Cataloochee tract 215: George H. Caldwell

Dublin Core

Title

Cataloochee tract 215: George H. Caldwell

Subject

Abstracts of title
Acquisition of property
Barns
Dwellings
Families
Farm buildings
Land titles
Land titles -- Registration and transfer
Landowners
Maps
Portraits, Group
Real property
Reports
Women
Government purchasing of real property

Description

This 150.5-acre tract 215 in Cataloochee was owned by George H. Caldwell. 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.

Creator

Grossman, Charles S., 1900-1972
North Carolina Park Commission
Sloan, W. N.
Wilburn, Hiram Coleman, 1880-1967

Source

Cataloochee History Project; Historic Photographs Collection;

Publisher

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

Date

1928-1929; 1937; 1938; 1940;

Rights

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

Format

jpg; pdf;
land surveys
maps (documents)
photographs
portraits
group portraits

Language

eng

Type

StillImage
Text

Identifier

24089
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/24089

Date Created

2015-09-22

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 37738;

Spatial Coverage

Haywood County (N.C.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Cataloochee (N.C.)

Extent

3" x 4" - 11" x 8.5"(dimension)
65 pages(pages)

Is Part Of

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

Citation

Grossman, Charles S., 1900-1972 et al., “Cataloochee tract 215: George H. Caldwell,” OAI, accessed May 4, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/24089.