This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, 'Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina' (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows 'Ocona Lufta Valley'…
This picture from the book 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region,' issued by the United States…
This page, featured in 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region,' issued by the United States Department…
This picture from the publication issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the…
The travel brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians'� (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923), featured on page 16 three images under the general heading 'Pisgah National Forest and Game…
The travel brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians'� (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, August 1923) featured three pictures on page 17 with the captions 'East Entrance, Pisgah National Forest…
This tri-fold brochure entitled 'The National Forests of the Southern Appalachians: What They Mean to the East and South' was issued by the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (Washington, D.C., August 1923). The left…
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 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…
This photograph of Weaver McLean has a handwritten caption on the front that remarked McLean was 'depot agent' for the rail station at Whittier, N.C., located along the Murphy Branch of the Southern Railway. The 1910 census for Whittier community in…