Historic Saluda » Bill Holbert Saluda NC https://www.historicsaluda.org Historic Saluda North Carolina Established in 1881 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:36:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A Walk Down Main Street in the 1940s https://www.historicsaluda.org/a-walk-down-main-street-in-the-1940s/ https://www.historicsaluda.org/a-walk-down-main-street-in-the-1940s/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:19:51 +0000 Rocky Road Web Admin https://www.historicsaluda.org/?p=2071 Lifelong Saluda resident Willis “Bill” Holbert takes us (literally) on a trip down Memory Lane in this excerpt from his oral history interview. He recalls all of the businesses and merchants of the pre-World War II years, including barber Will Forrest and a family from Syria who ran a cafe. Also, did you know that [...]

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]]> Lifelong Saluda resident Willis “Bill” Holbert takes us (literally) on a trip down Memory Lane in this excerpt from his oral history interview. He recalls all of the businesses and merchants of the pre-World War II years, including barber Will Forrest and a family from Syria who ran a cafe. Also, did you know that there were once slot machines in Saluda? and that you could sled from the top of Greenville Street all the way past City Hall after a good snow? Bill shares these stories and more.

(Look for Bill’s complete interview coming soon to the Oral History page of this site.)

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