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The story of Bailey Mountain Preserve and the Smith Heritage Farmstead is the story of community—a populace coming together to preserve approximately 300 acres of public lands where visitors are welcome to take in the natural beauty and traditions of this Southern Appalachian mountain locality.
River Cane Renaissance, on loan from the Mountain Heritage Center
“Every Simple Thing”: Revisiting Craft Through the Lens of William A. Barnhill
Sharing Responsibility for Our Future: Activism and Voting Rights in Appalachia
Unearthing Our Forgotten Past: Fort San Juan
Virtual Exhibition – Opening the Door to Change: Educating Rural Appalachia
Elements of Hand and Mind: A Selection of Historic Southern Highland Crafts From the Collections of the Rural Heritage Museum
A Fountain of Youth in the Southern Highlands: A History of Hot Springs, North Carolina
Understanding Our Past, Shaping Our Future (Cherokee Language and Culture)
The Civil War in the Southern Highlands: A Human Perspective
Shelter on the Mountain: Barns and Building Traditions of the Southern Highlands
“Our Story, This Place”: The History of African American Education in Madison County, North Carolina: The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
Interwoven: Coverlets, Ballads, and America’s Discovery of Madison County Folklife
THANKS TO:
Madison County Visitor Center
The Rural Heritage Museum is a proud site on the