Cataloochee tract 233: W. B. Bennett

Cataloochee tract 233: W. B. Bennett

Abstracts of title

Acquisition of property

Agricultural implements -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Buildings

Dwellings

Farm equipment

Land titles -- Registration and transfer

Landowners

Real property

Reports

Barns

Government purchasing of real property

Stacks (Hay, grain, etc.)

This 39-acre tract 233 in Cataloochee was owned by W. B. Bennett. 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.

Grossman, Charles S., 1900-1972

North Carolina Park Commission

Palmer, Arlo

Sloan, W. N.

Cataloochee History Project; Historic Photographs Collection;

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

1928; 1929-09-21; 1937-12-01; 2008-10-03; 2009-10;

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

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clippings (information artifacts)

manuscripts (documents)

photographs

maps (documents)

eng

StillImage

Text

23155

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/23155

2015-09-22

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Haywood County (N.C.)

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

North Carolina, Western

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

3" x 5.25"(dimension)

31 pages(pages)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America