Perilous journey by Sam the Buncombe pony to Alexander's
Edmund Kirke recounts a treacherous ascent from Marshall to Alexander's crossing swollen Ivy River, battling rocks and flood, meeting a hardy roadside barber and a tobacco farm family, then riding a makeshift train back to Asheville. He praises resilience and stark frontier life in Buncombe County.
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Marshall
Alexanders
Runcombe County
Edmund Kirke
Lippincott's Magazine
Brown
Alexander
Sam
Tee
Rei
United Baglies
Buncombe-County
Buncombe County
Andy
Mallock
Alexander’s
Asheville
Notes by Wayside Traveler Sees Hears Rambles in Western Counties
Fragmented text describes Corn and tobacco growth in western counties and mentions Henry Wyatt of Edgecombe Guards as the first man kil ed in the Medicine service. Story hints at travels, observations of mountain land, and rural life with garbled OCR phrasing and many unclear fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirhit
Henry Wyatt
Edgecombe Guards
Mecines
Bevet Dan Road
Asheville
Hottom
Beyond the Blue Ridge Glimpse of Asheville Encampment
A Sentinel correspondent recalls Western North Carolina's Roard Knob and Asheville's scenic welcome to soldiers. The narrator details fishing near Swannanoa, a large melon crop at Long's Post Office, and Glen Inglis fruit farm. A North Carolinian log rolling event is announced for Gov. Vance at Black Mountain Station with local hospitality and festivities.
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The
Sentinel
Lono’s P.O
N. C
North Carolina
Asheville
Hills
Soldier Boys
Swannanoa
Bean
H.C. Long
Long
P. O
Glen Inglis
Philadelphia
Paris
Capt. Natt Atkinson
Mar
W. L. Kimmell
Buycombe
California
Smyat
Vance
Black Mountain Station
Gombroon
Meniauil Loldpy
Graats
Viands &c
Accennen
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J. Montague
Odie
Church St
Winston, N. C
A. Griffith
Winston
N.C
Clark & Ford
Wilmington
French Bros
Irving Blum
North End
Winstons
Pfohl & Stockton
J. UW. Hanenen
Ly Salem
J. B. McKenney
Marshall Street
Brewstoxp
Mailer Express
Lorillard
Climax
E. L. P. Ector
Twin City
B. Gleny
Glenn Glenn & Glenn
Wenstonx
Hiate
Hoans
Addon Commission
Cruthfield & McArthur
F. G. Crutchfield
Winston, IV
Croquet
Ab Williamson & Sorvis's
H. Montague
Barty
Nipetty Mynd
Megson
Walton
Land OF the
SKY
Caro
Aeeste
Jta
Yaas
Tennessee
Rootherford
Tenneson
Frengoad
Riviite
Washington Gazette
Appleton Oaksmith
Tom Skinner
Congress
Maj. Latham
James Edwin Moore
Winston Sentinel
Fifth Congressional District
Democratic Party
Blue Ridge
ITM
Buncombe
el Pogue At
Our
Aulay
Rytfenberg Bros
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