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Hiram Tyram Hunter (1883-1947) began his tenure as president of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School through its transition to Western Carolina Teachers College, a four-year institution, in 1929. He headed the school from 1923 until his death in…

Glenn Weaver Hunter was the wife of Hiram Tyram Hunter (1883-1947) who began his tenure as president of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School through its transition to Western Carolina Teachers College, a four-year institution, in 1929.

Group photograph of men and women in formal attire. Seated at the far left of this group is William Ernest Bird (1890-1975). Bird attended Cullowhee High School and graduated in 1911 from Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. After earning a…

The mill buildings shown here, along with a dam, were located on the Tuckasegee River and provided electricity to the campus.

St. Davids Episcopal Church, located on the campus of Western Carolina University, was built in the 1880s and consecrated in 1892. Services were held on a monthly basis when a priest came from Canton or Waynesville. The church experienced hard…

Cullowhee United Methodist Church located on the campus of Western Carolina Teachers College. The church was founded in 1894 as part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South organization. In the years following, ministers from the Webster Circuit…

View of Cullowhee Baptist Church just before demolition. The white frame structure, located between the present day brick building and church cemetery, was completed circa 1918. The new brick building was completed in 1929. Cullowhee Baptist…