Detail of evaporator panGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkDetail of evaporator pan. Mr. Brannan at right of picture owns the mill and evaporator pan. He also supervises the boiling and receives as his toll (share) the fifth gallon of all sorghum made.Sorghum making, III-F-12618, 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 floor, Rockford Shults Corn Crib, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkDetail of floor, showing puncheons. NOTE the puncheon laying against the wall, showing how they are cut to fit over the joists, also, the rived oak boards ceiling the chinks. Rockford Shults Corn Crib I-5, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain III-B-10673, History - Buildings
Detail of the bark millGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkDetail of the bark mill...the iron spindle in the center of the cylinder is studded with teeth. The walls of the cylinder are also studded with iron teeth; as the spindle revolves in the cylinder, the teeth tear up the bark and shred it.0, III-F-12653, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)