This 1936 photograph of a team of oxen team pulling a sled was made by H. M. Jennison. This oxen team was used at the Paul Messer place on Upper Hemphill Creek in the Cataloochee section of the Great Smoky Mountains.
This 14-page manuscript recalls a reunion of Cataloochee residents that took place in 1976. The manuscript was collected as part of the Cataloochee History Project that collected photographs, stories, and oral histories about families who lived in…
This series of 10 photographs documents various traps used in the Cataloochee Valley. The images were made in 1937 by Hiram Coleman Wilburn (1880-1967). As an unofficial historian of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Wilburn spent time…
This photograph of the Catawba Falls on the headwaters of the Catawba River has on the back the label "Country Life in America" which was an illustrated magazine published from 1901-1942 targeting readers interested in suburban living. The…
Little is known about J.D. Chaffin, the artist who made these drawings. Most likely, Chaffin was an enrollee in one of the 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Almost all of the pen-and-ink sketches in this series are of flora and…
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. There were 22 camps located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Company 411 was located near Smokemont. This photograph shows…
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. Initiated under newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC was often called “Roosevelt’s Tree Army” for its focus on…
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. There were 22 camps located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Camp NP-4 was located in Smokemont, North Carolina. The team…
CCC camp 1458 and 1459 was located at Sugarlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. Initiated under newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC was often…