Thursday, October 10, 2013
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Tryon Reunion Information #tryon #tryonnc
Welcome to the All Grades ~ All Classes ~ All Teachers
Reunion of the Tryon City Schools
Open to everyone who had attend school between 1923 ~ Today are welcome !
Reunion of the Tryon City Schools
Open to everyone who had attend school between 1923 ~ Today are welcome !
This web site was last updated on 05/11/2013
Open to ALL students, faculty and staff of Tryon City Schools from 1923 through the present are hear by invited to attend the 2013 Tryon School Reunion to be held onSaturday, October 12, 2013, at the Log Cabin and surrounding area of Harmon Field in Tryon, North Carolina. This will be a massive TAILGATE party and get-together !
We welcome you to celebrate all of your memories with us, starting from around 1:00pm and going until 10:00pm. Bring your tailgate picnic dinner, folding chairs, canopies, photos, memorabilia and more with you. Do mix and mingle with all of your classmates and former teachers in an alcohol-free, family-friendly atmosphere. And there is a playground for the smaller kids to keep them preoccupied.
The Log Cabin at the river will open at around 8:00am providing coffee and pastries, plus there will be staff available for assistance and information concerning all of the activities for the day. The Reunion Committee members will be available in the cabin to take donations toward future events and to provide information about future reunions. Also you will be able to purchase brick pavers (see below for more info) here anytime of the day or evening.
After you have enjoyed your dinner, there will be desserts and coffee available which will be furnished in the Log Cabin from 5:00pm until 9:00pm for your enjoyment. The committee members will be making the goodies so be sure to tell them how good their cooking is now !
All musicians are invited to bring their instruments for an informal jam session in the long shed next to the Log Cabin anytime throughout this event. Please bring your lawn chairs for people that wish to just sit and listen as seating inside the shed is limited. There is a concrete floor in the shed which will be available for dancing if you desire.
 The Willows
Planned events & activities
More will be added as time moves on.
Tryon Elementary School will be open on Saturday, October 12, from 10:00am until Noon with staff and/or faculty present on site to allow visitors to tour the school and answer any and all questions that you might have about the "new" school.
Downtown Tryon merchants will be displaying photos and memorabilia from Tryon Schools in their shop windows – feel free to take a leisurely walking tour of downtown … see if you can remember what shops were downtown when you were in school ! This might pose a challenge !
A memorial wall will be available to view in the Log Cabin with the opportunity to leave messages for the families of those who have passed away recently. These photos and other memorials will be presented to the family members after the event.
Paver Bricks for the School Courtyard
All attendees will have the opportunity to purchase personalized brick pavers to be included in the remodeling of the courtyard at Tryon Elementary School. Details will be provided at the Log Cabin or you can contact Andrea Webber at 828-859-6584 for more information.
There will be on line information and an application on line shortly. But in the meantime, feel free to call the school and if Andrea is not available to the phone then leave a message that you want to purchase a brick and need to have the application mailed to you.
EVENTS IN TRYON
There are also several local events going on the weekend of October 12 for those who are interested:
1. Tryon Arts and Crafts Fall Festival is on October 12 from 10:00am until 5:00pm and October 13 from 11:00am until 5:00pm at Tryon Arts and Crafts in the former Tryon High School buildings on the other side of the football field for those who graduated before it was built.
2. A Horseshow will be held in the show ring at Harmon Field during the day on October 12. This will be on the left side as you enter through the stone pillars or main gate of Harmon Field.
3. Tryon's "Gallery Trot" in downtown Tryon is also being held on October 12 from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. This is a walking tour that will allow you to have a guided tour of the various art, painting and craft peoples work being displayed in the many gallery's in Tryon.
 Oak Hall Hotel
AN IMPORTANT REQUEST ~ WE NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
We ask that you RSVP with this form below - weather or not you are planning to attend this reunion. If you plan to be here, please let us know so that we are able to plan for your participation. If you are unable to attend, we would appreciate you still sending the completed form so that we can contact you about events in the future.
Registration / Information FormSomeone from the committee will get back with you as soon as possible.
We hope to see everyone in October! If you know of someone who attended Tryon City Schools between 1923 through the present, please make sure they know about the reunion and direct them to this website or have them send a request to Wendy Kimpton on the Facebook page. You will need to ask to be included on this group page. Remember to be able to log into the Facebook page requires you to provide your school first and last name and years attending school. We would like to make contact with as many classmates as possible and would love to keep in touch with everyone!
 Ballengers Department Store
There will be a large number of special class photos from all the different years available for your personal purchase. These have been chosen by the reunion staff.
If you want to send in some photos / pictures, please submit you scanned photos. They MUST be in TIF format at 300 dpi. Or, should you have more than a few photos from back then, consider putting them on a CD. You may choose to mail your photos to this mailing address: Tryon School Reunion, PO Box 1016, Tryon NC 28782. or bring them to the reunion and give them to one of the committee members.
If you wish to have these photos returned to you, then they will be waiting for you at the check in area on the day of the reunion or you may request them to be mailed back to you. Please be sure to use a Sharpie Marker and place you name and address on the back of each photo or if you choose to – you may use a small printer label with this same information stuck to the back of the photos.
PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO EMAIL PHOTOS. They will be sized to small to be usable if they go through the email servers. Remember that we need them to be in the TIF format at 300 dpi. All TIF photos in digital format at very large files.
 Lanier Grocery and Service Station Pleases check back here after a month or there-abouts to give us time to compile it and set it up for burning to disc. This disc will contain all of the pictures from the event and a computer based slide show. A DVD playable on any DVD player for playback on a TV |
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Some Pine Crest Inn History #tryon #tryonnc
From
The Pine Crest Inn is the last of the four major inns still in operation associated with the early development of Tryon as one of the finest resort communities of western North Carolina. The moderating climate and the notable scenery of the small town on the southern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains began to attract summer visitors from across the nation after the arrival of the railroad in 1877.
Among these early visitors were people suffering from various respiratory ailments, and the original four buildings of the Pine Crest Inn were built in 1906 as a tuberculosis sanatorium called the Thermal Belt Sanatorium. In 1917 Carter Brown, a young resort developer from Castle Park, Michigan, took over the property and managed it as the Pine Crest Inn. Brown attracted a large clientele, many of whom stayed and contributed to the growth of Tryon. He was also the moving force behind Tryon earning a national reputation as an equestrian center.
Brown's architectural interests also were manifested throughout the area and are most evident at the Pine Crest Inn, where he designed and built four cottages and a private residence, as well as making other improvements. The inn and its associated cottages are simple structures that reflect the unpretentious comfort that characterizes Tryon's overall quality.
The history of the Pine Crest Inn and the town of Tryon are intertwined. Tryon has gained fame in many areas, from its vineyards to its crafts and furniture-making to its variety of architecture, but it is perhaps its reputation as a resort with which it is best identified. Engendered by its climate, recreational activities, and friendly citizens, Tryon's resort status is embodied in the numerous inns and boarding houses that have operated over the years and in turn have contributed to the success of the other endeavors associated with Tryon.
Since the late 1870s, four hostelries -- McAboy Inn, Oak Hall Hotel, Pine Crest Inn, and Thousand Pines Inn -- signified Tryon's fame as a resort. Of these four, only the Pine Crest Inn continues to operate and maintain the high standards established by its developer, Carter Brown, standards that create a reputation of excellence for its gracious hospitality that is unpretentious yet is in keeping with the Inn's position as a resort.
Although Brown's name was synonymous for several decades with the Pine Crest Inn and, indeed, with Tryon's architectural and sporting developments, prior to Brown's arrival in Tryon the Inn property was closely associated with the town's reputation for a healthy climate that initially attracted those ailing from lung disease. Tryon is in the Thermal Belt -- an area in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains protected from the northern winds -- where temperatures are milder than in neighboring towns. Prior to 1877, with the advent of the Spartanburg-Asheville railway, there was little major commerce in the area and no tourism as it is known today.
During the early 1870s, Dr. L. R. McAboy had purchased the Dr. Columbus Mills House just north of Tryon and had expanded and converted it to the McAboy House, soon to become a popular inn. With the construction of the railroad, many of those who had been traveling to Asheville, famous for its tuberculosis sanatoriums, began to visit Tryon and the McAboy House in search of the "cure"; apparently many of the invalids attracted to the warmer climate and pleasant surroundings of Tryon were disillusioned with the unpredictable Asheville weather and tired of being around so many tuberculosis patients.
In 1906, three doctors, Earle Grady, E. M. Sally, and W. R. Engel, acquired the nucleus of the Pine Crest Inn property and proceeded to have what would become the main inn building and the Oak, English, and Hunt Cottages, erected as a sanatorium.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, Tryon experienced a great deal of growth. Crafts operations were established and land values rose rapidly as investors became interested in the town. The number of visitors, increasingly more tourists instead of patients, rapidly increased. Many of these visitors were train passengers who had time to look around Tryon during stopovers and liked it so much that they decided to stay, often becoming seasonal visitors, and permanent residents. Property records indicate, however, that one enterprise that did not succeed was the Thermal Belt Sanatorium. In December of 1911, E. M. Sally purchased the interests of Drs. Grady and Earle, and when Brown arrived in Tryon in 1917, the property had been idle for several years.
In 1916, Brown had graduated from the University of Illinois, married and immediately purchased from his uncle, John Parr, the Castle (later known as Castle Park), a modest summer resort near Holland, Michigan. In September of 1917, realizing that the winter would be long and unproductive after their first season of operating the Castle, the Browns visited Tryon at the urging of Mrs. Brown's grandmother who recently had visited the area. They were so impressed with the town and the sanatorium property that they rented the property from Dr. Sally for the winter seasons of 1917-1918 and 1918-1919 and with H. A. Wilkie, Mrs. Brown's father, purchased it in 1920. The Browns named the Tryon property the Pine Crest Inn and continued to operate it from October to May until 1951. (They operated Castle Park from June through September until 1977.)
Over the years the Browns upgraded and enlarged the Pine Crest Inn and attracted a substantial carriage trade clientele to Tryon. Many of their guests continued a trend that had been established in Tryon during the late 19th century by buying property in the town. These seasonal or year-round residents in turn attracted others who would stay at the Inn and perpetuate the trend. The Inn became the focal point for Tryon's growth and development.
The Pine Crest has entertained a diverse assortment of guests during its 88 years of operation. They include South Carolina governor Jimmy Byrns; "Lefty" Flynn of silent movie fame and his wife Nora Langhorne, the screen's Gibson Girl; authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway, who frequented the Swayback Cabin; French artist George Aid; Lord and Lady Astor; and the historians Mary and Charles Beard (he wrote The Republic in the Woodcutter Cottage). Industrial magnates include Harry Ferguson of Ferguson Tractors and John Kimberly of Kimberly-Clark Paper Co. Many of the guests were upper mid-westerners, due to Brown's ties there, and the majority were sporting people.
Although many Pine Crest Inn guests were merely looking for the relaxed atmosphere it affords, a strong interest in horses always has been in the foreground. Brown was a principal force in establishing Tryon as an equestrian center of national importance. He opened riding trails, started Tryon's annual horse and hound show, steeplechase, and popularized fox hunting. At the Inn he maintained the Galax Stables of riding and steeplechase horses and he kenneled hounds.
In developing Tryon's reputation as a riding and hunting center, he built on a tradition that dated from the early 1800s when settlers from the South Carolina Low Country laid out race paths in the area for horse racing and fox hunting. Many of the first residents of Tryon had re-established these sports, and Brown proceeded to make them part of Tryon's essential business and community character.
Brown's interest in horses was associated with his interest in local architecture. He stabilized a fort and trading post known as the Block House and converted it to a private residence, as well as encouraged its nomination to the National Register. He also carved out the Harmon Field race course next to the Block House, the site of the horse show and football, baseball and track events. Brown strongly demonstrated his architectural interests at the Inn; he designed and built four of the cottages and moved three log cabins to the property and converted them to cottages. One of those cottages, Swayback, was a revolutionary war period cabin originally constructed in eastern Tennessee that is now 245 years old.
Brown also instituted many activities associated solely with the Pine Crest Inn. These included Thanksgiving dinner preceding the opening formal fox hunt of the season; weekly barbecues at the large outside stone fireplace; mid-day and moonlight picnics in the surrounding mountains; and candlelight Sunday evening buffet suppers, followed by group singing.
He also established a school in a cottage once located on the site of the innkeepers' quarters. This one-room building with a large porch on which the desks were located could accommodate five to 20 students. They were Inn guests and children of former guests who became permanent Tryon residents.
In 1951, Brown sold the Inn to a partner, Edwin McLean. Brown continued to live in Tryon until the late 1960s when he returned permanently to Castle Park, where he died in 1978.
Pine Crest Inn then passed through a number of capable hands, but during the last decade the inn had developed a growing conference and meeting trade, adding a state-of-the-art conference center. Carl Caudle purchased the property in 2003 and continues to preserve and improve the standards of comfort, cuisine, and service necessary to maintain the wonderful history and high standards for both lodging and dining, as well as the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for the Pine Crest's extensive wine collection.
Among these early visitors were people suffering from various respiratory ailments, and the original four buildings of the Pine Crest Inn were built in 1906 as a tuberculosis sanatorium called the Thermal Belt Sanatorium. In 1917 Carter Brown, a young resort developer from Castle Park, Michigan, took over the property and managed it as the Pine Crest Inn. Brown attracted a large clientele, many of whom stayed and contributed to the growth of Tryon. He was also the moving force behind Tryon earning a national reputation as an equestrian center.
Brown's architectural interests also were manifested throughout the area and are most evident at the Pine Crest Inn, where he designed and built four cottages and a private residence, as well as making other improvements. The inn and its associated cottages are simple structures that reflect the unpretentious comfort that characterizes Tryon's overall quality.
The history of the Pine Crest Inn and the town of Tryon are intertwined. Tryon has gained fame in many areas, from its vineyards to its crafts and furniture-making to its variety of architecture, but it is perhaps its reputation as a resort with which it is best identified. Engendered by its climate, recreational activities, and friendly citizens, Tryon's resort status is embodied in the numerous inns and boarding houses that have operated over the years and in turn have contributed to the success of the other endeavors associated with Tryon.
Since the late 1870s, four hostelries -- McAboy Inn, Oak Hall Hotel, Pine Crest Inn, and Thousand Pines Inn -- signified Tryon's fame as a resort. Of these four, only the Pine Crest Inn continues to operate and maintain the high standards established by its developer, Carter Brown, standards that create a reputation of excellence for its gracious hospitality that is unpretentious yet is in keeping with the Inn's position as a resort.
Although Brown's name was synonymous for several decades with the Pine Crest Inn and, indeed, with Tryon's architectural and sporting developments, prior to Brown's arrival in Tryon the Inn property was closely associated with the town's reputation for a healthy climate that initially attracted those ailing from lung disease. Tryon is in the Thermal Belt -- an area in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains protected from the northern winds -- where temperatures are milder than in neighboring towns. Prior to 1877, with the advent of the Spartanburg-Asheville railway, there was little major commerce in the area and no tourism as it is known today.
During the early 1870s, Dr. L. R. McAboy had purchased the Dr. Columbus Mills House just north of Tryon and had expanded and converted it to the McAboy House, soon to become a popular inn. With the construction of the railroad, many of those who had been traveling to Asheville, famous for its tuberculosis sanatoriums, began to visit Tryon and the McAboy House in search of the "cure"; apparently many of the invalids attracted to the warmer climate and pleasant surroundings of Tryon were disillusioned with the unpredictable Asheville weather and tired of being around so many tuberculosis patients.
In 1906, three doctors, Earle Grady, E. M. Sally, and W. R. Engel, acquired the nucleus of the Pine Crest Inn property and proceeded to have what would become the main inn building and the Oak, English, and Hunt Cottages, erected as a sanatorium.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, Tryon experienced a great deal of growth. Crafts operations were established and land values rose rapidly as investors became interested in the town. The number of visitors, increasingly more tourists instead of patients, rapidly increased. Many of these visitors were train passengers who had time to look around Tryon during stopovers and liked it so much that they decided to stay, often becoming seasonal visitors, and permanent residents. Property records indicate, however, that one enterprise that did not succeed was the Thermal Belt Sanatorium. In December of 1911, E. M. Sally purchased the interests of Drs. Grady and Earle, and when Brown arrived in Tryon in 1917, the property had been idle for several years.
In 1916, Brown had graduated from the University of Illinois, married and immediately purchased from his uncle, John Parr, the Castle (later known as Castle Park), a modest summer resort near Holland, Michigan. In September of 1917, realizing that the winter would be long and unproductive after their first season of operating the Castle, the Browns visited Tryon at the urging of Mrs. Brown's grandmother who recently had visited the area. They were so impressed with the town and the sanatorium property that they rented the property from Dr. Sally for the winter seasons of 1917-1918 and 1918-1919 and with H. A. Wilkie, Mrs. Brown's father, purchased it in 1920. The Browns named the Tryon property the Pine Crest Inn and continued to operate it from October to May until 1951. (They operated Castle Park from June through September until 1977.)
Over the years the Browns upgraded and enlarged the Pine Crest Inn and attracted a substantial carriage trade clientele to Tryon. Many of their guests continued a trend that had been established in Tryon during the late 19th century by buying property in the town. These seasonal or year-round residents in turn attracted others who would stay at the Inn and perpetuate the trend. The Inn became the focal point for Tryon's growth and development.
The Pine Crest has entertained a diverse assortment of guests during its 88 years of operation. They include South Carolina governor Jimmy Byrns; "Lefty" Flynn of silent movie fame and his wife Nora Langhorne, the screen's Gibson Girl; authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway, who frequented the Swayback Cabin; French artist George Aid; Lord and Lady Astor; and the historians Mary and Charles Beard (he wrote The Republic in the Woodcutter Cottage). Industrial magnates include Harry Ferguson of Ferguson Tractors and John Kimberly of Kimberly-Clark Paper Co. Many of the guests were upper mid-westerners, due to Brown's ties there, and the majority were sporting people.
Although many Pine Crest Inn guests were merely looking for the relaxed atmosphere it affords, a strong interest in horses always has been in the foreground. Brown was a principal force in establishing Tryon as an equestrian center of national importance. He opened riding trails, started Tryon's annual horse and hound show, steeplechase, and popularized fox hunting. At the Inn he maintained the Galax Stables of riding and steeplechase horses and he kenneled hounds.
In developing Tryon's reputation as a riding and hunting center, he built on a tradition that dated from the early 1800s when settlers from the South Carolina Low Country laid out race paths in the area for horse racing and fox hunting. Many of the first residents of Tryon had re-established these sports, and Brown proceeded to make them part of Tryon's essential business and community character.
Brown's interest in horses was associated with his interest in local architecture. He stabilized a fort and trading post known as the Block House and converted it to a private residence, as well as encouraged its nomination to the National Register. He also carved out the Harmon Field race course next to the Block House, the site of the horse show and football, baseball and track events. Brown strongly demonstrated his architectural interests at the Inn; he designed and built four of the cottages and moved three log cabins to the property and converted them to cottages. One of those cottages, Swayback, was a revolutionary war period cabin originally constructed in eastern Tennessee that is now 245 years old.
Brown also instituted many activities associated solely with the Pine Crest Inn. These included Thanksgiving dinner preceding the opening formal fox hunt of the season; weekly barbecues at the large outside stone fireplace; mid-day and moonlight picnics in the surrounding mountains; and candlelight Sunday evening buffet suppers, followed by group singing.
He also established a school in a cottage once located on the site of the innkeepers' quarters. This one-room building with a large porch on which the desks were located could accommodate five to 20 students. They were Inn guests and children of former guests who became permanent Tryon residents.
In 1951, Brown sold the Inn to a partner, Edwin McLean. Brown continued to live in Tryon until the late 1960s when he returned permanently to Castle Park, where he died in 1978.
Pine Crest Inn then passed through a number of capable hands, but during the last decade the inn had developed a growing conference and meeting trade, adding a state-of-the-art conference center. Carl Caudle purchased the property in 2003 and continues to preserve and improve the standards of comfort, cuisine, and service necessary to maintain the wonderful history and high standards for both lodging and dining, as well as the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for the Pine Crest's extensive wine collection.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sites Around Tryon #tryon #tryonnc
From the Polk County Web Site:
When visiting these places - please respect the owners rights.
Historic Places
1. Green River Plantation - Listed on the National Register of Historic Paces. This stately home was built in 1804 and has been lovingly restored to its original grandeur. Open to the public by reservation. 828-286-1461 or 828-287-0983. Coxe Rd., Rutherfordton, NC.2. Historical Marker - N.C. Colonized 1585, settled in 1650. Hwy 9 South at NC/SC state line. 3. Historical Marker - Governor Tryon's march to survey the Cherokee boundary, 1767. Hwy 9 South at NC/SC state line. 4. Four Columns Farm - Built in the late lath century upon the ruins of the pre-revolutionary outpost known as Earls Fort. On the National Register of Historic Places. Hwy 14 at 1-26, Landrum, SC.. 5. Gowensville Baptist Church - Began as a preaching station in 1809, the Church was built in 1820. Hwy 14 Gowensville. SC. 6. Campbell's Covered Bridge - Built in the 1800's. Hwy 14 to Hwy 414. Follow signs. Gowensville, SC. 7. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church - The original slave chapel at Coxe Plantation, known as St. Francis, was moved to Tryon in 1955. It still has original furnishings and glass. Jackson Rd., Tryon. 8. Pine Crest Inn - Built in 1900 as a sanitarium, later converted into a retreat in 1917 by Carter Brown. Once a favorite of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A guest cottage, Sway Back Cottage - Circa 1760, is located on the property. Pine Crest Lane. Tryon 9. Polk County Historical Museum - The Polk County Historical Association's collection includes area artifacts dating back to the time of the Cherokee as well as the cannonball that was fired on Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. The museum is open Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am to 1 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. Monthly programs with fascinating speakers are held on the first Tuesday of each month, September through May at 2:30 pm. Located at 60 Walker Street (rear entrance), one block from the historic Polk County Courthouse in Columbus. 10. Tryon Cemetery - Dates back to the early 1700's. Markham Rd. 11. Seven Hearths - Built in 1740, is said to be the first clapboard house in the county. Moved piece by piece to present location in 1934 and completely restored. Harmon Field Rd. Tryon. * 12. Log Cabin Slave Quarters - Circa 1740. Moved from and reconstructed next to Seven Hearths. Harmon Field Rd. Tryon, NC. 13. Historical Marker- Stoneman's raid, April 1865. Hwy 108, Lynn. 14. Sidney Lanier House - Sidney Lanier, a well known poet, died in the Wilcox home Sept.7,1881. It has been called the Lanier House ever since. Hwy 108, Lynn.. 15. Mimosa Inn - This Inn can lay claim to 200 years of history but the present day structure was built in 1916 after fire destroyed the original Inn. Hwy 108, Lynn 16. Scriven's Plantation - Built in the late 1700's by Govan Mills this beautiful pro-civil war home has been lovingly maintained by several owners. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. 17. Polk County Courthouse - Built by slaves, using native clay bricks, in 1857. In front stands the original slave block that is now covered with a planter. On the National Historic Register. Columbus. 18. Doughboy Statue - Built to honor the men who fought and died in WWI. Constructed of local materials and built facing the mountains, the young man is leaning on a White Oak stump. Court St., Columbus 19. Sears House - C. A. Hughes ordered a kit from the Sears Catalog and built this house in 1894. Original in every detail. N. Peak St., Columbus.. 20. Warrior Mountain Monument - Warrior Mountain Monument-Marker commemorating the defeat of the Cherokee Indians in 1776 at Howard Gap. Formerly located at a site on Howard Gap Road in Saluda, the monument is now located in Stearns Park in downtown Columbus, across from the Doughboy Statue, at the corner of E. Mills Street and Hampton Court. 21. The Mountain Home - Built in 1910 as a retreat for the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Now The Orchard Inn. Hwy 176. Saluda. 22. Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration - Built in 1892. still has the original furnishings and beautiful and unusual stained glass windows Charles St. Saluda 23. Saluda Depot - Built early 1800's. Now a shop. Main. St., Saluda 24. The Oaks - This beautiful Victorian home was built in 1894 for a local banker. Now a Bed & Breakfast Inn. Greenville St. Saluda. 25. Historic Bank of Tryon Building - (now Tryon Daily Bulletin office)-Build circa 1908 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2008, the two story brick and stone Romanesque-revival style commercial building constructed to house the first bank established in Polk County displays a beautiful brick and stone facade. From 1935 to the present the building has been the home of the Tryon Daily Bulletin, the world's smallest daily newspaper. 16 North Trade Street, Tryon, NC 26. Historic Mill Farm Inn - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January of 2009, this former guest inn is now a private residence. The Mill Farm Inn, was designed by Chicago architect Russell Walcott and construction was completed in 1939. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival-style, stone building topped by an asphalt-shingle side-gable roof with exposed rafter ends. It is located at the intersection of three important roads in southern Polk County - Highway 108 (Lynn Road), Howard Gap Road and Harmon Field Road between Tryon and Lynn. 27. Birthplace of Nina Simone - Visit the house where Eunice Waymon (who later became internationally famous under her professional musical performance name Nina Simone) was born on February 21, 1933. Waymon / Nina Simone would grow up to introduce to the world a unique infusion of pop, gospel, classical, jazz, folk, and ballads -- that she would call, “Black Classical Music.” Her birthplace is located at the top of a hill on East Livingston Street just off Markham Road, Tryon. 28. Tryon Toy Makers and Wood Carvers Cottage - Built in 1925 as a workshop and showroom by Eleanor P. Vance and Charlotte Yale (formerly of the Biltmore Industries) for the wooden toys manufactured by local woodcrafters trained by Vance and Yale, this alpine style gem was the site for a July 4th address by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1934 and is currently being restored as a future museum for wooden items once made and sold there. Located on East Howard Street just off of North Trade Street in Tryon. 29. Tryon Depot and Depot Garden - Built in 1906, the Tryon Depot was the third depot building build to serve the train travelers passing through Tryon. The lovely garden next to the Depot is maintained by the Tryon Garden Club and features a metal sculpture celebrating the role of the railroad in bringing the world to Tryon. Depot Street, Tryon.
Parks and Scenic Areas
1. Shunkawauken Fall's - The highest waterfalls east of the Rockies before the road was put in. It is still a spectacular 500 ft. split level waterfall. White Oak Mountain, Columbus.2. Sunset Rock - Elevation of approximately 3000 ft. looking west over the Green River and Holbert's Cove, on a clear day you can see 3 states and 16 counties. White Oak Mountain, Columbus. 3. Little Warrior Cave - Howard Gap Rd, driveway on the left coming from Tryon and across from Little Warrior Church. Privately owned, no liability or responsibility assumed by owners. Call first. M/M DoGonce 828-749-9684. Saluda 4. Pacolet River - Scenic drive along the river on Hwy 176 between Tryon and Saluda, offers curves and climbing roadway with views of the rushing river, waterfalls and gorges. 5. Saluda Grade - The train tracks follow the steepest, class 1, main-line grade in the U.S. With a total of over 50 curves, the gradient ranges from 3.7% to 5.59%, rising 885 ft. in a three mile section. Hwy 176 between Tryon and Saluda. 6. Pearson's Falls - With the falls thundering over a 90 ft. drop, this property of the Tryon Garden Club is a remarkable botanical wonderland. Offering hiking, bird-watching, picnicking and more. Pearson's Falls Rd, off of Hwy 176, Saluda. 7. Green River Cove - Runs from Saluda to Lake Adger and has 2 access areas to the Green River, Fish Top and Big Rock, for swimming, tubing, kayaking and other outdoor activities. Saluda. 8. Bradley Falls/Little Bradley Falls - Beautiful trails that cover acres of woods, streams and breathtaking waterfalls & gorges. Parking is on the right 3.2 miles from brick columns at Heaven's View Motel. Trails to the falls are on the left before the bridge. 1-26 Saluda exit. Holbert's Cove Rd. Proper clothing/footwear advised. 9. Lake Adger, Red Barn Access - The only lake in Polk County. Open to the public for fishing and other water sports. Boat needed to access lake via the Red Barn Access Point. Silver Creek Rd., Mill Spring. 10. Chimney Rock Park - A breathtaking view from the mountain's giant monolithic "chimney". The park offers nature trails, rock formations and the 404 ft. Hickory Nut Falls. Chimney Rock, NC. 11. Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE) - A 220 acre nature preserve with marked riding and hiking trails, offers bird and nature walks and hosts equestrian events, including the Steeplechase Races. Also has outdoor concerts and educational camps. Hunting Country Rd. Tryon. 12. Lake Lanier - Built in the 1920's, it is a is a very scenic 5 mile drive. The lake is private and has no public access. Dam is located at the NC/SC state line off Hwy 176, Tryon. 13. Harmon Field - Home to the first Tryon Horse & Hound Show in 1926. Many equestrian events are still held here. Picnic area, tennis courts, track. softball field or relax by the Pacolet river as children play on the swings. Harmon Field Rd.. Tryon, NC. 14. Stearns Park - Across from the historic County Court House in Columbus it was originally Stearns School playground built in 1917. Walking track. gazebo and picnic tables. Columbus. 15. Gibson Park - Run by the Polk County Recreation Dept. the park offers a public swimming pool and picnic area Fork St. Columbus 16. Rogers Park - Site of the Summer Tracks concert series, the Rogers Park amphitheater is a wooded open-air concert and performance venue with seating for up to 200 people. The park and amphitheater are often used for school programs and weddings. A small stream bubbles across the park and in front of an oval stage with beautiful rock-work and a retractable awning. Permanent seating in rows up the facing hillside provides good visibility of the stage area. The park also has green space, picnic tables and pergolas. Located on West Howard Street across from Tryon Fire Department in Tryon. 17. Woodland Park - A rustic wooded park with trails adjacent to downtown Tryon. The main access point and vehicle parking area are located off South Trade Street and may be accessed by the one-way section of Chestnut Street from Melrose Avenue. 18. Greene Corner / Sassoon Park - A beautiful garden and gazebo located across from the Melrose Avenue entrance of the Tryon Fine Arts Center, Greene Corner is a favorite location for wedding photos. The Sassoon Park across from it sports modern sculpture and greenery. Located on Melrose Avenue, Tryon. 19. Park on Trade - A jewel of a pocket park developed and maintained by the Green Blades Garden Club offers a bubbling fountain with a millstone base, shrubs, flowerbeds and a rustic bench and arbor. This park is located at the corner of North Trade Street and West Howard Street next to the Tryon Town Hall building and near Rogers Park amphitheater. 20. Ziglar Field - Historic site of the games for the local semi-pro African-American baseball team, the Tryon All-Stars, from 1948 until the 1960s, Ziglar Field currently sports a soccer field and a baseball field for public use. The park is located on East Howard Street near its intersection with Vaughn Street. 21. Bryan Park - Located adjacent to the historic Tryon Cemetery, Garrison Chapel Baptist Church, St. Luke's CME Church and the Nina Simone Birthplace and not far from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Bryan Park offers picnic tables, grills and benches in a sunny green pocket park. Markham Road, Tryon. 22. Nina Simone Plaza - A larger than life size bronze statue of the international songstress, Nina Simone, née Eunice Waymon, may be seen in a small landscaped plaza. The statue celebrates native daughter, Nina Simone, who was born and began her musical training in Tryon, North Carolina. South Trade Street in Tryon, just south of the Tryon Horse and across from the Tryon Theater
General Interest
1. "Morris" The Tryon Horse - 5th generation jumbo version of the Tryon Toymakers most popular toy now stands in the middle of Tryon. The 1st horse was made in 1928 for the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club.2. Tryon Theater - Originally built in 1939 as a movie and vaudeville theater, it still uses it's original carbon arc projectors. It shows movies 4 nights a week and has a matinee on Sunday. Tryon. 3. Jack Scruggs & Son General Store - Bread and boots to barbed wire. The last old time general store in Polk County. 3 miles off Hwy 9 on Chesnee Road., Green Creek. |
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
All Class Tryon School Reunion on October 12, 2013 #tryon #tryonnc
Norma HuntTryon School will be holding a reunion on Oct. 12, 2013 at Harmon Field. Just wanted to let the class of 1971 know. If you know of someone that has not heard about this please let them know. I will be sending more details later.This reunion is for ANYONE that has ever attended Tryon Schools.
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