View of Bryson City

View of Bryson City

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Railroad tracks

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This April 1946 view of Bryson City shows Leatherwood (Hospital) Hill, a golf course, homes, and structures down to the railroad tracks where a train is transporting lumber. The photographer was “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), 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

1946-04-21

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2021-05-20

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Swain County (N.C.)

Bryson City (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia