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Westfeldts of Rugby Grange chronicled in Fletcher history
Special to the Lightning reports on the Westfeldt family who settled in Fletcher in the 1870s and built Rugby Grange. Bill Moss chronicles six generations from Gustaf Westfeldt, founder of Westfeldt Brothers Coffee, through ties with the McIlhennys Tabasco line, highlighting the family’s role in local Fletcher history and land around Hoopers Creek and the French Broad River.
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Westfeldts
Rugby
North Carolina
Vanderbilts
Thomas Wolfe
Carl Sandburg
Asheville
Hendersonville
Flat Rock
Fletcher
Rugby Grange
Bill Moss
Hendersonville Lightning
HendersonvilleLightning.com
Westfeldt
Hoopers Creek
Broad River
Gustaf Adolphus George Westfeldt
Westfeldt Brothers Coffee Company
New Orleans
United States
McIlhenny Family
Tabasco
Paula Roberts
the Westfeldts