Overlooking Ecoah Branch prior to Fontana Lake

Overlooking Ecoah Branch prior to Fontana Lake

Fontana Dam (N.C.)

Forests and forestry -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Mountains

This view, looking northeast up Ecoah Branch of Eagle Creek from NC 288, now under Fontana Lake, was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Bennett took the photo from the west side in the cove south of Burchfield Branch. Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

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

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2021-05-20

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia