Snow covered landscape

Snow covered landscape

Automobiles

Baptist church buildings

Mountains

Roads

Snow

An automobile is sitting on US 19 just below Ela Baptist Church. Looking west, the landscape is covered in snow. Shuler Road to Galbraith Creek is seen at left. The photographer, “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), 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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64895

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Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia