The North Carolina Good Roads Association's Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (1916) included an advertisement and picture for the Waynesville Auto Repair Company. Another advertisement in The 1916 Pictorial Story of Haywood County…
In 1901 C.J. Harris, a prominent industrialist in Jackson County, N.C., started the Harris Tannery in Sylva, N.C. The report by J.S. Holmes entitled Forest Conditions in Western North Carolina (Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1911) noted…
C.J. Harris was the most prominent industrialist and entrepreneur in Jackson County, N.C., in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He owned extensive business interests, which included a retail store, bank, electric power company, clay mining…
Black Rock, a well-known peak of the Plott Balsam range in western North Carolina, rises to an elevation of 5,810 feet. This postcard vista was taken near Sylva, N.C., and was postmarked July 27, 1914. Black Rock's elevation exceeds that of Sylva,…
The Willets school house at the Willets community in Jackson County, N.C., exemplified the many small schools that operated throughout the county. For a quarter of a century, S. Jerome Phillips (1880- 1965) taught at the Willets Graded School and…
This close up picture of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville, N.C., shows the tower which distinguished the building as a town landmark. The Courthouse dated from 1884 and served the county until a new building was constructed in 1931 to…
In this elevated view of Canton, N.C., railroad tracks may be seen at the center right and prominent mountain peaks in the background. This card was postmarked May 4, 1906, at Canton, N.C., and, May 6, 1907, at Biddeford, Me. In early 1906…
This image shows the town of Canton, N.C., from a slight elevation and with a mountain range in the background. This card, postmarked May 4, 1907, at Canton, was mailed to Biddeford, Maine. Canton grew quickly in population after it was chosen as…
The extent of the Champion Fibre Mills may be seen in this perspective taken from a slight elevation. The sender of this postcard view of the large pulp mill noted that the building marked with a '1' showed the boiler house 'exactly as it looks…
The Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad linked the community of Sunburst, N.C., and its large lumber operation to Canton, N.C., located to the north. Sunburst could be reached by rail in about an hour and fifteen minutes. A July 25, 1913,…