The North Carolina Arboretum

Fall

The North Carolina Arboretum is a public institution, established in 1986 to serve as a statewide as well as national resource and cultivator of education, economic development, research, conservation and garden demonstration. It is located adjacent to the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, at Milepost 393, near Asheville and nestled in one of the most botanically diverse and beautiful natural settings in America.
The Arboretum offers 434 acres of natural beauty, engaging outdoor, indoor and traveling exhibits that provide opportunities to cultivate connections with plants and explore how plants are important to our world.

Open
April – October 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
November – March 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way
Asheville, North Carolina 28806-9315
Phone: 828-665-2492

Arboretum

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TransDomo,LLC / ShellTree Realty
Flavia & Klaus Westerwelle
Phone: 864.908.0690
Email: info@transdomo.com
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Photos from Greenville, SC

Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum & Baseball Library

Joe Jackson Museum

Joseph Jefferson Jackson „Shoeless Joe“ was born on July 16, 1888 in Pickens county and in early 1901 moved with his family to the Brandon community in West Greenville, SC. He started playing baseball in the Brandon Mills men’s team when he was thirteen and played semi-pro ball with the Greenville Spinners in 1908. During a game against the Anderson Electricians he took off his in new spikes, because of blisters on his feet and a fan of the opposing team shouted: „You shoeless son-of-a-gun!“. Although it was the only game Joe played shoeless the name stuck. In August 1908 he signed with the Philadelphia Athletics, in 1910 was traded to Cleveland and in 1915 to the Chicago White Sox. After being accused of conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series and acquittal in a court of law Joe Jackson and seven other White Sox players were banned from playing professional baseball. After his professional baseball career ended Joe Jackson first moved to Savannah and in 1932 back to Greenville. He operated a barbecue restaurant and a liquor store and died in 1951. Joe Jackson’s house was dismantled in 2006, moved and reassembled on Field Street across the new Fluor Field baseball stadium in Greenville’s historic West End. The museum opened in June 2008 and displays artifacts, photographs, films, records and other items associated with his life and career.

Open: Saturdays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Joe Jackson Museum
356 Field Street
Across from Fluor Field
Historic West End
Greenville, SC
864-235-6280
Email: info@shoelessjoejackson.org
Shoeless Jackson Museum

© Flavia Westerwelle

TransDomo,LLC / ShellTree Realty
Flavia & Klaus Westerwelle
Phone: 864.908.0690
Email: info@transdomo.com
TransDomo
Westerwelle
Photos from Greenville, SC