Cataloochee Trail and Turnpike

Cataloochee Trail and Turnpike

Cataloochee (N.C.)

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

Reports

Roads -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Design and construction

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

Transportation

This section of "Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads and Bridges," taken from the Historic American Engineering Record, describes the Cataloochee Trail and Turnpike. The trail was graded around 1825 and used to drive packhorses, cattle, and hogs. In 1860, the road was extended through Mount Sterling Gap.

Historic American Engineering Record

Cataloochee History Project

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

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

pdf;

manuscripts (documents)

eng

Text

25856

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/25856

2015-09-22

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Haywood County (N.C.)

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

7 pages(pages)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America