History A Brotherly Hand from Elton: A Glimpse into 1893 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 20, 2026 “I would like to get you to tend to my land for me as I am not able to go to cort” Hello there, neighbors! Come on in and pull up a chair. I have a special treat for you today—a little piece of our history that feels just as… Continue Reading
History A Ticket to the Fair and a Sisterly Favor M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 31, 2026 “now Ella do have her Come and I will Just do any thing for you and Cynthia in the future.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve found something truly special in the archives today. It’s a letter from October 8th, 1893, written by a woman named Belle to her… Continue Reading
History A Little Blue in Deep Water: A 1894 Love Letter to a Dear Friend M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “I know you would forgive my presumption if you knew how blue the house is since you went away.” Pulling this letter out of the archives feels like holding a small, warm piece of the past in your hands. Dated February 20th, 1894, these two yellowed pages are filled with… Continue Reading
History The True Corners of Elton: A Brotherly Letter from 1897 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 27, 2026 “I Hope this will find you all enjoying good Health” Gather ’round, neighbors, for a little trip back to the spring of 1897. Imagine holding a piece of history that’s as fragile as a dried leaf—a yellowed, lined sheet of paper covered in the flowing, elegant cursive of a century… Continue Reading
History A Mother’s Heart and a Husband’s Hand: A Glimpse of 1901 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “Go little Pilgrim to thy home on yonder Blissfull Shore” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve been sorting through some old boxes in the back of the archives and found a piece of our history that really pulls at the heartstrings. It’s a scrap of lined paper… Continue Reading
History A Brotherly Plea from the Hills: The Gwinn Letter of 1880 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 31, 2026 “i will just say to yo that i am hard up for money at this time” Pull up a chair and let me share a little treasure from the archives with you. This is a personal letter written by Samuel Gwinn to his brother Laban on a summer day in… Continue Reading
History A Ledger, a Letter, and a Lesson in Lumber M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 1, 2026 We dont want Lumber as the cooperage Co will not take lumber for their part. Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve just unearthed a little slice of our shared past that’s as crisp as an October morning in the mountains. This week, I’ve been leafing through a letter dated… Continue Reading
History A Handshake and a Harvest of Timber M Gwinn, December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 “it ant often you can buy one half interis in a farm and pay in lumb” Gather ’round, friends, and take a look at this little scrap of history I pulled from the archives today. It’s a letter from September of 1883, written by a fellow named R. H. Maxwell… Continue Reading
History A Neighborly Request from Hinton’s Past M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 18, 2026 “two or three days might make no difference with you but it might make 1% to me” Come sit a spell and look at this treasure I found in the archives today. It is a letter from way back in 1884, sent from the general store of John Cooper right… Continue Reading
History The Merchant’s Ledger and the Strength of a Handshake M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 7, 2026 “beside the advantage a man gets, of having the reputation of being prompt which always enables him to buy goods closer than Slow parties” Gather ’round, neighbors, and let me tell you about a little treasure I found from our town’s past. It’s a letter written way back on April… Continue Reading