Tela Bennett at Blowing Spring

Tela Bennett at Blowing Spring

Automobiles

Fountains

Women

“Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974) took this photograph of his wife, Ola Tela Bennett, standing at the fountain at Blowing Spring in the Nantahala gorge. The automobile has a 1927 license plate showing. Blowing Spring is located between Wesser and Nantahala on US 74. 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

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Blowing Spring (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia