Historic Asheville Trolley For Sale
Asheville was the first city in the US to employ Trolley Cars. Here is your chance to own a piece of American history! Today is the last day for an eBay auction to buy the 1927 Asheville trolley car. This J. G. Brill Company trolley car was one of just ten cars operating on the streets of Asheville eighty years ago.
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Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. are just a few of the great catalysts of change in our history. Come together and celebrate these incredible lives in February which is black history month.
Come on out this weekend in honor of Back History Month and have some family fun. The Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will celebrate this Saturday February 28 starting at 1:00 pm at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center. Come enjoy the walk through history with poetry, song, dance performance and a community potluck. Everyone is invited to bring a covered dish and share in the gathering.
Asheville Parks and Recreation is partnering with Stephens Lee Advisory Board to offer this event. The center is on Max Street off of South Charlotte Street. The center also offers programs for all ages with a gymnasium and fitness center. The fitness center offers
Dogwood Alliance is the only organization in the South holding corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial forestry practices on our local forests and communities. Our Southern forests are being destroyed every year by unsustainable forestry practices, Dogwood Alliance is educating and working for change to protect our forests.
