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
Dehydrating apples in the sun for winter use
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dehydrating apples in the sun for winter use. Dehydrating Apples; John Oliver Place CC-16; Upper end of North Cove Road, Cades Cove TN, III-A-Hse-12151, History - Artifacts
Detail of main gear wheel showing forking of arms to receive shrouds, Cable Mill, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1870, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Rehabilitation, Detail of main gear wheel showing forking of arms to receive shrouds.
1936-03-25
Dressing the upper face of the puncheon with a broad ax
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dressing the upper face of the puncheon with a broad ax.Hewing and Riving; Making Puncheons, III-L-12576, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
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
Overhang, or cantilever, barn, Gibson Tipton Barn, Eastern end of Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the northwest... Overhang, or cantilever, barn Gibson Tipton Barn CC-22B, Eastern end of Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10726, History - Buildings
McCaully Cabins Near South Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper cabin, detail of chimney. Identified 8 March 1984-Inez McCaully Adams KLM Jim, Sr McCaully Cabins CC-94 Near South Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee III-B-10367, 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
Remains of pentstock of sash sawmill as excavated by CCC, Cable Mill, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1873, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Rehabilitation, Foreground: Remains of pentstock of sash sawmill as excavated by CCC boys. Beyond pentstock, cribbing to carry forebay; to right of cribbing, new shaft with arms of water wheel in place... Note that arms have not yet been forked.
1936-03-25
Farmstead house partially re-erected after relocation, Luftee Gap, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Partially re-erected at Luftee.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6034, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Tipton Oliver Barn, Cades Cove, Building No. 183, Frame barn, view from the southwest, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2074, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver Barn; Cades Cove; Building No. 183, Frame barn, view from the southwest.
View from west bank, looking toward diversion dam and flood gate, after restoration, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1929, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View from west bank, looking toward diversion dam and flood gate; after restoration.
1938-12-08
Detail of dogtrot and stairway, view from the front of the house, Cataloochee Warden Station, Building No. 30, 1941
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(1)-1528, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings; warden stations; fire towers; checking stations; Geological Survey gauging stations; possession cabin,Cataloochee Warden Station; Building No. 30, Detail of dogtrot and stairway. View from the front of the house.
1941-05
Showing cultivation of hillsides
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Intersection of Greenbrier Road with Cartertown Road. Showing cultivation of hillsides.Mountain Farm, III-F-12628, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
All of the buckets (fins) complete, Uncle Ike Bradley, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
All of the buckets (fins) complete. The eye thru which the shaft is placed is not cut, Uncle Ike Braldey. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway III-B-10, 66, History - Buildings
1936-06-17
Southwest view of Isam Sanford Springhouse, mouth of Snake Branch, Caldwell Fork, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the southwest. Melted down.Isam Sanford Springhouse CA-35; Mouth of Snake Branch; Caldwell Fork, Cataloochee NC, III-B-10609, 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
Puncheon porch, Andy Bennett barn, Andy Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Puncheon Porch. Detail of puncheon porch. Note the foundations under the house. Foundations consist of isolated piers of flat rocks with no mortar or any other bonding material.Andy Bennett Barn CA-63, Andy Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina, III-B-9 28, History - Buildings
1935-01-09
Workers erecting kitchen gable after relocation, Luftee Gap, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Raising the kitchen gable; re-erection at 'Luftee.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6035, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Detail of gears inside barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of gears inside barn; Status: December 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-12022, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
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
West view of I.B. McGaha Barn, Will Palmer Place, Upper Double Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina, 1941
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper Double Branch, Cataloochee. Razed. Log and frame barn, view from the west.I.B. McGaha Barn CA-3 Will Palmer Place. III-B-10386, 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
Detail of main shaft bearing
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of main shaft bearing; Status: Dec 1941 - Dismantled and moved to GSMNP; 1954 - Stored in barn in Cades Cove; - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN.Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12087, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
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 forebay looking toward the mill. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of forebay looking toward the mill showing; (1) Spillway; (2) Chunk rack and spillway water gate; and (3) Pentstock water gate. Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4027, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-23
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
Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C., Privy from the southeast, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Ocon-1841, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer,Oconaluftee Farmstead; Privy; building no. 230, Upper Joe Queen Place D-15. Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C. Privy from the southeast...
1937-04-06
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs after being sharpened. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs after being sharpened.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4023, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-04
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
East elevation, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
East elevation 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-12026, 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.
Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C., The house from the south, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Ocon-1834, 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 house from the south...
1935-04-07
Old John Oliver House, Carmel Oliver Log Cabin, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of chimney. Old John Oliver House. Inez McC. Adams 8 Mar 1984 KLM. Carmel Oliver Log Cabin CC-16, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee III-B-10461, History - Buildings
Detail for porch, southwest corner, Jim Hannah House, Little Cataloochee, Building No. 147, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail for porch, southwest corner. Note the beans strung up to dry for winter use. These are called shuck beans, fodder beans, or leather britches.Jim Hannah House; Little Cataloochee; Building No. 147, II-B-(5)-3047, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1935-10-09
Detail of footing column 22
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of footing Col. #22...View from the west 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-12061, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
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
Bringing in the hay on a sled
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bringing in the hay on a sled near Hills Creek.Farming - Haying; Hills Creek, Sevier County 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)
Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C., Corn Crib from the northeast (front), 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Ocon-1802, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer,Oconaluftee Farmstead; Building No. 120; Corn Crib, Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C. Corn brib from the northeast (front).
1937-04-07
Razing barn, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Razing barn...Showing method used to remove posts from mortise in still 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-12037, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
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 foundations at columns 3 and 4
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of foundations at Col.'s #3 and 4 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-12073, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Mill Creek Dam after flood of August 8, 1938, view from the north bank, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1922, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings, Cable Mill, Mill Creek Dam after flood of August 8, 1938. View from the north bank, looking toward the mouth of the race which diverts water from Forge Creek to Mill Creek during times of low water.
1938-08-12
Pearly Anthony house and wood shed, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the south. Both of these buildings were of frame construction and poorly built. The buildings possessed no historic or architectural interest. Being located on a short side road, they presented administrative difficulties. They have been removed and their site obliterated.Pearly Anthony House and Wood Shed, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee, III-B-9 13, History - Buildings
View of crib number one from Slab Camp Branch, Tom Woody tub mill, Forney Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of crib No. 1 from slab campbranch. chute to tub at right, ruins of forebay (flume) to left.Tom Woody Tub Mill, Slab Camp Branch, Forney Creek, North Carolina. III-M-9157, History - Mills and Milling
1937-10-22
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
Wooden turbine showing condition when removed to be replaced by new turbine, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
HABS Tennessee 116. Wooden turbine showing condition when removed to be replaced by new turbine. Note gudgeons in end of shaft. Washed away in 1951 flood. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway III-B-10,061, History - Buildings
1936-06-11
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
Skimming the bitter scum from the boiling syrup
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
near Pigeon Forge, TN. Skimming the bitter scum from the boiling syrup.Sorghum making, III-F-12619, 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 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.
Detail of east ramp, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of east ramp between Col.'s No. 5 and 9 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-12035, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Caleb Bales chicken house and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Note the nests on the outside of the house and the braces to prevent the building being turned over by bears. The chickens entered through the small door and were locked up each night. the log pigpen can be seen just to the left of the chicken house.Caleb Bales Chicken House and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee, III-B-9 18, History - Buildings
1935-12
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 central entry. View from the southeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10626, History - Buildings
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
Sherman Myers Log and Frame House, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Front... View from the northeast. Randolph Shield- Cassie Myers House -1/14/98 Wrong-Inez Adams Louise Myers Woodruff- This is the Nathan Spradling house. Grandfather Pete bought place from Spradling. 29 Dec 1993. Sherman Myers Log and Frame House CC-58, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10427, 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
Uncle Dan, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee; Uncle Dan was born and raised in a log house which stood on the site of the present boxed house. He was 83 years old when this picture was taken.Uncle Dan Myers, III-P-12346, History - Mountain People
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
Tipton Oliver House, Cades Cove, Building No. 181, View from the northwest, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2089, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver House; Cades Cove; Building No. 181, View from the northwest. The far end of the house is log, weatherboarded with sash-sawn boards. A frame room was added to the near end of the house and a kitchen at the rear, both built with sash-sawn lumber cut on the Johnny Cable sawmill.
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
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge... Note the split section of a log which has a socket cut in it to receive the pin which rests on it.George Birchfield Gate; Cades Cove, TN, II-A-Fence-12139, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
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
Woven Picket Fence
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Continuation of that shown in III-A-Fence-12119: Two strands of wire at the top and two strands at the bottom are used for the warp in weaving this fence; the pickets are the woof. This loom was found in Cades Cove. View from north side of fence.Woven Picket Fence; Mrs. Mary Birchfield Place CC-53; North Cove Road, near lower end,; Cades Coves, Tenn. III-A-Fence-12120, History - Artifacts - Fences and Gates
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
Detail of head and spur blocks, shaft, main gear wheel, and water wheel, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1855, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Building No. 173; Cades Cove, Detail of head and spur blocks, shaft, main gear wheel, and water wheel.
Ben Fisher Barn, Mouth of Couches Creek, Newfound Gap Road, Smokemont, Larry Conner Barn, Ben Fisher Place, Couches Creek, Smokemont, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the east (front). Razed. Ben Fisher Barn (O-13). View from east (front). Mouth of Couches Creek. Newfound Gap Road. Smokemont. Larry Conner Barn, Ben Fisher Place, Couches Creek, Smokemont, N.C. III-B-10141, History - Buildings
1937-06-06
Detail of step gudgeon and bearing of shaft of king gear
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of step gudgeon and bearing of shaft of king gear. Shafts fit in thru mortises in shaft. Oxen hitched to the ends of these shafts and walking in a circle drove the machinery. 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-12088, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
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
Aden Carver, 91 years old, who helped build the mill originally, and the runner after the shaft was repaired. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aden Carver, 91 years old, who helped build the mill originally, and the runner after the shaft was repaired.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4012, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-28
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
View looking east to diversion dam, corner of main dam to right, these views show condition of dam after driftwood as cleared off, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1903, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking east to diversion dam. Corner of main dam to right. These view show condition of dam after driftwood as cleared off.
1938-07-18
Detail of the lower portion of the gate
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the lower portion of the gate, showing the saw and pitman fastened to it... The pitman, by means of a crank, causes the gate with the saw to reciprocate with a vertical motion.Gate-Saw Mill; near Cashiers Valley, NC, III-L-12587, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
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
Rear right corner 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 or rear corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6008, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead 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
Kate Lawson house, mixing clay with water to make mud to chink the house
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kate Lawson House . . . Mixing clay with water to make mud to chink the house...The board used to make the mud has the lower edge of the head (or big end) sharpened so it will cut the clay. The water is cut into the clay to make the mud.Chinking, III-A-Gen-9839, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen, chinking, traps, playhouses, gold mining)
1936-10-29
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
Upper dam of Forge Creek, Mr. Wilburn is standing on dam breast, which diverts water to race, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1861, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Cades Cove, Upper dam of Forge Creek. Mr. Wilburn is standing on dam breast, which diverts water to race.
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