This stepback cabinet was made by woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup around 1918. A number of useful features are incorporated in this kitchen furniture item including two flour or meal bins that open to the front, upper storage shelves, a horizontal...
This handmade table was made by woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup around 1911. The table was constructed from materials at hand; in this case, boards originally intended for coffin tops. The maker envisioned the horizontal surface would be covered...
This feed bin was made by woodworker Jesse Stalcup around the 1910s. A useful barn or shed item for storing animal grains, this feed bin shows lots of wear. The bottom of the bin has been replaced and it appears that the legs have as well. An...
North Carolina -- Description and travel; South Carolina -- Description and travel; Mountains -- South Carolina; Mountains -- North Carolina, Western;
“Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina” was written when Henry E. Colton (1836-1892) was only 22 years old. Educated at Yale, by 1858, Colton lived in Asheville. He served in...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Jewelry making -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Catawba County; Folkmoot USA (Festival);...
Amy tells the story “Daddy Waltzed With Mother,” accompanied by “The Blue Danube Waltz.” (The old Irish song "Twilight is Stealing," performed by Tuckasegee’s Spirit-Filled Trio, follows her story.) On Creative Corner, Doreyl welcomes...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Choral conductors -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Festivals -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Farm life...
Amy begins the show with her story “Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries,” which is about the home her family lived in during the 1950s, in Cullowhee and how the song the story is named after helped her with difficulties in her life. The story is...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
In her yurt in Tuckasegee, Doreyl interviews watercolorist Pam Haddock during a thunderstorm. Amy and Jeff Darnell discuss storytelling alongside the Tuckasegee River in Bryson City. The legendary Mary Jane Queen, who lived her life on John’s...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Camping -- Equipment and supplies
Kephart's first camp in western North Carolina, on Dicks Creek near Dillsboro, North Carolina. The caption indicates that he named his encampment, ''Camp Toco -- Dak-waw-I (fish monster place) - near Dick Creek (Here I lived alone Aug. 7 to Oct 28,...
The family identified here as ''The Turpins'' lived on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina. This photograph was featured on Album page 7 under the heading ''Tuckaseegee River.''
Looking up Hazel Creek from Medlin. Medlin was the settlement on Hazel Creek, North Carolina, near where Kephart lived for three years and which he described in ''Our Southern Highlanders.''
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, ''The Cabin in Winter'' This photograph appeared in ''Our Southern Highlanders,'' 1921 edition, p. 161, as ''Cabin on the Little Fork of Sugar Fork...
Kephart lived near the community of Medlin in Swain County, North Carolina, from 1904 - 1907. This view, labeled ''Medlin from Sugar Fork (evening),'' is on Album page 15 with a general page heading ''Great Smoky Mts.'' Six previous captions with...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, ''The Cabin in Autumn''. This may be the picture that appeared in ''Our Southern Highlanders'' 1922 revised ed., p. 32, as ''Cabin on the Little Fork...
The Hall Cabin (North Carolina room on left, Tennessee room on right - State line - the watershed of the Smokies - runs through the entry- Elevation, 4900 feet above sea-level- J.B. Anderson and I lived here through the three summer months of...
Kephart's first camp in western North Carolina, on Dicks Creek near Dillsboro, North Carolina. The caption indicates that he named his encampment, "Camp Toco -- Dak-waw-I (fish monster place) - near Dick Creek (Here I lived alone Aug. 7 to Oct 28,...
The family identified here as "The Turpins" lived on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina. This photograph was featured on Album page 7 under the heading "Tuckaseegee River."
"Looking up Hazel Creek from Medlin." Medlin was the settlement on Hazel Creek, North Carolina, near where Kephart lived for three years and which he described in "Our Southern Highlanders."
Kephart lived near the community of Medlin in Swain County, North Carolina, from 1904 - 1907. This view, labeled "Medlin from Sugar Fork (evening)," is on Album page 15 with a general page heading "Great Smoky Mts." Six previous captions with...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Autumn". This may be the picture that appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" 1922 revised ed., p. 32, as "Cabin on the Little Fork of...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little Fork of Sugar Fork of...
