Deep Creek valley

Deep Creek valley

Church buildings

Landscapes

Mountains

Scenic overlooks

This view is from the west side of Deep Creek looking northeast toward the Great Smoky Mountains Park line. The sharp-pointed peak in the intermediate background is on the Park boundary almost due south of the Lee and Annie Clark Cagle place on Toms Branch. The rightmost structure in the valley is the Deep Creek Baptist Church, which stood on the west side of Deep Creek right at the Park Boundary. Above the church is part of Thomas Ridge. C-80 is written on the negative. 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

73156

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73156

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia