Cataloochee tract 289: Spence Phillips

Cataloochee tract 289: Spence Phillips

Abstracts of title

Acquisition of property

Buildings

Dwellings

Landowners

Real property

Reports

Wooden-frame houses

Cabins (Houses)

Chimneys

Government purchasing of real property

This 43-acre tract 289 in the Mount Sterling section of Cataloochee was owned by Spence Phillips. While, in general, the Great Smoky Mountains region was sparsely populated, the Cataloochee Valley remained an exception. By 1900, the population of Cataloochee had grown to 1,000 residents living in hundreds of log and frame homes. A few historic buildings have been preserved on site, including two churches, a school, several homes, and outbuildings. The North Carolina Park Commission was tasked with purchasing land for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and people living in Cataloochee were among those displaced. Cataloochee families continue to return for annual reunions. In 2001, the National Park Service re-introduced elk into the valley.

Exline, Edouard E., 1905-1960

North Carolina Park Commission

Sloan, W. N.

Wilburn, Hiram Coleman, 1880-1967

Cataloochee History Project; Historic Photographs Collection;

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1928; 1930-12-08; 1935-03; 1935-02;

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

jpg; pdf;

land surveys

photographs

maps (documents)

eng

StillImage

Text

21849

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/21849

2015-09-22

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Cataloochee (N.C.)

Haywood County (N.C.)

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

3" x 5.25"(dimension)

32 pages(pages)

4.5" x 6.5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America