Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Building No. 176, North elevation of the two houses
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2096, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Henry Whitehead House; Cades Cove; Building No. 176, North elevation of the two houses.
View from the trail between Roaring Fork and Baskins Creek. Ephraim Bales Place S-25, Roaring Fork, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the trail between Roaring Fork and Baskins Creek.Ephraim Bales Place S-25; Roaring Fork, II-B-(5)-4031, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1935-06-27
Farmstead house completely re-erected after relocation, Luftee Gap, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Re-erected at 'Luftee.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6037, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Southwest view of Dick Reagan House, West Prong of Little Pigeon River, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of southwest corner. Dick Reagan House S-8; Above forks of W. Prong of Little Pigeon RIver, III-B-10595, History - Buildings
North view of Dick Reagan House, West Prong of Little Pigeon River, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the north.Dick Reagan House S-8; Above forks of W. Prong of Little Pigeon RIver, III-B-10593, History - Buildings
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the southwest,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place, Lower Cove Road Cades cove Teen, II-F-(1)-11364, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Henry Whitehead cabin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Henry Whitehead cabin CC-100; Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tenn. 1) Uncle Tom Hearon trimming sapwood off bolts; 2) Uncle Jerry and Mr. Burns riving boards. Hewing and Riving, III-L-12564, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Mountain Farm
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mountain Farm; Greenbrier Cove TN near the mouth of Dudley Creek, III-F-12630, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Through wire fence, Cosby Warden Station, Building No. 67, L. L. Brown house, C-10 Cosby Creek, Cosby, Tennessee, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(1)-1544, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings; warden stations; fire towers; checking stations; Geological Survey gauging stations; possession cabin,Cosby Warden Station; Building No. 67; Rev. L. L. Brown House, View from the southwest: L. L. Brown house, C-10 Cosby Creek, Cosby, Tenn.
1937-03-22
Mountain Farm
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mountain Farm; on new truck trail between Hazel Creek and Eagle Creek, III-F-12631, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Detail of the rag wheel
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the rag wheel: 1 - Cramp on ratchet irons; 2 - Oak pins, to tread the carriage back.Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12584, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of south elevation, showing the second log pen from the southeast corner of the main structure. View from the south. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10638, History - Buildings
Interior detail, Rockford Shults Corn Crib, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior detail of cabin, south elevation... NOTE rived oak loft flooring and the method of laying it. Rockford Shults Corn Crib I-5, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain III-B-10684, History - Buildings
1937-03-23
View from north D-3, Deep Creek Warden Station, Building No. 42, Carl Watson House, Deep Creek, North Carolina, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(1)-1549, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings; warden stations; fire towers; checking stations; Geological Survey gauging stations; possession cabin,Deep Creek Warden Station; Building No. 42; Carl Watson House, From north D-3; Deep Creek, N.C.
1938-03-15
Detail of woodwork on farmstead house, Oconaluftee, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photograph of original setting, Joe Queen place: Detail View 16.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6024, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Detail of wooden siding on farmstead house, Oconaluftee, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photograph of original setting, Joe Queen place: Detail View 2.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6014, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Detail of main dam, looking toward the west bank, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1912, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of main dam, looking toward the west bank, showing plank sheet piling which forms the upper face of the dam and one remaining plank, which formed part of the decking.
1938-07-18
Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C., The kitchen from the south, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Ocon-1835, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer,Oconaluftee Farmstead; House; building no. 230, Upper Joe Queen Place D-15. Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C. The kitchen from the south...
1937-04-07
Side view from the west, D. H. Nichols House 0-3, also W. T. Reagan House, mountains in background, automobile beside house, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(2)-1604, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Quarters,Quarters No. 10; Paul Reagan House"; Smokemont", D. H. Nichols House 0-3. View from the west. Also W. T. Reagan House.
1938-03-15
Detail of column 11 from southwest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of Col. #11 from southwest Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB=12051, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Shanty Mountain, Homer Caldwell Place, Shanty Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Left section of 3... Looking north to Shanty Mountain, showing the extent to which the mountainside was cleared for farming, with the farm in the lower righthand corner, Reforested and grown up. Homer Caldwell Place CA-23, Shanty Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina; III-B-10,011, History - Buildings;Left section of 3... Looking north to Shanty Mountain, showing the extent to which the mountainside was cleared for farming, with the farm in the lower righthand corner, Reforested and grown up.Left section of 3... Looking north to Shanty Mountain, showing the extent to which the mountainside was cleared for farming, with the farm in the lower righthand corner, Reforested and grown up. Homer Caldwell Place CA-23, Shanty Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina; III-B-10,011, History - Buildings;Left section of 3... Looking north to Shanty Mountain, showing the extent to which the mountainside was cleared for farming, with the farm in the lower righthand corner, Reforested and grown up. Homer Caldwell Place CA-23, Shanty Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina;Homer Caldwell Place CA-23, Shanty Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina, III-B-10,011, History - Buildings;III-B-10,011, History - Buildings
1937-11-29
Frame crib, J. W. Dugan or C. W. Parker Chicken House, Hwy. 107, Ravensford, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Frame crib O29-D, from the southeast., Sold to Cherokee on Boundary Tree sale. Later razed. J. W. Dugan or C. W. Parker Chicken House, Hwy. 107, Ravensford, N. C. III-B-10204, History - Buildings
1936-11-25
Little Tennessee Rive
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Near its junction with the Little Tennessee River. The valleys of the tributary streams flowing from the Great Smokies are steep and narrow affording even less agricultural opportunities than the main stream.Hazel Creek, I-B-Gen-12451, Natural Features - Rivers and Streams - General Views
Frame house, J. W. Dugan or C. W. Parker Chicken House, Hwy. 107, Ravensford, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Frame house O-29-A, from the north., Sold to Cherokee on Boundary Tree sale. Later razed. J. W. Dugan or C. W. Parker Chicken House, Hwy. 107, Ravensford, N. C. III-B-10205, History - Buildings
1936-11-25
Detail of column 27
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of footing Col #27...view from the north Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12068, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
View from the southwest of Captain Morris House, Newfound Gap Highway, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the southwest (front) O-10 Capt. Morris house. Built about 1909. Capt. Morris built tram road to within 3 miles of Newfound Gap where he operated a sawmill. Razed.
Detail of wooden siding and porch on farmstead house, Oconaluftee, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photograph of original setting, Joe Queen place: Detail View 7.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6019, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Deadening
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deadening... A method of clearing land frequently used in the mountains: The underbrush is cut and burned and the trees killed by girdling. The dead trees are allowed to stand until they blow down or are used for firewood, or some other purpose.Farming - Clearing Land; Webb Creek TN, III-F-125, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upstream or southwest face of log pen on west bank,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place; Lower cove Road- Cades Cove, Tenn. II-F-(1)-11371, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Downstream or northwest face of log pen on west bank,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place; Lower cove Road- Cades Cove, Tenn. II-F-(1)-11369, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Detail of stone ramp, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of stone ramp, east side Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP; 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove; - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12029, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of Column 3 from northeast, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of Col. #3 from northeast Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12041, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of the rag wheel
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the rag wheel and shaft: Note where the shaft has been worn by the rope used to pull the carriage back.Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12585, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Member marked A shows tenon as used in posts marked A in two preceding pictures. Member marked B is Beam B in two preceding pictures, and shows method of joining these members. Member marked C shows mortise in Beam B. Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12052, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of water wheel, flume, cribbing, and head block for main shaft, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1853, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Cades Cove, Detail of water wheel, flume, cribbing, and head block for main shaft.
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the south wall of the center entry, showing the north wall of the south central pen with leadder and harness closest. Northeast corner of pen to the left. View form the northeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10632, History - Buildings
Detail of Column 6 and 7, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of Col.'s #6 and 7 Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12044, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the front entry, or overhand, showing the east and south walls of the center log pen, or stall, south of the center l entry. View from the southeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10627, History - Buildings
Log and frame barn, Jessie McGee Barn, Caldwell Fork at McKee Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Log and frame barn. Note that the vertical weatherboarding on the gable of the barn is of rived boards. View from the south, front. 1954-to be sold Jessie McGee Barn CA-38 Caldwell Fork at McKee Branch Cataloochee, North Carolina III-B-10390, History - Buildings
1937-11-30
Detail of mill stone, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of mill stone. Upper mill stone leading against the low wall, lower mill stone in front of it. Note how the spindle projects thru the lower mill stone, also, that no furrows in the upper stone, and only two in the lower stone are cut to the edge of the stone. (The two furrows are cut to the edge of the stone to allow the meal to work out at this particular point, where it will fall into the meal trough. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,074, History - Buildings
1936-07-17
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs before being sharpened. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs before being sharpened. Note the balance rynd and coupling of the wheat burrs to the right of the stone.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4021, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-04
Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek, detail of gate, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gate-2013, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Gates,Gate, Cable Mill, Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tenn. Restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek. Detail of gate.
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the northwest corner of the south central pen, showing corner joints and the latch, and a portion of the door to the boxed-in stall at the rear of this pen. View from the north. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10646, History - Buildings
New logs are selected for size, character, and material to watch the original logs as nearly as possible, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
New logs are selected for size, character, and material to watch the original logs as nearly as possible. Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3094, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-07-30
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NOTE the split rails used to fill the chinks, the absence of mud sealing the chink, and the rived pine boards ceiling the chink. Many of those rived boards are four feet long... In riving the boards (shakes) to cover the roof, the heart portions of the log cannot be used... these are often used to cell the chinks. Pieces used in this way can be seen in the chink at he end of the rule, See III-B-10721 for information, KLM 3/15/84 George Tipton Barn CC-46-B, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10723, History - Buildings
Right side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Right side, left or front corner. ,Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6006, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NOTE the split rails driven into the chinks... No mud was used to fill the remainder of the chinks, but rived boards were nailed over the chinks, both inside and outside. Some of the boards have been removed, but one of them can be seen in the upper righthand corner. See III-B-10721 for further information, KLM 3/15/84 George Tipton Barn CC-46-B, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10724, History - Buildings
Bottom view of the wheel (turbine) and shaft, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bottom view of the wheel (turbine) and shaft. Note the four dowels in the shaft to keep the wheel in position. The spot in the center of the shaft is the step gudgeons which support the shaft, and on which the shaft rotates. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,067, History - Buildings
1936-06-20
Detail showing the double-wall construction between the kitchen and the big house, Sherrill Wiggins Barn, Georges Branch of Indian Creek, Deep Creek North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail showing the double-wall construction between the kitchen and the big house... NOTE bark remaining on some logs., W&R 3/13/41, Razed or melted down-- Sherrill Wiggins Barn D-13, Georges Branch of Indian Creek, Deep Creek North Carolina III-B-10784, History - Buildings
1937-05-31
Detail at junction of main and diversion dams, showing piling, portion of decking, log beams which support decking, and logs which form breast and support log beams, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1910, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail at junction of main and diversion dams, showing piling, portion of decking, log beams which support decking, and logs which form breast and support log beams. The space between the piling which forms the upstream face of the dam and the logs on the breast were filled with rock for ballast. Decay has allowed its ballast to be washed away by floods.
1938-07-18
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