Wanda (Newman) Presswood talks about living in Fontana Village as a child while her father worked in the Fontana Dam project, about how she found out about the Dam Kids reunions, and how wonderful it was to come to these reunions every year where she…
Jane Privette discusses her experience growing up in the surrounding area of Indian Land, South Carolina. She talks about the recent population growth and the realities of living through suburbanization. Jane also gives some insight into pieces of…
Christine Cole Proctor speaks about how her family and others were moved from their homes so that the Fontana Dam could be built. The dam, completed in 1945 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), is built on the Little Tennessee River and is…
Mildred Proctor is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on April 2, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1928, Proctor grew up in Whitmire, South Carolina. Her father died young and so she quit school…
Willie Proctor is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on April 2, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. He was born in Rutherford County in 1904 and moved to Polk county when he was still young. He recalls…
Dennis Proffitt is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Proffitt was born in 1952 and moved to Sylva from Yancey County when he was six years old. He…
Maria Pyatt is interviewed by Chyan Gallardo on June 2, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pyatt, a veteran of the Iraq War, discusses her experiences in basic training, the Third Calvary Brave…
Joe Sam Queen is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Queen talks about growing up in Panama in the 1950s and then in Waynesville in the 1960s. He…
Maxine Ramey discusses growing up in Highlands in the 1960s and 1970s and how the town has changed over the years. She talks about how tourism and part-time residents have affected Highlands and issues the town currently faces. She shares her…
Growing up in Green Hill, Garry Ramsey experienced firsthand the influences of the Champion paper mill. The paper mill provided the community with a way of life from the YMCA and Champion Credit Union to Camp Hope. The mill and the industry played an…