Andrews, North Carolina is a small town situated in a wide and verdant valley just south of the Great Smoky Mountains. With a long history as a Cherokee settlement, by the time of this postcard in the early 20th century, Andrews was a community…
During the first decades of the 20th century, timber companies cleared much of the virgin forests that make up today's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Whiting Saw Mill, shown with its drying kiln, operated in Judson, North Carolina.
Fontana dam was built in the 1940s to meet the increased need for electricity brought about by the nation’s involvement in World War II. The tallest dam in the Eastern United States, the dam created Fontana Lake which flooded over 10,000 acres of…
Mary Elizabeth Mingus Stillwell (b. 1880) was a member of the Mingus family who built Mingus Mill in 1886. In 1936, the mill was restored by the Civilian Conservation Corps and put back into operation as a demonstration mill. Water is diverted from…
Fontana Dam was built in the 1940s to meet the increased need for electricity brought about by the nation’s involvement in World War II. The tallest dam in the Eastern United States, the dam created Fontana Lake which flooded over 10,000 acres of…
Fontana dam was built in the 1940s to meet the increased need for electricity brought about by the nation’s involvement in World War II. The tallest dam in the Eastern United States, the dam created Fontana Lake which flooded over 10,000 acres of…
This small postcard is labeled "Siding Talc Mountain, Nantahala Gorge." The image is of a train traveling along the tracks that run along the Nantahala River. The postcard is in the general collection of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This series of 26 photographs affixed to 19 sheets accompanies a letter from J. R. Eakin, Superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the director of the National Park Service. The photographs cover a variety of activities and…
Published in 1934, this 74-page bound book showcases eleven Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps located in the area of the Great Smoky Mountains. Each section discusses the establishment of a single camp and includes photographs of camp life as…
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10,000 came to Newfound Gap to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Five hundred members of the Civilian Conservation Corps were also on hand to…