BOONE NORTH CAROLINA
Dust and Shadows
Valle Crucis
The little hill top cemetery, which we visited about 2 years ago. We both just love this scenic area. It is a quiet, beautiful overlook into the valley and a huge start of Valle Crucis history.
A botanist from New York first learned about this wonderful area while searching for wild plants in the mountains of North Carolina. He met with Episcopal Bishop, Levi Silliman Ives, to share his experience on the way back to New York. Intrigued by the beauty this botanist described within these mountain valleys, in 1842 Ives set out for his picturesque land to start building his mission work. On his first trip, he saw three creeks crossing in the valley in the shape of a cross. There he called this area of mountain valleys, Valle Crucis.
Ives sent out a priest to start the beginning of the Episcopal Ministry in December 1842. It took over 10 years to put everything together, from purchasing the land to the construction of the buildings. The priest began the work for the Mission School and the Society of the Holy Cross. Ives also sent out William Skiles to oversee the farming and he became an ordained Deacon in 1847. When Brother Skiles passed away in 1862, the fundamental work on the church declined.
During our visit there, I did use my digital recorder and did pick up some voices while in the front of the cemetery, but these voices did not have enough clarity to post as evidence.
More Information: http://www.vallecrucis.com/about-2/
Old Canon Memorial Hospital
I have researched this hospital on the internet, and it supposedly contains paranormal activity. I really wanted so desperately to go into this hospital for two reasons, photography, and digital recordings. Don and I had stopped for breakfast at the local family restaurant while we were planning our day. Still curious about the hospital, I asked the Marie, our waitress, about the Canon Hospital,
Photos on Right: Penny, Marie, and Keith from the Grandview Restaurant
She asked the other employees and Keith was able to tell us how to get there.
We drove to the location; no trespassing signs were visibly posted. Although my jaw was dragging on the gravel, we both agreed that this was as far as we were going to go, to the gate. Now that we know where the Canon Hospital is, I have a year to get in touch with the owner to see if we can explore this abandoned hospital during the day.
It is really upsetting when you know that people have trespassed in order to investigate this location. As Don and I stand at the gate to this place, just imagining all the hallways, peeling paint, equipment left in its place and the desperate souls wondering the halls, we know how much we would respect this place, providing the owner with all the paranormal evidence we can collect. Staring at the front of the hospital, I resigned myself to waiting until next year to explore this amazing place, and went across the street to take pictures of the ducks.
More about our trip here:
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