Road construction

Road construction

Dwellings

Gravel

Road construction workers

Roads -- Design and construction

Trucks

A truckload of gravel is part of this road construction scene on Walker Woody Road located on the south side of the Tuckasegee River near Governors Island. 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

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

negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

66592

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/66592

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia