Flight 22

By: Dan Gibbs A lot of people in Hendersonville’s lives changed forever when Piedmont Flight 22 out ofAsheville collided with a Cessna 310 over the skies above Hendersonville a little after 12 PM onJuly 19, 1967. The Boeing 727, owned by Piedmont Airlines, was headed from Asheville toRoanoke, VA and the Cessna was headed from […]

M & T Distilling

By: Dan Gibbs Hendersonville has a long history of moonshine that dates to the mid-19th century. Prohibition during the 1920’s was when the Moonshine industry in Hendersonville became notorious for its violence, and it was big business as well. The Moonshine trade in Hendersonville was so prominent that the federal government formed a task force, […]