Cataloochee tract 283: Walter Grooms

Cataloochee tract 283: Walter Grooms

Abstracts of title

Acquisition of property

Land titles -- Registration and transfer

Landowners

Real property

Reports

Government purchasing of real property

This 1-acre tract 283 in the Mount Sterling section of Cataloochee was owned by Walter Grooms. 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.

North Carolina Park Commission

Sloan, W. N.

Cataloochee History Project

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

1928; 1930-12-09;

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

pdf;

land surveys

maps (documents)

eng

Text

21868

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/21868

2015-09-22

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11 pages(pages)

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America