(Not my original photo)
Scanned by me from the Barnardsville/Big Ivy community scrapbook of that year.
Documenting part of the collection of preserved food "put by" for the cold winter ahead in the mountains. The community is located 20 miles northeast of Asheville, NC, in the Blue Ridge Mountains (southern Appalachians).
You might wish to check out my set, TOMATOES AND CANNING.
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(Not my original photo) Scanned by me from the Barnardsville/Big Ivy community scrapbook of that year.
Documenting part of the collection of preserved food "put by" for the cold winter ahead in the mountains. Community is located 20 miles northeast of Asheville, NC, in the Blue Ridge Mountains (southern Appalachians).
You might wish to check out my set, TOMATOES AND CANNING.
Tags: canned food preserved puttingfoodby canning vacuum fruit vegetable rural historical history NC Barnardsville bigivy appalachian preserves oldfashioned melystu 1959 2011
Preserved in a hand-made book, which is preserved by the Big Ivy Community Club at the Community Center.
Back then, and for a brief few years, the town was incorporated. The dotted lines on the map show those boundaries; also the population which was 295 persons at the time. Although the post office designation remains, the borders of the town are now erased and the community blends in with the entire unincorporated valley, known as Big Ivy, lying along the Ivy River and east of US19/23.
A great irony here is the English ivy decoration at the top of the book. This visual confusion still exists. The "ivy" for which the local river and community are called is the traditional Appalachian word for Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia), which once bordered all the waterways in profusion. Somehow during the 20th century this identity become confused with English ivy (then promoted as a landscaping plant). Nowadays, local efforts to illustrate the place name usually (and incorrectly) select English ivy as the definitive logo!
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Taylor ("June") Carson, Jr., born 1921, was the rural mail carrier for over three decades in Big Ivy/Barnardsville. He passed away in 2009.
Scanned from the Big Ivy Community Club scrapbook.
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"Keeping the community roads tidy."
Scanned from the Big Ivy Community Club's 1959 scrapbook. See related SET.
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I own AND USE a modern scythe--Austrian blade with aluminum snath. It is very lightweight and a joy to use. Much easier on the body than hauling a heavy string trimmer! And quiet!
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