Fred Parton Barn, Sugarlands Creek TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkView from the north Fred Parton Barn S-143-A. Sugarlands Creek TN III-B-10513, History - Buildings
1937-01-27
French marketJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Circa 1981
French marketJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Gauging the outside curvature of the stavesGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGauging the outside curvature of the staves.Tanning; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek NC, III-F-12658, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
General view of evaporator pan with furnace underneathGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGeneral view of evaporator pan with furnace underneath.Sorghum making, III-F-12617, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
General view of sorghum millGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGeneral view of sorghum mill...Note relief" horse tied to bushes. Cane is hauled in from the field on the sled shown above the mill.", Sorghum making, III-F-12613, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
General view of sorghum millGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGeneral view of sorghum mill, cane field, and evaporator...note the group of people; several families usually made their sorghum together. Sorghum making, III-F-12614, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
General view of the tanning vatGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGeneral view of the tanning vat, showing the spent bark which has been removed from the vat, the vat, the strainer for removing the spent bark...Mr. messer scrubbing a hide, and the hides removed from the vat.Tanning; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek NC, III-F-12640, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkEast elevation, Inez McCaully Adams this was the Jurd Wilcox homeplace Feb. 1984 George Tipton Barn CC-46-B, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10721, History - Buildings
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkNOTE 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
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkNOTE 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