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Dr. D. L. Smith’s Baby Hospital, Saluda, NC

Dr. D. L. Smith’s Baby Hospital, Saluda, NC – Greetings from the Past

In the early 1900s the death rate for babies was high. It was especially high in the South.

This was before antibiotics were available. There were few rural doctors and few pediatricians at all. Heat and humidity, flies, contaminated milk …

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Leander Justice House, Druid Hills, Hendersonville NC

Leander Justice House, Druid Hills

The oldest house in Druid Hills is the Leander Justice House at 419 Higate Road. The Leander Justice House became part of the neighborhood when the Leander Justice farm was sold for the development of Druid Hills. Druid Hills was …