Thomas Edison and the first car in Jackson County
by Staff ~ November 13th, 2008. Filed under: History and Heritage, Writing & Books.
SYLVA-Mountain storyteller and scribe Bob Terrell tells the story of Thomas Edison’s drive through Jackson County in 1906–apparently the first automobile jaunt in these parts.
A decade later it became the occasional practice to take your vuhicle up the courthouse steps to show its mettle.
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