Wednesday, October 5th: Cataloochee Ranch & Valley
One of our most popular mid-week trips!
Join
us on a trip to Cataloochee Ranch, where we’ll enjoy a barbeque lunch
and historic presentation by the daughter of the ranch’ s founder.
After
lunch we will continue on into the Cataloochee Valley of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park to tour the remaining homes of early
settlers and view the elk that have been reintroduced into the park. The
elk are best viewed in late afternoon, so the return to Black Mountain
will be near dusk.
Details:
Meet in parking lot of Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State St. at
10:30 am to carpool to the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley.
Cost is $40 for Museum members; $50 for non-members and includes lunch. Reservations are required. To register call 669-9566 or click here.
New Traveling Exhibit: A History of Catholicism in WNC
For the month of October only!
In
honor of the 75th anniversary of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, the
Swannanoa Valley Museum will be hosting the exhibit, "A History of
Catholicism in WNC."
This
excellent exhibit chronicles Catholicism's roots in the area through to
the present day and contains over 100 panels, many of which will be on
display in the museum from Tuesday, October 4th through Monday, October
31st.
Saturday, October 15th: Swannanoa Valley Rim Hike--Buckner's Knob
We have several spots on our next Rim Hike on Buckner's Knob that will take place on Saturday, October 15th.
This
hike is one of the easier hikes in the series (so if you haven't
gone on one of these exciting hikes before, this is a great one to test
yourself on!) and extends from the Craggy Pinnacle
parking lot along the trail to the Craggy Gardens picnic area at
Bearpen Gap.
Meet: 8:00 AM in the Black Mountain Savings Bank parking lot, 200 East State Street, Black Mountain, NC.
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Pack
List: Please bring your lunch and plenty of water. Wear good hiking
shoes and socks and long pants. You will probably also want sunscreen,
bug spray, a hat, hiking poles, rain gear, and any personal medications
you may need. Please have all gear you are not wearing in a day pack to
keep your hands free while hiking.
Cost: (for each hike) $25 for Museum members, $45 for non-members.
Registration:
Reservations are required as spaces are filling up fast. Participation
in each hike will be limited to 30 hikers plus the Museum team. To
register please contact Carolyn Johnson, our Rim Hike coordinator at
713-2675 or email her at cwjohnson1@charter.net or click here.
SVM Season Ends on Halloween with Haunted Museum
On Halloween evening, the Swannanoa Valley Museum will be open for trick-or-treaters who dare to enter the "Haunted Museum."
Starting
at 5:30 pm on Sunday, October 31, ghosts and goblins of all sizes and
ages can be seen in the galleries, and special treats will be given to
the children.
There
will be no admission fee for the "Haunted Museum" evening. It's a
great place for families to discover some history, and enjoy some good,
old-fashioned, safe Halloween fun.
It will be a spooky good time!
Halloween will be the last day the museum is open to the public until April 2012.
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
"Fall Wildflowers on the Rim of the Swannanoa Valley"
Black
Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State Street, Black Mountain, NC
28711/Phone (828) 669-7991/Fax (828) 669-6974, Email:
mwb_bmsb@bellsouth.netEqual 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
The
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 •
828-669-9566www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net
Swannanoa Valley Museum • PO Box 306 • Black Mountain, NC 28711
