Widow Owenby's cabin

Dublin Core

Title

Widow Owenby's cabin

Subject

Biltmore Forest School -- Buildings
Boardinghouses
Dwellings
Gardens

Description

A side view of Widow Owenby's cabin with a garden in the foreground. Owenby ran a boarding house for Biltmore Forest School students in the summer. Recent improvements to the building include new stairs to the loft, a new shed, a big garden, and a picket fence. Widow Owenby may be refering to Mrs. Jerusha Owenby, a women who lived in Pink Beds since at least 1897.

Creator

John D. Mylrea (BFS 1906) 25-B

Publisher

[Digital Publisher: D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville]
National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville, NC

Date

1905-1906

Rights

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

Format

jp2
photographs

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

595
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/595

Date Created

2011-11-09

Spatial Coverage

Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Cradle of Forestry in America (N.C.)
Transylvania County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

8" x 10"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Forestry in Western North Carolina

Citation

John D. Mylrea (BFS 1906) 25-B, “Widow Owenby's cabin,” OAI, accessed May 10, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/595.