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...
"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...
Mountains -- North Carolina, Western; Buildings -- North Carolina -- Franklin;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts Trimont Peak which is three miles from Franklin. The altitude of Trimont 3,700 feet.
Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.); Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville
This Carolina Mountain Club 'Trip Report' of an excursion to Roan Mountain notes that the roundtrip by automobile from Asheville, North Carolina, was 123.8 miles, with an additional 18 miles covered by foot. The total time for the trip was two...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'R.R. bridge 1 1/2 miles below Asheville' (top left); 'Pearsons Bridge across French Broad 4 miles below...
In this scene railroad tracks are seen curving away into the distance and paralleling the French Broad River. This card was cancelled at Asheville, N.C., on August 28, 1908. The 1916 guide book Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina,...
This picture of the Whittier, N.C., railway depot possibly dates from 1909. When enlarged, the 'Train Schedule' sign, seen at the far right of the building, appears to have a handwritten date of July 16, 1909. The 'Whittier' sign over the doorway...
The 'Nantahala Folio - North Carolina - Tennessee' of the 'Geologic Atlas of the United States' (Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1907) captioned this picture 'Surface of Murphy Marble, Stripped for Quarrying; 2 Miles Southwest of Tomotla,...
A monument was constructed at the original southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail on Mount Oglethorpe, located in Pickens County, Georgia. Dedicated in 1930, the monument was moved about 20 miles to the northeast to the town of Jasper, Georgia...
A monument was constructed at the original southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail on Mount Oglethorpe, located in Pickens County, Georgia. Dedicated in 1930, the monument was moved about 20 miles to the northeast to the town of Jasper, Georgia...
Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville; Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Description and travel
This report details a trip made by members of the Carolina Mountain Club. While the report is dated "June 26," the year has not been recorded. Most likely the trip was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The report reveals much about the...
Dillsboro (N.C.); Electric utilities -- North Carolina -- Jackson County
The Ruralite (Sylva, N.C.) reported on improvements in the operation of the Dillsboro and Sylva Electric Company in its January 13, 1931, issue in an article titled 'Electric Company Installs Some New Machinery.'� C.J. Harris, a prominent...
This illustration from Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup's late 19th century travel narrative, 'Heart of the Alleghanies,'� is captioned, 'The Macon Highlands' (p. 293). The authors note that the road from the town of Franklin, in Macon...
Opened in July 1913, the Grove Park Inn quickly emerged as a premier destination in Asheville, N.C. This advertisement in the North Carolina Good Roads Association's 1916 publication Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (Raleigh,...
This scene, entitled 'The Nantahala River and Gap,' appeared in the 1904 edition of Holman D. Waldron's With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky.' According to Waldron, the Murphy Branch of the Southern Railway passed through the Nantahala...
This photograph has a handwritten caption that states, 'This is the the [sic] Passenger Train from Proctor to Ritter with Charley Wilson, Engineer, G.J. Calhoun, Conductor.' Granville Calhoun, seen at the rear of the train in this photograph, was...
Proctor, N.C., located along Hazel Creek in Swain County, N.C., was a center of logging activity for the W.M. Ritter Lumber Company from 1909 to 1926. The community had a population of about 500 in the mid-1910s. As rail connections were vital in...
This 'Map Showing the Distribution of Talc Deposits in Portions of Swain and Cherokee Counties' was published in Joseph Hyde Pratt's 'Talc and Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina.' Concerning the talc deposits, Pratt noted that: 'As is shown...
This postcard, captioned 'Looking East, Dillsboro, N.C.,' was taken from a hill overlooking the center of the town. By the time this postcard was mailed, with a July 20, 1908, postmark on the reverse, the town of Dillsboro had emerged as a vital...
A photograph of ''The Mail Rider,'' who probably served the Medlin community in Swain County, North Carolina. In ''Our Southern Highlanders'' (p. 30), Kephart notes that, ''A mountain settlement consists or all who get their mail at the same...
