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SUMMARY:History Hour | Montford: Boom to Bust and Back
LOCATION:Asheville Museum of History
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Asheville Museum of History (AMoH) on Tuesday\, 
 September 29th\, from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the historic Smith-McDowell Hou
 se\, home to AMoH\, for a special History Hour program: Montford: Boom to 
 Bust and Back\, with Sharon Fahrer.About the History Hour Program:Montford
 : Boom to Bust and Back examines the life cycle of a historic neighborhood
 . Sharon Fahrer reveals a picture of a neighborhood that was swallowed up 
 when the City of Asheville created a trolley suburb. Discover some of Mont
 ford’s illustrious residents\; its mansions and its hovels\; its trials
 \, tribulations\, and triumphs\; what was lost and what remains. Learn wha
 t clues from the past alert visitors and residents alike to the story of t
 his historic neighborhood. Has the mystery of how Montford was named been 
 solved? Where was Stumptown? Who were the first residents? How did Montfor
 d reinvent itself? What homes have been lost\, and why? Who designed the o
 riginal homes\, and who lived in them? How did the Black and White residen
 ts interact? How was one of the wealthiest neighborhoods also the poorest?
  Why is Montford so economically diverse\, and can it last? Fahrer will at
 tempt to answer these questions and some that you may add when you attend 
 this program.About the Speaker:Sharon Fahrer moved to Asheville in 1996 pa
 rtly because of its rich history and architecture. People drawn to Ashevil
 le often reinvent themselves. She is a recovered environmental planner tur
 ned history geek armed with a BA in geography from Clark University and a 
 master’s of urban planning from Wayne State University. She began to doc
 ument Asheville’s Jewish history with Jan Schochet in 2003 to capture th
 e memories of people who knew Asheville’s downtown in its prime and to b
 etter understand her adopted home. History@Hand has grown to offer walking
  tours and provide interpretive panels for buildings and outside exhibits.
  To date\, she has authored over 40 panels on a wide array of topics\, inc
 luding Black and Montford history\, as well as important sites and people 
 of local history. Fahrer has done extensive work enhancing an archive on J
 ewish Life in western North Carolina at the D. Hiden Ramsey Library Specia
 l Collections at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She chaire
 d the 37th annual meeting of the Southern Jewish Historical Society in Ash
 eville and currently serves on the board of Jewish Heritage NC\, as well a
 s on the research committee of the Community Remembrance Project. Jan Scho
 chet and Sharon co-wrote two books: The Family Store: A History of Jewish 
 Businesses in Asheville\, North Carolina 1880–1990 and The Man Who Lived
  on Main Street: Stories by and about Sol Schulman. Fahrer also wrote A Ho
 me in Shalom’ville: A History of Asheville’s Jewish Community.Tickets:
 * In-Person Tickets are Limited *General Admission | $10 [plus fees & taxe
 s]AMoH Members | FREEWe also have no-cost\, community-funded tickets avail
 able. We want our events to be accessible to as many people as possible. I
 f you are able\, please consider making a donation along with your ticket 
 purchase. These donations are placed in our Community Fund\, which allows 
 us to offer tickets at no cost to those who could not attend otherwise. Ti
 ckets are limited for in-person lectures\, so don't miss your opportunity 
 to secure a spot!* In-Person Tickets are Limited *Become a Member:If you w
 ish to support the Asheville Museum of History and become a member of the 
 museum\, use the link below:Become a Member of the Asheville Museum of His
 toryFor questions about this event:Email education@ashevillehistory.org or
  call the Asheville Museum of History (AMoH) at 828.365.8479\n\nBoletos: h
 ttps://www.simpletix.com/e/history-hour-montford-boom-to-bust-and-bac-tick
 ets-290657
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