Cody Parton talks about his role as Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator for Haywood County during Tropical Storm Fred. Parton recounts the day which started with a conference call to the National Weather Service who were confident that Haywood…
An interview with Helen Patton of Macon County in which she discusses her family's history in the area as well as her personal history. Her ancestor, George Patton, settled in the Cartoogechaye Creek area when Cherokee Indian lands became available…
Susan Pepper, a musician, songwriter and music teacher, discusses her experiences playing Appalachian music in western North Carolina and beyond. She talks about her passions and the perspective she has gained of Appalachia through music. This…
Peggy Petrocy is an artist who sells her artwork almost exclusively in Elkin, NC. Petrocy discusses the challenges and successes that she faced growing up, how she settled in a small rural community, the support she receives from the local community,…
Dan Pittillo is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pittillo has been interested in botany his whole life. He has collected and documented plants for…
Paul Pittman is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pittman works for the North Carolina Forest Service in Jackson County. They discuss firefighting in…
Robbie Pittman is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pittman discusses growing up on a tenant farm near Saratoga, NC. He talks about being drafted and…
Nona Pourlos discusses her ancestors, including Levi and Hardy Caldwell, who were among the first settlers in Cataloochee Valley, which later became part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She talks about Levi’s relationship with the…
Mae Powell is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1909, Powell grew up in Swain County in Birdtown until the Cherokee took her family’s land away.…
Ray Pressley is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in Sylva and a lifelong resident of Pressley Creek, a road named after his great-grandfather,…