WNC History: Beacon Manufacturing and a Swannanoa fiddling phenom
When Beacon owner Charles D. Owen heard Marcus Martin’s fiddling, he offered him a job on the spot and his family a place to live in the mill village.
Source: citizen-times.com
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When Beacon owner Charles D. Owen heard Marcus Martin’s fiddling, he offered him a job on the spot and his family a place to live in the mill village.
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