Etowah NC Heritage
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  • SPECIAL
    • Virtual Tour of Selected Historic Places
    • History Displays in Etowah & Library Notebooks
    • Etowah Heritage Day 2019 - 130 Years
    • Etowah Treasures Exhibit, Sept/Oct 2019
  • PEOPLE & PLACES
    • Maps
    • Memorabilia
    • Places, Early Homes, Other
    • French Broad River & Valley Views
    • People - early times
    • People - later times
    • People - Gash Family descendants
    • Veterans
  • HIST. I
    • Timeline
    • Formation of Henderson County, est 1838
    • Etowah History Notes - Research To Date
    • 1889 Money, then Etowah
    • Etowah - Creek/Muskogee Translation
    • How Etowah Got Its Name
    • Postmasters 1889 - 1968
    • Etowah Train Depot - 1895 >
      • Trains of Etowah
    • The Railroad - Hendersonville to Toxaway
  • HIST. II
    • 1900 U.S. Census
    • Farms of Early Etowah
    • Historic Etowah High School 1928 - 1960 >
      • 1st Annual 1938 -The Chief
      • Little Chief - Gleanings from
      • Students & Faculty EHS
      • EHS Memorabilia
      • Etowah High School - Memorial Plaque 2014 - HCEHI
    • Historic Schools 1800s - 1928 >
      • Etowah Institute 1911
    • Schools of Nearby Communities
    • Historic Churches
    • Historic Cemeteries >
      • Thomas-Fletcher Cemetery
      • Adopt-A-Cemetery: Thomas-Fletcher
  • HIST. III
    • Sheriff Robert Thomas
    • Civil War Union Monument
    • Orr Cabin Homeplace - early 1800s
    • Mountain Lily - 1881
    • Welsh Colony 1880s
    • Grist Mills
    • Shape Note Traditions
  • HIST. IV
    • Community Fairs 1938-1941, 1950s
    • Stores of Early Etowah
    • McKinna General Store
    • More Business Ads 1938 - 1960+
    • "Etowah Brick" Moland-Drysdale Corp. - 1923
    • Calx Mfg. Company - 1919
    • Camp Peep-Out - 1935
    • Etowah Grange #984 - 1937 >
      • Grange - 25th Anniversary 1937-1962
      • Grange Quilt - 1953
  • HIST. V
    • 1952 - Hatheway Floral Company
    • 1954 - Etowah Lions Club, Park & More
    • 1960s - Growing & Changing
    • 1964 - Etowah / Horse Shoe Volunteer Fire
    • 1966 - Water & Sewer System, Tower
    • 1966 - Etowah Riding Club
    • 1982 - A Library Comes to Etowah
  • Stories
    • Eade Anderson, Reverend
    • Lois Adcock Bayne
    • Emma Louise Curtis Bradley
    • Richard Brown
    • Patricia Bell Cantrell
    • Jerri Whiteside Lambeth
    • Wanda Sumner Love
    • David S. Mallett
    • Opal Dalton Parkinson
    • Jeannie Huggins Revis
    • Glenda Maxwell Simpson
    • Marylin Annette Jones Thomas
    • "The Follies" & "Matilda's Folly"
  • About
​" ETOWAH TREASURES "  Memorabilia Exhibit
​2019 September & October at the Etowah Branch Library
 Collected memorabilia and authentic pieces of Etowah Valley history on loan from local residents. A two month exhibit created as part of “Etowah Heritage Day  1889 - 2019.”
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CONTRIBUTORS
Bill Barnwell
​Dorothy Dalton Brown
Etowah Elementary School
Grady Brown
Pat Bell Cantrell
Gash Family
Jean Wells Huggins
Wanda Sumner Love
Jessie Norton
Evelyn Allison Sizemore
Mike Williams

& From the estate of: 
​
Harold Allison
Henry Strick Dalton
 Annie Sue Mack
Dessie Shelton Norton
Opal Dalton Parkinson
Lloyd "Lefty" Williams
​
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​TOP OF CABINET:  reproduction image of a hook rug made by Etowah native Dessie Shelton Norton (1917 - 2008)

SIDE EASEL:  reproduction of 1937  charter document establishing the Etowah Grange #984, "PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY"
Original framed charter may be viewed at the Etowah Library
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SHELF 1
SHELF 1
  • Orr / Weese Cabin Dough Bowl & Rolling Pin                  circa late 1800  - early 1900s
  • Oil Lantern − circa 1919 carried by James Leander Gash (1874-1958) when he helped deliver mail by horse & buggy  
  • 1950s Sky Brook Farm half gallon ice cream carton
  •  1962 Booklet − “25th Anniversary of Grange, 1937-1962”  
  • Class of 1929 Commencement Announcement, Etowah High School, six graduates, R. W. Jones, Principal
  •  1947 Trophy for EHS Basketball Team, Henderson Co. Runner-Up  
  • 1953 EHS Basketball Ribbon ‘Cheer Pin’ worn in support of team
  •  Commemorative Magnet, 1928 EHS, produced for 2002 dedication of new Etowah Elementary School
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SHELF 2
SHELF 2
  • 1950s Shaving Mug ensemble, brush made of badger hair, Blantyre
  •  Sewing Supplies Tin, circa 1950 - 1970s 
  • 1950s Fabric Samples used by Pink Margaret Gash (1876-1968),   traveling sales person for National Dry Goods Sales Co.
  • 1889 Silver Dollar 
  • Etowah Brick piece, capstone
  • 1872 Family Bible - New Testament, published 1839 
  • 1938 & 1939 “The Chief” - Etowah High School Annuals
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SHELF 3
SHELF 3
  • ​​​1959 EHS Annual
  • 1959 EHS Trophy, First Place, High School Yearbook Roundtable, Cullowhee
  • Wood Bowl made from a stair banister salvaged from 1928 Etowah High School, crafted by Harold Allison in 2002
  • Wood Butter Mold, 1940 -1950s
  • Glass Syrup Pitcher, 1950s
  • KARO Syrup Tin, 5 lbs, 1950s 
  • Swift Silverleaf Brand, Pure Lard, 4 lbs, 1940s
  • Phillip Morris & Co. Ltd., special blend cigarette tin, 1950s
  • Calumet Pastry Cutter, 1930s
  • Glass Sprinkler for ironing, 1940s
  • Milk of Magnesia bottle, 1950s
  • Handheld Egg Beater, red wood handle, 1950s
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SHELF 4
SHELF 4​​
  •  Iron Shoe Last, 1920s  
  • Flat Iron & Stand, 1930 - 1940s
  • Doll in hand-crocheted clothing, bonnet & shoes, Ideal Co, 1950s  
  • Parcel Post Twine, 1970s
  •  Cow Bell, 1930s  
  • White Enamel Coffee Pot, 1940s
  • Glass, hand-turned Butter Churn, 1920s ​
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  • Home
  • SPECIAL
    • Virtual Tour of Selected Historic Places
    • History Displays in Etowah & Library Notebooks
    • Etowah Heritage Day 2019 - 130 Years
    • Etowah Treasures Exhibit, Sept/Oct 2019
  • PEOPLE & PLACES
    • Maps
    • Memorabilia
    • Places, Early Homes, Other
    • French Broad River & Valley Views
    • People - early times
    • People - later times
    • People - Gash Family descendants
    • Veterans
  • HIST. I
    • Timeline
    • Formation of Henderson County, est 1838
    • Etowah History Notes - Research To Date
    • 1889 Money, then Etowah
    • Etowah - Creek/Muskogee Translation
    • How Etowah Got Its Name
    • Postmasters 1889 - 1968
    • Etowah Train Depot - 1895 >
      • Trains of Etowah
    • The Railroad - Hendersonville to Toxaway
  • HIST. II
    • 1900 U.S. Census
    • Farms of Early Etowah
    • Historic Etowah High School 1928 - 1960 >
      • 1st Annual 1938 -The Chief
      • Little Chief - Gleanings from
      • Students & Faculty EHS
      • EHS Memorabilia
      • Etowah High School - Memorial Plaque 2014 - HCEHI
    • Historic Schools 1800s - 1928 >
      • Etowah Institute 1911
    • Schools of Nearby Communities
    • Historic Churches
    • Historic Cemeteries >
      • Thomas-Fletcher Cemetery
      • Adopt-A-Cemetery: Thomas-Fletcher
  • HIST. III
    • Sheriff Robert Thomas
    • Civil War Union Monument
    • Orr Cabin Homeplace - early 1800s
    • Mountain Lily - 1881
    • Welsh Colony 1880s
    • Grist Mills
    • Shape Note Traditions
  • HIST. IV
    • Community Fairs 1938-1941, 1950s
    • Stores of Early Etowah
    • McKinna General Store
    • More Business Ads 1938 - 1960+
    • "Etowah Brick" Moland-Drysdale Corp. - 1923
    • Calx Mfg. Company - 1919
    • Camp Peep-Out - 1935
    • Etowah Grange #984 - 1937 >
      • Grange - 25th Anniversary 1937-1962
      • Grange Quilt - 1953
  • HIST. V
    • 1952 - Hatheway Floral Company
    • 1954 - Etowah Lions Club, Park & More
    • 1960s - Growing & Changing
    • 1964 - Etowah / Horse Shoe Volunteer Fire
    • 1966 - Water & Sewer System, Tower
    • 1966 - Etowah Riding Club
    • 1982 - A Library Comes to Etowah
  • Stories
    • Eade Anderson, Reverend
    • Lois Adcock Bayne
    • Emma Louise Curtis Bradley
    • Richard Brown
    • Patricia Bell Cantrell
    • Jerri Whiteside Lambeth
    • Wanda Sumner Love
    • David S. Mallett
    • Opal Dalton Parkinson
    • Jeannie Huggins Revis
    • Glenda Maxwell Simpson
    • Marylin Annette Jones Thomas
    • "The Follies" & "Matilda's Folly"
  • About