My Town Franklin articles covering: Charleston

Franklin, NC (December 2009) – Four lucky local children won family 4-pack ticket packages to The Charleston Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker held at The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, December 6. All children who celebrated their birthdays at The Fun Factory during September, October, and November of this year had their names entered in a drawing and were eligible to win these tickets. The drawing was held on November 23 and winning children were Samantha Dalton, Dalton Jones, Julia May Schmitt, and Kadin Taylor. Read more…

Why was this trade so important to the English and Scots? With the union in 1707 vast markets opened to Scottish entrepreneurs. About 1709 to 1720 a plague infected European cattle herds. It is said that during this time, half of France’s cattle herds died. This plague spread to the whole of the continent of Europe. Read more…