The 'Nantahala Folio - North Carolina - Tennessee' of the 'Geologic Atlas of the United States' (Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1907) captioned this picture 'Surface of Murphy Marble, Stripped for Quarrying; 2 Miles Southwest of Tomotla,…
This 'Map Showing the Distribution of Talc Deposits in Portions of Swain and Cherokee Counties' was published in Joseph Hyde Pratt's 'Talc and Pyrophyllite Deposits in North Carolina.' Concerning the talc deposits, Pratt noted that: 'As is shown by…
This topographic map titled 'Mount Mitchell Quadrangle,' issued in 1902 and reprinted in 1920 by the U.S. Geological Survey (Washington D.C.: Department of the Interior), shows the area around Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. Other features near Mt.…
This postcard view of the 'Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, N.C.' was postmarked from Asheville on June 7, 1904. The hotel was built in the early 1890s. Fire destroyed the inn in April 1909.
A handwritten caption on the reverse of this photograph identified it as the 'Waynesville Dispensary [Drug Store],' in Waynesville, N.C. A large stock of items appears in the shelving cabinets on either side of the store. The walls and ceiling lamp…
This photograph, entitled 'From Junaluska,' shows the view available from Junaluska Mountain, in the vicinity of Hazelwood and Waynesville, N.C. According to the 'North Carolina Gazetteer' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968),…
In this photograph, a diverse crowd of men, women, and children pose in front of the Yankee Hipps Hotel in Clyde, N.C. According to the book 'Haywood Homes and History' (Hazelwood, N.C.: Oliver Scriptorium, 1993; Waynesville, N.C.: D. Mills, Inc.,…
The 'North Carolina Historical Review' (July 1997) identified this photograph as a Confederate veterans reunion that W.W. Stringfield, himself a veteran and the owner of the Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel, arranged in Waynesville, N.C., in the…
In this photograph dated 1903, Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Luck, Sr., of Jackson County, N.C., are seen in a carriage. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, Luck, Sr., was the business manager of the 'Tuckaseige Democrat' (Sylva, N.C.) newspaper. In 1890 he was…
The front page of the 'Cherokee Scout' (Murphy, North Carolina) for November 18, 1927, announced the opening of a new Cherokee County courthouse in its article 'Formally Open Cherokee's New Courthouse.'� A fire in 1926 had destroyed a previous…