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ASHEVILLE , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Buncombe county, See also:

North Carolina, U.S.A., in the mountainous See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue See also:

Ridge region in the See also:

west See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, about 210 M. W. of See also:

Raleigh. Pop. (1890) 10,235; (1900) 14,694, of whom 4724 were negroes; (1910, See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 18,762. Asheville is situated at the junction of three branches of the See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern railway, on a high See also:

TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace on the See also:

east See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

French Broad See also:

RIVER

river, at the mouth of the Swannanoa, about 2300 ft. above the See also:

sea. The city is best known as one of the most popular See also:

HEALTH

health and See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resorts in the See also:

south, being a summer resort for southerners and a See also:

winter resort for northerners. It has a dry and equable See also:

CLIMATE

climate and beautiful scenery. Among its social clubs are the See also:

ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle, the Asheville, the Elks, the Tahkeeostee and the Swannanoa See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country clubs. An extensive See also:

SYSTEM

system of city and suburban parks, connected by a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of beautiful drives, adds to the city's attractiveness. There are See also:

GREAT

great forests in the vicinity. Among the public buildings are the city See also:

hall, the See also:

court See also:

house, the Federal See also:

BUILDING

building, the public library and an auditorium. In or near Asheville are a normal and collegiate See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute for See also:

young See also:

WOMEN

women (1892), and, occupying the same campus, a See also:

home See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial school (1887) for girls, both under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Woman's See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Home See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

Missions of the Presbyterian See also:

Church; the Asheville See also:

FARM

farm school for boys, an industrial school for negroes; the Asheville school for boys (5 M. west of Asheville); and the See also:

BINGHAM, JOSEPH (1668-1723)

Bingham school (1793), founded at Pittsboro, N.C., by See also:

William Bingham (d.

1826), and removed to its See also:

PRESENT

present site (3 M. north-west of Asheville) in 1891. About 2 M. south-east of the city is Biltmore, the See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of See also:

George W. See also:

VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS (1794–1877)

Vanderbilt, its 125,000 acres constituting what is probably the finest country See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

UNITED

United States. The central feature of the estate is a See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau (375X150 ft.) of French See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, after the famous chateau at See also:

BLOIS

Blois, See also:

France. In the neighbourhood is a See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

VILLAGE

village, with an elementary school, an industrial school for whites, a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a church, maintained by Mr Vanderbilt. Both the chateau and the village were designed by See also:

Richard M. See also:

Hunt; the landscape gardening was done by See also:

Frederick See also:

Law See also:

Olmsted. A collection of woody See also:

PLANTS

plants, one of the largest and finest in the See also:

WORLD

world, and a broad See also:

FOREST

forest and See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting preserve, known as Pisgah Forest (1oo,000 acres), are also maintained by the owner. Asheville is a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for live-stock, See also:

DAIRY

dairy products, See also:

LUMBER

lumber and fruits, and has various manufactories (in which a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

WATER

water-See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is utilized), including tanneries, See also:

cotton See also:

mills, See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile factories, and a See also:

wood-working and See also:

VENEER

veneer plant. The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,300,698 in 1900 to $1,918,362 in 1905, or 47.5%. The city was named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

SAMUEL

Samuel Ashe (1725-1813), See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of North Carolina from 1777 to 1796, and See also:

John Ashe (1720-1781), a North Carolina soldier who distinguished himself in the See also:

War of See also:

Independence, was settled about 1790, and was incorporated in 1835. The city's boundaries were enlarged in 1905.

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