sale on Saturday, August 6 from
8:00 AM to noon. We will be set up as usual on the corner of Padgettown
Road and Old US 70. Come find some great deals on all kinds of items!
All proceeds benefit the museum.
The
Museum still needs donations for our annual fundraising rummage sale.
All donations will recieve a donation reciept for tax purposes. Please
bring all donations to the Museum during normal operating hours (Tuesday
through Friday 10 - 5 and Saturday noon - 4). No clothing please.
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| Have your Old-Timey Photo Made
at the Sourwood Festival
We'll
have our Old-Timey Photo Booth again this year at Black Mountain's
annual Sourwood Festival on Saturday, August 13th and Sunday, August
14th.
Visit
our booth, dress up in costumes, and have your old-timey photograph
taken for $10. We've got costumes and a printer on-site, so you can have
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| Check out our new Events page!
We
have redesigned our "Events" webpage to make it clearer and easier to
use. Now all our hikes, daycations, and other events are listed directly
on our "Events" webpage by month.
Check it out and let us know what you think: Click Here! |
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Our Sponsor
Since
the days when the buffalo and elk roamed the age-old migration routes
between the piedmont and mountains of North Carolina, our Valley has
been celebrated for its broad, fertile river plain, incredible
geographic beauty and yes, a rich history of wildlife. In fact, before
our earliest settlers crossed the Eastern Continental Divide in the
1780s, the Swannanoa Valley with its abundant wildlife was a prized
hunting ground used by the Cherokees and neighboring Catawba tribes.
Later, near the end of the eighteenth century, many of the world′s
leading botanists and geographers traveled to our Valley and surrounding
mountains. They declared the environment to be home to the most unique
and diverse flora and fauna that they had ever studied.
Well, today those of us who reside here can easily understand what was
in the hearts and minds of those earliest inhabitants, explorers, and
pioneers. We are so fortunate to call the upper Swannanoa Valley and the
encircling Swannanoa Rim our home.
As Black Mountain′s oldest continuing business (since 1908) and its
only locally owned community bank, we are very proud to be the sponsor
of the Swannanoa Valley Museum′s e-newsletter.
Cheers!
M. Wendell Begley,
President Black Mountain Savings Bank
"Flame Azalea near Greybeard Mountain in Montreat"
Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State Street, Black Mountain, NC
28711/Phone (828) 669-7991/Fax (828) 669-6974, Email:
mwb_bmsb@bellsouth.net OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO ALL LIVE AND WORK IN
THE SWANNANOA VALLEY: M. WENDELL BEGLEY, WILLIAM H. "Bill" CHRISTY,
JAMES E. "Ed" NEVES, C.T. "Tom" SOBOL, JR., JOSEPH M. "Joe" TYSON, DAVID
D. DUNCAN and C. ROGER HIBBARD Equal Housing Lender/Member FDIC
__________________________________________________________________
Special thanks also to our Gold Level Corporate Sponsor:
To find out how to become a Corporate Sponsor please click here.
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mission of the Swannanoa Valley Museum is to preserve and interpret the
social, cultural and natural history of the Swannanoa Valley, a pathway
to Western North Carolina, by developing dynamic programs and engaging
exhibitions for the education and enrichment of the community, its
children and future generations.
P.O. Box 306, Black Mountain, NC 28711 • 828-669-9566
www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net |
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