Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky…
Castanea mollissima Blume, det. J. Dan Pittillo, 17 Sep 2001. North Carolina: Haywood County. US-276 south of Waynesville to 283 Inman Branch Road. The tree, perhaps 50 feet tall, apparently planted in a field in front of the house. 17 September…
Lolean Simmons Adams discusses her life before, during, and after WWII, the way the war affected her relatives who served, and also acquaintances including someone who was a conscientious objector. Also present during the interview was Pansy Jessup,…
In this letter of May 24, 1898, Silas B. Adams writes Horace Kephart from Portland, Maine where he is helping to start a similar organization to that of Kephart’s Sharpshooters, which Adams read about in the publication “Shooting and Fishing.” He is…
Rufus Scott Adell is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on July 22, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Adell talks about his grandaddy, his first job in 1926, coming to Asheville by himself, his siblings,…
This map from 1930 shows part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ironically, the park was not established until 1934 and not dedicated until 1940, so this map from 1930 anticipates the coming of the park. The area shown on the map was…
Also shows roadways, waterways, and select named landforms. Cataloged copy has notations and corrections with red, blue and green pencil.
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 100 feet.
This map is a copied reduction of the original 1930 map, the actual scale of this map is not available. Facsimile has notations and corrections with red pencil. Shows proposed national park boundaries. Also shows roadways, waterways, trails and…
This undated postcard shows a photograph of Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., an artisan cooperative established in 1946. Such postcards and photographs were distributed to promote the sales of craft items as more tourists came to the western…