1936 Map of Fruitland

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Educational and medical institutions anchor this 1936 survey of the Blue Ridge foothills along the boundary of Buncombe and Henderson Counties. The Fruitland Institute and the Asheville Agricultural School serve as prominent community hubs, while the Mountain Sanitarium sits further west near the Southern rail line. The landscape is defined by its ridge-and-valley settlement patterns, where small mountain churches like Tweed Chapel, Patty Chapel, and Brush Creek Ch Cem are connected by winding trails through Stroup Gap and Baldwin Gap. A Narrow Gage rail spur and a local Airport near Fletcher highlight the era's evolving transportation network, which relied on these vital connections between remote mountain gaps and the growing township of Hendersonville.