Contact the Website & About Etowah Heritage

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  • ​PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS, OTHER HISTORICAL MATERIAL:
Please send a brief note using the contact form, and Include a phone number if you like.  We will get back to you on the best way to submit the material.  Or, speak with any of the research team (names listed below).  
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  • ​STORIES & RECOLLECTIONS:
Would you like to contribute a story or recollection about Etowah's early history?  You may submit something already written, talk with us as a guest to a monthly meeting, meet at the Etowah Library, or we will come to you in the comfort of your home.  You may remain anonymous or choose to add your name to the website.  We especially wish to reach out to the Elders of Etowah.  Do you know someone who would like to share a story?


​Website emphasis:
  • Pioneer settlers, early families, and descendants who came to the Etowah Valley
  • ​​The Etowah Valley before pioneer settlement​​
  • ​Describing what Etowah was like in the 1800's and turn-of-the-century
  • The 1900's to WWII era​​
  • Post WWII, 20th century - describing how Etowah has changed

About Etowah Heritage

Do you enjoy historical research, collecting early photos, information, and stories?
Become part of the E. H. research team and help document the story of the Etowah Valley.
What:  An informal, working research group of local community people.  Established February 2014.

Purpose:  to explore, preserve, & celebrate the heritage and history of the traditional community of Etowah, Henderson County, NC

Monthly Meetings at the Etowah Library, First Mondays of Month, 4:00 p.m. Occasional field trips - check meeting schedule.
Open to the public.  [no meetings July, December & January]
~  With gratitude for community financial support , Thank You ~
Margie Orr Crane
​Glen & Jeanine Davis
Judy & Bob Edwards
​Etowah Valley Equipment, Gay & Jim Gosnell
Mary & Bob Jones
Loretta Kilpatrick
Wanda Love
​Gail Sumner Lowe
Virgil McClure
​Mountain Laurel Antiques Club
Charles Robinson
Dean Sumner
​Glen Sumner
J. E. Young
​Anonymous  (7)
EH research team members & website contributors:
Jean Wells Huggins
Loretta Jones Kilpatrick
Jerry Ledford
Wanda Sumner Love
​Leslie Banks Martino
​Earleen James Orr
Evelyn Allison Sizemore
Earl & Janice Greer Sumner
Marylin Jones Thomas
In Memoriam
Opal Dalton Parkinson
1924 - 2016
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Thank you, former members:
​Bob & Judy Edwards​
​Mary Goodwin Jones
Website is a resource for three classes at Blue Ridge Community  College in the Personal Enrichment Program.​
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Instructor & website author:
Jennie Jones Giles, researcher & local historian
blueridge.edu/continuing-education

History and Heritage of Henderson County
I     pre-history to Civil  War
II   Civil  War to present
​III  1920s to present
Website Manager
Leslie Banks Martino,  828-772-1932
etowah28729@gmail.com
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Leslie is a resident of Etowah with a dedicated interest in local history research and heritage.  One day she walked into the Etowah Valley Hardware store (closed in 2015) and was inspired by a collection of historical photos on the corner wall . . . images that begin to tell the story of Etowah.  Leslie is a student of history and member of the Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society.  Her paternal 'Banks' family roots are in coastal North Carolina, the Pamlico Sound on the Neuse River.  Leslie and John Martino moved to Etowah in 2010 after 50 years in Florida.

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Thank you, Etowah community
 for the kindness, encouragement and generous support.

 ​Blue Sky of Etowah, Spring Equinox 2014
Material on this website is collected from various research sources, organizations, individual and family  contributions.  Additional material is original to the website.  It is the nature of research that sources do not always agree, that new information arises over time, and the story is told anew.  This work is intended to complement and weave into the fabric of other similar, ongoing heritage activities for Henderson County.
With respect, every effort is made to present information in a factual, balanced, and fair manner.
   Any possible misrepresentation of fact, mistake, or harm is not intentional
 and may be addressed by contacting the website.

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