Tennessee Valley Authority Reservoir Property Management Department Population Readjustment, Almond-Judson Community Fontana Area

Tennessee Valley Authority Reservoir Property Management Department Population Readjustment, Almond-Judson Community Fontana Area

Acquisition of property

Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions

Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions

Dams -- Economic aspects

Dams -- Social aspects

Farms

Fontana Dam (N.C.)

Fontana Lake (N.C.)

Mountain life

Swain County (N.C.) -- Photographs

Tennessee Valley Authority

This report, entitled “Almond-Judson Community, Fontana Area,” was completed in 1944 by Mr. Arnold James Hyde (1914-2010) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Hyde was employed by the TVA to assist in the acquisition of land and relocation of residents in Graham and Swain County to make way for the Fontana Dam hydroelectric project. This report focuses on the Almond and Judson and includes the communities of Wesser, Stephenson Branch, Turkey Branch, Alarka Creek, and Grassy Branch. The report contains descriptions of the topography, history and settlement, roads, businesses, schools, and churches, demographic data, and original photographs. Hyde was born in Graham County, NC, graduated from Robbinsville High School, and then later from Western Carolina Teachers College (Western Carolina University). He married Dorothy Roberts, of Buncombe County, NC, in 1943, and they had two daughters.

Hyde, Arnold James, 1914-2010

Arnold J. Hyde Papers

1944-06-01

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pdf

manuscripts (documents)

eng

Text

64580

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina

North Carolina, Western

11.5" x 9"(dimension)

32(pages)

Highlights from Western Carolina University