Civil War
STONEMAN'S RAID
Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865.
P-55Buncombe County
Where it stands. Old US 70 west of Ridgecrest
Don't take in no strangers while I'm gone. She sighed deeply. They ain't a soul in this world but what is a stranger to me, she said.