Free Daily Headlines

News

Set your text size: A A A

Film asks whether we learned lessons from flood of 1916

South Depot Street near the Highland Hotel in Asheville is shown in the flood of 1916. PHOTO BY WILLIAM H. BARNHILL, Pack Memorial Library, Special Collections

By Bill Moss, Published: June 20, 2016

Jennie Jones Giles recalls family stories about her forebears fleeing for high ground as the flood 1916 threatened their cabin on Bright’s Creek in Polk County. Drew Brannon remembers his grandfather’s tales about chickens and livestock floating down the French Broad River near the family farm.

To read the full story

Non-subscribers may read two (2) stories every 30 days for free. To continue reading, please log in or subscribe for only $59.99 per year.

Subscribe Log In Only do this once, then you can login to the left underneath Returning Subscriber.