Cataloochee tract 296: Robert Palmer

Cataloochee tract 296: Robert Palmer

Abstracts of title

Acquisition of property

Land titles -- Registration and transfer

Landowners

Real property

Reports

Couples

Government purchasing of real property

This 255.5-acre tract 296 in Cataloochee was owned by Robert Palmer. 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.

Unknown

Cataloochee History Project

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

1928; 1929-09-21

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

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land surveys

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eng

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Text

22057

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/22057

2015-09-22

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Haywood County (N.C.)

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

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

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

29 pages(pages)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America