Kelly Bennett and friends in Deep Creek

Kelly Bennett and friends in Deep Creek

Bennett, Kelly E., 1890-1974

Deep Creek (Swain County, N.C.)

Mules

Pack animals (Transportation)

Portraits, Group

Rivers

Four campers are standing knee-deep at Deep Creek Ford with a pack animal. The man on the left is likely Kelly Bennett. 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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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

65114

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/65114

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia