Sylva (N.C.); Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
This photograph offers a rooftop view of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's procession down Main Street of Sylva, North Carolina. President Roosevelt traveled by automobile from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Asheville, N.C. on a tour of the Great Smoky...
Paper mills -- North Carolina --Jackson County; Sylva Paper Board Company (Sylva, N.C.)
The January 10, 1928, issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) contained an article 'Work Started on Big Paper Mill'� concerning construction of the Sylva Paper Board Company's plant by the Mead Corporation. The paperboard company's operations were...
Roads -- North Carolina; Sylva (N.C.); Cities and towns -- North Carolina -- Sylva;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “A Drive Near Sylva, N.C.” Sylva is the county seat of Jackson County.
Cities and towns -- North Carolina -- Sylva; City and town life -- North Carolina, Western; Sylva (N.C.);
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “Looking North from Sylva, N. Car.” and shows the town of Sylva, the county seat of Jackson County.
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Catawba County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Gallery One (Sylva, N.C.); Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Swain County (N.C.) -- Social life and...
For Amy, this planting season brings memories of her father, and she shares her story "Two Seeds at a Time, a Foot Apart. The song "For the Beauty of the Earth" from the Butterpats of Sherrills Ford follows her story. On Creative Corner, Doreyl and...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Gallery One (Sylva, N.C.); Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Cemeteries -- North Carolina, Western; Decoration and ornament -- North Carolina, Western;...
Amy introduces the show with musician Ron Smith of Sylva, who will be sharing his music at Sylva’s upcoming ColorFest; Smith plays "Blackberry Blossom." Doreyl interviews Tim Lewis of Gallery One in Sylva. Amy talks with Alan Jabbour and Karen...
This picture highlights the Main Street of Sylva, N.C., as seen on September 18, 1915. Taken from the vantage point of the new Jackson County Courthouse, completed in February 1914 and situated on a hillside overlooking the town, the photograph...
Traffic accidents -- North Carolina; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
The front page of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) newspaper for April 7, 1931 featured two articles that, combined, expressed both optimism and loss. The page contained articles about Sylva's potential as a gateway to the new Great Smoky Mountains...
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Sylva Tanning Company (Sylva, N.C.)
This panoramic view is identified in the lower right margin as the '`Sylva Tanning Company,' Sylva, N.C.'� It has a credit line of 'Photo by Sherrill Studio, Asheville, N.C.'� The intertwined importance of western North Carolina's timber...
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Sylva; Leather industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Sylva;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts a tannery in Sylva, North Carolina. Early industrial sites were featured on postcards to illustrate the modernity of a town.
Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Sylva; Leather industry and trade -- North Carolina -- Sylva;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “C.J. Harris Tannery, Sylva, N.C.” Early industrial sites were featured on postcards to illustrate the modernity of a town.
Sylva (N.C.); Cities and towns -- North Carolina -- Sylva; City and town life -- North Carolina, Western
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts the town of Sylva, North Carolina viewed from the Jackson County Courthouse. This view looks down the town’s main street toward Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Sylva (N.C.); Cities and towns -- North Carolina -- Sylva; City and town life -- North Carolina, Western
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts the town of Sylva, North Carolina viewed from the Jackson County Courthouse. This view looks down the town’s main street toward Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community centers -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Music -- North Carolina -- Graham County; Music -- North...
With apple blossoms flowering in the mountains, Amy is reminded of her parents’ wedding day and shares the story of their meeting; followed by Rio Clemente’s "Apple Blossom Time" and "First Impressions" from Dave Magill of Webster. On Creative...
Musicians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Music -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Veterans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; American Legion. Post No. 104 (Sylva, NC)
Doreyl hosts thirteen musicians from the Nikwasi Dulcimer Players who meet in Franklin; they play the songs "Angel Band" and “Black Mountain Rag.” Then Amy welcomes Clyde Bumgarner from Sylva, who talks about Sylva’s Post 104 of the American...
In May 1913 the voters in Jackson County, N.C., approved a measure to relocate the county seat from Webster to Sylva. While the town of Webster had been designated as the original county seat in the early 1850s, Sylva had benefited from the...
This photograph by R.A. Romanes (1896-1978) has a handwritten caption that reads '10 -18 - 1936 on Franklin - Sylva Rd N.C. Ascent to Jackson Gap.'� The numbers in the caption are the date, October 18, 1936. The rest of the caption refers to...
In this photograph an unidentified couple poses next to a 1930 or 1931 Chevrolet Roadster. The photograph was taken near the location of the C.J. Harris Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina. At that time the hospital was located above the Jackson...
In 1901 C.J. Harris, a prominent industrialist in Jackson County, N.C., started the Harris Tannery in Sylva, N.C. The report by J.S. Holmes entitled Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina (Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1911) noted...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fiddlers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Gallery One (Sylva, N.C.); Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Storytelling -- North...
Amy Ammons tells the story “Footsteps in the Shadows.” Doreyl Ammons interviews Dr. Ray Menze about Gallery One in Sylva. Amy interviews fiddler Amanda Dills Stewart from Cullowhee about how she learned to fiddle and became one of the Fiddling...
