Interview with L. Q. Farthing

Interview with L. Q. Farthing

Cherokee business enterprises

Family-owned business enterprises

Farthing, Lois Queen, 1923-2006

Indigenous American tourism

Tourism

In this interview, Lois Queen Farthing of Cherokee talks about her family's history in the tourism industry. Farthing grew up on the Cherokee Reservation, where her family operated a dairy farm before building and opening tourist cabins in the late 1930s. She talks about how her family had the initial idea for the cabins and discusses some things about the operation of the cabins and her family's other business endeavors. After working with her family, Farthing opened the Newfound Lodge in 1946, and she discusses her work with that, as well as the growth of tourism on the reservation and how she has adapted to meet the needs of tourists, focusing on how the end of World War 2 impacted tourism and how it changed into the 1950s, including her work with establishing the drama Unto these Hills as a tourist attraction. She talks about how her family's businesses have thrived into the 1990s and how she has been successful.

Farthing, Lois Queen, 1923-2006

WCU Mountain Heritage Center Oral Histories

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

1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1990s;

1996-04-10

Mansfield, William

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35651

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35651

2015-05-22

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Qualla Boundary

North Carolina

01:12:17 (sound recording)(duration)

19 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina