A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label The Biltmore. Show all posts

Showing posts with label The Biltmore. Show all posts

Friday, November 30, 2012

Photo of the Day: Christmas at the Biltmore

I visited Asheville, North Carolina in mid-November two years ago, but it might as well have been December, the way that the city’s m...

Friday, December 24, 2010

This Day in North Carolina History (George Vanderbilt Shows Off the Biltmore)

December 24, 1895—It required hundreds of laborers over six years, but now George Vanderbilt was ready to unwrap a most unusual sight for hi...

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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