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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525809535582-6NIE9NGUZ2D14ADOTM63/McKeel2.jpg Methodism in Cades Cove Methodist Church https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/grist-mills-of-cades-cove daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525832694644-DW5739B0T2536AQLMOIE/IMG_0484.JPG Grist Mills of Cades Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525832333245-7FAPKNKVYYAI7PUW3KV1/Messer2.jpg Grist Mills of Cades Cove Cable Mill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525832616114-I38BHBIN8JJJVBFKX0GP/Messer1.jpg Grist Mills of Cades Cove https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/death-of-a-community daily 0.75 2018-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525809441787-AFXP97XCZN5A0402Y3R0/IMG_0486.JPG Death of a Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525809334679-AUC4X12RSDLKVBSD8TCH/Sanford1.jpg Death of a Community https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/historic-preservation-in-cades-cove daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525831770266-68T7RYJGRWMMYG7PTGFA/IMG_0486.JPG Historic Preservation in Cades Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525831517243-ANYP8UOEEFFZV9CTHK4Q/Turnmire3.png Historic Preservation in Cades Cove Cable Mill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525831294973-HBH1KPHLZIS2KBOU6VEB/Turnmire1.png Historic Preservation in Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/land-use-conservation-and-the-gsmnp daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525832085576-S2XGC6GYTPVLM7KDIY4L/IMG_0486.JPG Land use, Conservation, and the GSMNP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525831915108-LEXDFWHCTGSWDPCDLP4L/turnmire4.jpg Land use, Conservation, and the GSMNP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525831926785-V3O3EUUP01G1B6EIWE57/turnmire5.jpg Land use, Conservation, and the GSMNP https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/cantilever-barns daily 0.75 2018-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1525832874724-7HSLHRFWSOVJXJJL45Z4/Horton1.png Cantilever Barns https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/articles daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/9e4cd936-e048-485b-9826-33a794036065/pasted+image+3.png Articles - Creating the South Mountains S.P. The creation of the South Mountains State Park in 1975 was made possible by an unprecedented wave of public opinion that favored environmental protection. By E.G. Palmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/9434cba0-1b72-4b06-a9b7-42a75c089e9c/txu-pclmaps-topo-nc-nantahala-1892.jpg Articles - The Stories We Tell Ourselves In telling the stories of the abandoned settlements of Proctor and Cataloochee, this article explores what it means to study the environmental history of a place. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/29c04102-175d-48ef-bdc3-5adb1afbeb24/Kephart+pic.jpg Articles - Gendered Ethnographies This study of two of the most influential observers of Appalachian people in the early 20th century reveals the contrasting ways that gender shaped the perspectives and fortunes of Emma Bell Miles and Horace Kephart. By Sheila Myers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/a663a78e-b186-414e-8647-91bb0e49b512/view-in-millers-cove-tenn-1886-utk-e1498839057729.jpg Articles - On the Fence The Buncombe County Stock Law Revolt of 1885-87 reflected clashing values and conflicting ideas on how land should be used. It also helped reshaped the political landscape of post-Reconstruction North Carolina. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/492e79c3-5da9-4704-b030-fb1fe5fb4598/Railroad_map_of_North_Carolina__1900.jpg Articles - The Border War that Wasn’t In the 1914 case, North Carolina v. Tennessee, U.S. Supreme Court decided a long-running border dispute that nearly came to blows between the two states. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570651678668-U7VO659UI10OWYL2FIFF/toy-workshop-at-macedonia-1975.jpg Articles - Appalachia and the Quest for a ‘Viable Alternative’ In 1937, a Columbia University professor named Morris Mitchell established the Macedonia Cooperative Community in north Georgia as an experiment in reorganizing rural life. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570477700358-T47VZVWIG4TAN46OXU7P/lossy-page1-1024px-American_panther_-_Felis_concolor_linn_LCCN2017660719.tif.jpg Articles - Do Panthers Scream? In the summer of 2003, I came face to face with the eastern cougar phenomenon, launching me on a years’ long effort to answer the question: are there panthers in the Appalachian mountains? And do they scream? By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/e7ea902c-9f71-4667-a8ff-d73566836ef4/mandragora_with-dog.jpg Articles - Do Mandrakes Scream? Why did some Appalachian root diggers believe that ginseng roots screamed when they were pulled from the ground? This essay explores how plant mythology surrounding mandrakes in medieval Europe was transplanted in the New World. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526265852519-1CI20SVKC9T52TQ6LZIM/wildman-with-greyhound.jpg Articles - The Wild Man of the Woods Before there was Bigfoot, there was “Wild Man.” Although western obsessions with wild men date back centuries, the 19th century witnessed something of a new cultural phenomenon in North America, one that spoke to the anxieties of a changing society. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/b4272d04-f15e-495c-bd26-b087c89b5512/DSCN0553.jpg Articles - “Galackin’ in WNC Since the 1880s, the harvesting and marketing of galax has provided countless mountain families with spending money. And it all began in Linville, NC, with a man named Harlan P. Kelsey. By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855158578-HU9FX1928A6S95PS2HFO/Maple+Sugar+Production+1840-1900.jpg Articles - Tapping into History With Maps These maps can tell a fascinating story: the rise and fall of the maple sugar industry in central Appalachia. But how do we interpret them? By Luke Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528895144968-47BC3Q1L0MQ5VHKBZ4O3/IMG_3633.JPG Articles - The Shaker Connection Calvin J. Cowles’s fateful 1850 journey from Wilkesboro, NC, to the Shaker village of New Lebanon, NY, helped establish the botanical drug trade in southern Appalachia. By Luke Manget https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/eastern-cougar-phenonenon daily 0.75 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1568222849227-1KGGVDPN6KA03ICA29Z4/800px-Gorgeous_Panther_%2831296637400%29.jpg Eastern Cougar Phenonenon Photograph Chad Sparkes, used under Creative Commons License 2.0. No changes were made to the original photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1568222889931-MK5ARTV4H8FZIS1NADR9/lossy-page1-1024px-American_panther_-_Felis_concolor_linn_LCCN2017660719.tif.jpg Eastern Cougar Phenonenon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526242226415-1GVR4LAA656NVM9JBL5J/adirondackorlifein00head.jpeg Eastern Cougar Phenonenon https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/mandrakes daily 0.75 2019-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526242498838-7SDQNVY5VOJ0EQ0Z6B3L/mandragora_with-dog.jpg Mandrakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570477773665-EE5RM4H4GQBXLPPR92TZ/mandrake_plant_root_mandragora.jpg Mandrakes Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570477848742-Q65O9E9OLRMURAGI71ZA/wien_mandragora.jpg Mandrakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526242747927-RY8BFKP02Q0N5O4IJ143/IMG_0057.jpg Mandrakes American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/wild-man-of-the-woods daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526263025648-MWEGBE24P6DRCPAAOST1/wildman-with-greyhound.jpg Wild Man of the Woods Shield with Greyhound Held by Wild Man, By Martin Schongauer, ca. 1480 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526265047069-Q07OPACG0C46NUYERRPQ/The_Fight_in_the_Forest_%28Hans_Burgkmair_d._A%CC%88.%29.jpg Wild Man of the Woods The Fight in the Forest, by Hans Burgkmair (ca 1500). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526264868836-KEYHWJ49W5C4UCTEM5TW/Wild+Man+of+the+Woods+1915.jpg Wild Man of the Woods Paqusilahl emerging from the woods. From The North American Indian (1915). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526265804488-0MAKN8D0IRU3LCA3TYSE/Lincoln_Journal_Star_Fri__Jun_5__1914_.jpg Wild Man of the Woods https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/links daily 0.75 2025-06-28 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/digital-resources daily 0.75 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571854726311-PFOQPUDLHAUXC9R70GUK/Population+Density+1830.jpg Digital Resources - Mapping southern appalachia A series of maps I created in ArcGIS that illuminate various spatio-temporal aspects of Appalachian history https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/book-list-and-reviews daily 0.75 2018-05-14 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/galackin-in-wnc daily 0.75 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526435714463-SMDRDPPSKYEM1UOQP00J/DSCN0552.JPG Galackin in WNC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526435812533-65Y6S6ZJO1UDHCABVIGB/DSCN0553.JPG Galackin in WNC Galax urceolata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526435863088-E13B4HUFSDCL4EHANR5U/DSCN0574.JPG Galackin in WNC Linville Gorge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526436682206-7392XILKG43TX92L5EYZ/Harlan+P.+Kelsey.jpeg Galackin in WNC Harlan P. Kelsey, 1944. Hugh Morton Collection, UNC, Chapel Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526436008888-7UGB3D0P3DPITQHTIAAU/old-linville-village.jpg Galackin in WNC The town of Linville, North Carolina, ca. 1895 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/education daily 0.75 2018-05-18 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/honors-and-awards daily 0.75 2018-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526652883361-SHFUEGRJ0G21CAQLIVCN/IMG_3932.JPG Honors and Awards Me and the Illustrious John Inscoe in May 2017. I owe him so much. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/new-page daily 0.75 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526653232547-2MDEG9Z3SZJA60USL5OC/IMG_0049.JPG Teaching https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/research daily 0.75 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526648859203-2KLV5UPQYAQWUP0IMIZW/IMG_0616.JPG Research https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/conference-presentations daily 0.75 2018-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526653062547-VOG180FCOEMYY42GXP6F/FullSizeRender.jpg Conference Presentations https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/mapping-historic-structures-in-the-cove daily 0.75 2018-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526654590934-YEKL0A0ESW96WSAO3QSJ/Cades+Cove.jpg Mapping Historic Structures in the Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1526654913542-RF0T4EUA43MTUVN4Q5JW/Cades+Cove5.jpg Mapping Historic Structures in the Cove https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/maple-sugaring daily 0.75 2018-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528893110688-FNKC0MUSDFVUWIOK78PT/Maple+Sugar+Production+1840-1900.jpg Maple Sugaring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528893141366-VQI6XS23VVSDGFCP351R/maple_sgr_lf_lg.jpg Maple Sugaring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528892996342-IVGALKJXKX2VVZPMK9DB/1280px-Tapping_a_sugar-maple_tree%2C_Ohio%2C_by_Keystone_View_Company.png Maple Sugaring Tapping a sugar maple, ca. 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528893263544-P96HPOKYWS08JRK1V7EJ/Making_maple_sugar%2C_by_Kilburn_Brothers_2.png Maple Sugaring Boiling down the sap from a sugar maple, ca. 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528893383293-5D1H6VDJI862SD0A8VYH/sugar+maple.jpg Maple Sugaring Sugar maples in the fall. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/shakers daily 0.75 2018-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528895009206-VDH4EHPX88O30Q5OMRBX/IMG_3644.JPG Shakers and Botanical Drugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528895279910-F58Z3GUS9M9GY2ZQM7XI/new-lebanon-1870s-3629.jpg Shakers and Botanical Drugs The Shaker Village at New Lebanon, NY, ca. 1890. Edward D. Andrews Collection Winterthur Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528895144968-47BC3Q1L0MQ5VHKBZ4O3/IMG_3633.JPG Shakers and Botanical Drugs The Herb House at New Lebanon, ca. 1890. Where plants were processed into pharmaceutical products. Edward Andrews Collection, Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1528895487996-CC22AGKJAFY5BLZ8Z2UY/Calvin+J+CowlesB%26W.jpg Shakers and Botanical Drugs Calvin J. Cowles. North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/pocahontas-va daily 0.75 2018-12-19 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2018-12-19 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/minidocumentary-projects daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1545228372333-PLSU3S5CIAB9VYNUVLDF/Pocahontas%2C+VA.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects Photo by Steve Tatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1545228657689-AUJ3VSSJI8ZFOLKUQVV1/red-clay_cabin__full.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1545229900534-AKHWUWIHKROQRXVTO80L/Chestnut.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1557756476550-GPW7IYLISVTC97CBWKIG/civilwarlife22.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1557757050744-PGWBTOB3TIQYMH4HLU4Q/2016-7-8+Chief+Vann%27sHouse-Joseph+Vann-+A+chief.JPG Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1557757151503-PKBIOWLER4K8ARKZD24Q/1200px-USACE_Carters_Lake_and_Dam.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1557757344053-QX488W9HZ7QA33TBITBX/maxresdefault.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1557760818183-XNPEK225S5115KNP56E6/untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-pickets-sign-outside-copper-mine-during-640.jpg Mini-Documentary Projects https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/chestnut-documentary daily 0.75 2018-12-19 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/red-clay-documentary daily 0.75 2018-12-19 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/ducktown-strike daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/carters-dam daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/john-p-gatewood daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/vanns daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/red-clay-film daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/macedonia-community daily 0.75 2019-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570651351125-9H8EULA7QHS675UA049Z/Morris%2BMitchell%2B1975.jpg Macedonia Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570651432758-JLZYQHFISCHERQS0MQ23/Cabin+at+Macedonia+1975.jpg Macedonia Community A cabin at Macedonia. Photo by Edward Orser, 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570651545666-W2Y6WL77YJC2O3FCDHZV/cooperation-as-the-goal-of-equal-freedom-e1513972443915.jpg Macedonia Community During the chaotic years of the Great Depression, some Americans came to see cooperation as a way to solve the nation’s economic problems while avoiding the polarizing tendencies of fascism and communism. From Morris Mitchell Papers, UNC-Chapel Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1570651678668-U7VO659UI10OWYL2FIFF/toy-workshop-at-macedonia-1975.jpg Macedonia Community The remains of the toy workshop at Macedonia, where community members made toys to sell. Photo by Edward Orser, 1975. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/mapping-appalachia daily 0.75 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855017140-N03OFUPJ3HTY1FF7Z69Z/Improved+Farm+Acreage+Southern+App+1860-1890.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855062054-PDVNAJOV5XTOKK40JRS8/Total+Crop+Production%2C+1840.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855083036-AVBLF0HMK8MTBHCH810I/Ginseng+Production+1840.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855103615-SOSTHNALK88L0USFGRGF/Skisn+and+Furs+Production+1840+B%26W.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855131402-FLF0OFOUQ8XB3N4NZMVR/Improved+Farm+Acreage+1860-1890.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855158578-HU9FX1928A6S95PS2HFO/Maple+Sugar+Production+1840-1900.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855251125-HCQITT89U3BVS9Y6N2I3/Potential+Old+Growth+Forest+in+Southern+Appalachia.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855341455-KZKCWGHK07PJ4L69XZZV/Western+Virginia%2C+1840-1860.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855182120-IOOQ6HILL7MKAI65AVD3/Total+Livestock+Value%2C+1840.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855294111-FLRIVNRLDZP2H1GNY6FH/Value+of+Pigs+1840.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855529012-EVAIO22RIEU5D9XS6TD5/Buncombe+County+Stock+Law_600dpi_BW.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1571855665535-UFAO3WZH7390BKYC9P8D/Dealers+in+Botanical+Drugs%2C+1847+-1919.jpg Mapping Appalachia https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/nature-and-culture-in-the-conasauga-river-valley daily 0.75 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593188565026-HP76I5M3LTUZ5951L1YI/Henry%2Bfishing%2Bthe%2BConasauga.jpg Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593188727802-2GBJLQC1V9ION0G35G0J/James+Dalton+Reservoir-+Proposed+1.jpeg Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley - defeating The dalton dam How a tiny fish called the Consauga Logperch defeated an enormous wall of concrete. BY JAMES RILEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593192519682-1XRUQIYPZ744205IGQW3/IMG_7385.JPG Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley - Creating the Cohutta Wilderness As we approach the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Cohutta Wilderness Area, this is a look at the consequences and benefits of preserving the largest chunk of wilderness in the East. BY KATHERINE OWENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593199290511-PJDTYML2XY84RG26YLF3/lupe+pic+2.jpg Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley - Protecting nature? A look at environmental awareness in Dalton and Northwest Georgia BY GUADALUPE ESPITIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593221780325-XE3HAFSAMCTRZLCXBEEQ/PFAS+image_EPA+2019.png Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley - Trouble in the water How PFAs are contaminating the Conasauga River BY RACHAEL LOWERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595253669480-YY8F8PSZ3Y9Q6NVVU836/Marietta_Cotton_Market_1903+Atlanta+History+Center.jpg Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley - Cherokee & the Market REvolution The Catalyst for Commercialization in the Conasauga River Valley BY ADRIAN THOMPSON https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/defeating-dalton-dam daily 0.75 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1593222770172-SLSAB4QH2A76YBRVLZ7J/James+Dalton+Reservoir-+Proposed+1.jpeg Defeating Dalton Dam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594296928034-O7ZN5LWQYP809GWZ6JV7/Conasauga+Logperch.jpg Defeating Dalton Dam The Conasauga Logperch, courtesy of USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594297910493-UXMUVKRYPQB86G6J645N/Conasauga+Logperch2.jpg Defeating Dalton Dam The Conasauga Logperch. Credit: Brett Albanese, Georgia DNR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594297465111-GHL6GRKX4OIWOLQ5767N/Tellico+Lake.jpg Defeating Dalton Dam Tellico Lake. Unlike the Dalton Dam, Tellico Dam was constructed in 1978 after an endangered fish species was discovered in the Tellico River system. Credit: J. Stephen Conn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594297820804-Y9R9WCC45AIWE0VT0WDI/Snail%252BDarter2.jpg Defeating Dalton Dam Snail Darter, the controversial fish that held up construction of Tellico Dam for 5 years. Credit: Brett Albanese https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/protecting-nature daily 0.75 2020-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594300833819-CRFPK8I5D0EQTAXKCT32/lupe+pic+2.jpg Protecting Nature? Annabell and Melissa Ortiz pick up trash during the annual Conasauga River Cleanup. Credit: Matt Hamilton/Dalton Daily Citizen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594657219445-A1AZQ35PYFAF1NSDTMF3/Lupe+pic.jpg Protecting Nature? Recycled crafts is one of the many activities during Ecumenical Earth Day. Credit: Matt Hamilton/Daily Citizen. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/cohutta-wilderness daily 0.75 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594299292854-YDXRC8YEGQBGYEHVPMPF/Cohutta%2BWilderness.jpg Cohutta Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594300172840-DHY0AIASLCHGAGYSTJCZ/IMG_7385.JPG Cohutta Wilderness Henry Manget on the Hickory Creek Trail. Credit: Luke Manget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594300266970-OYGCK9TZ77ZVENF8CWDF/Henry+fishing+the+Conasauga.JPG Cohutta Wilderness Fishing the Conasauga River in the Cohutta Wilderness Area. Credit: Luke Manget https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/cherokee-and-commercialization daily 0.75 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595254154700-FTR31NCVEN2VRASQEE9G/Vann+Plantation+J+Stephen+Conn.jpg Cherokee and Commercialization The Vann Plantation, Spring Place, Georgia. Credit: J. Stephen Conn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595254229225-1S1SJ19IJN2HY4X8I6X6/Slave+River.png Cherokee and Commercialization An early map indicating the Conasauga as the “Slave River.” From Murray County’s Indian Heritage, Whitfield County Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595254741003-TK5DX0PGAVXF6SN3Q47E/Cotton+picking+Heard+County+GA+1941.jpg Cherokee and Commercialization Picking cotton in Georgia. 1941. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595254889499-2LTTO75ZT15RGTGG0EU8/Vann%2BPlantation.jpg Cherokee and Commercialization A diagram of the Vann Plantation at the Vann House Museum. Photo by Adrian Thompson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1595254778844-ALVY395W5ME26WLKJRF6/Marietta_Cotton_Market_1903+Atlanta+History+Center.jpg Cherokee and Commercialization Cotton Market in North Georgia, 1903. Credit: Atlanta History Center. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/pfas-in-the-conasauga daily 0.75 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594657468389-QCQZLUNJFVQ8CV01HFHO/Conasauga+River+Valley+Map.jpg PFAs in the Conasauga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594658022293-RZU89KXMRG1H2MAD35ZL/PFAS+image_EPA+2019.png PFAs in the Conasauga Polyflouroalkyl Substances. Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594658884210-2MG6HD8B6YB1X0BQDP8N/Rachael+image.jpg PFAs in the Conasauga Diagram showing the process of bioaccumulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1594659030638-SQWL5OL7G6CSNGU0QLJA/Carpets.jpg PFAs in the Conasauga The economic heart of the Dalton area for more than 70 years, carpet manufacturing has also led to pollutants, such as PFAs, leaking into the Conasauga River watershed. Credit: Steven Lilley. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2020-08-11 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/sqsp-test-details daily 0.75 2020-08-08 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/the-border-war-that-wasnt daily 0.75 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/da995163-ac37-4282-bc04-3c76db8c5eb7/Railroad_map_of_North_Carolina__1900.jpg The Border War that Wasn't This 1900 map of the disputed region shows the border as it officially existed for about 14 years, from 1900-1914, during which time Tennessee controlled several thousand acres in the Unaka Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/f3a5d1e8-1fda-49c0-985f-96e0e03e4503/Disputed+boundary210241024_1.jpg The Border War that Wasn't - Make it stand out The Disputed Territory along the North Carolina/Tennessee Border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/6a3c40d4-b89a-4a55-a5a7-eb3c86ad24a6/Stratton+Bald.JPG The Border War that Wasn't - Make it stand out The author on Stratton Bald, an area claimed by Tennessee in 1900 but awarded to North Carolina by the U.S. Supreme Court. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/stock-law daily 0.75 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/d7037708-dad8-4666-ad1b-29f13ef0c06e/View+in+Miller%27s+Cove+Tenn+1886+UTK.jpg Stock Law “View in Miller’s Cove - Walker’s boys ‘totin’ cha’coal’,” Aug. 14, 1886, in William Cox Cochran Collection, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Libraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/a1ee6b0a-ed8f-4e9d-978a-114bd8c2f7c6/Cattle+Grazing+balsam+UNCA+ball+collection.png Stock Law - Make it stand out “Cattle Grazing near Balsam Mountain in Hazlewood, NC.” E.M. Ball Collection, UNC-Asheville Special Collections and University Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/06a171cd-2f11-44aa-a153-2b8325742a1b/Pearson.jpg Stock Law - Make it stand out Portrait of Richmond Pearson, (1852-1923) [pear003], Richmond Pearson Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/03fe2e40-4895-4b08-9428-ce48845a86db/Buncombe+County+Stock+Law_600dpi_BW.jpg Stock Law - Make it stand out Map created by Luke Manget https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/my-book-ginseng-diggers daily 0.75 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/c6e087b4-100f-4086-a888-5f7b177a9b4b/Book+Cover+Image.jpg My Book - Ginseng Diggers https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/gendered-ethnographies daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/a6f7c5e9-c071-48c7-87d8-dfb2484d5ffd/Miles+drawing.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies Emma Bell Miles watercoloring at her home on Walden Ridge near Chattanooga. Courtesy Chattanooga Times Free Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/2197d78e-9455-424e-86c5-2460e7a0290f/906E4BC6-A0C3-4D6B-9A2C-37A9C863D602.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Sheila Myers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/d6df501d-2497-4abd-8bf9-7db33b3d8d05/Miles+.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Emma Bell Miles, ca. 1904. Courtesy Tennessee Encyclopedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/08a4bb8c-7c16-4f3d-a7be-f91f16f120da/Kephart+pic.jpg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Horace Kephart, ca. 1906. Courtesy Western Carolina University Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/fbb3cc50-2768-4a30-880d-1e23fe021349/Spirit+of+the+Mountains.jpg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/6efdeba1-2300-4adf-8321-fb2ad4e5273e/wcu_great_smoky_mtns-11232.jp2.jpg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/e6fa1873-e5f1-4d3d-b376-8d9744b48f09/Miles+Ladies+Slipper.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Pink Ladies Slipper, Watercolor by Emma Bell Miles. Courtesy University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/70e97961-b4b4-41cb-afe2-7e3c5841cf70/Cooking_oven.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/ec52fd6b-72bb-4006-b444-d17969c41495/lookout+mountain.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Lookout Mountain, Watercolor by Emma Bell Miles. Courtesy: University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/494570d0-00f8-4b9d-ac25-81c706c9f8de/rhodo.jpeg Gendered Ethnographies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/submission-guidelines daily 0.75 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1682437796081-9AAXAT6RYK9CEAUPEHY4/unsplash-image-FHnnjk1Yj7Y.jpg Submission guidelines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/proctor-and-cataloochee daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/4def8818-e274-4a2a-8e75-0174557bdcc1/Hazel+Creek2.JPG Proctor and Cataloochee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/73725fff-d666-47e4-a8a0-60fc105972eb/Proctor.JPG Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out Remnants of the town of Proctor, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo by Luke Manget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/931d450d-2047-4d1b-938c-442c2fa785dd/proctor_nc.jpeg Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out Proctor, NC, during its logging heyday, ca. 1920. Courtesy of Craft Revival Project, Western Carolina University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/8c684bdd-e06c-435a-96c8-77257ea05fe2/Proctor.jpg Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out Unidentified residents of Proctor, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/fed9b9ee-6b38-4328-85d8-afd2a90845d8/img_3434+copy.jpg Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out The Palmer House at Cataloochee. Photo by Daniel Manget https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/9355e3fd-2db9-4c8f-96c5-cb90d9702393/img_3450+copy.jpg Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out Little Cataloochee Baptist Church. Photo by Daniel Manget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/ed03b81f-5f46-4b5f-b014-0ecffcb8089a/Proctor2.JPG Proctor and Cataloochee - Make it stand out The author in front of the sole remaining preserved building in Proctor, NC. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/south-mountains daily 0.75 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/1696085880222-MI8E3DQSJ9GVZSZE5F7F/image-asset.jpeg South Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/ad685653-ab09-4efb-b8a2-2c57802655a1/IMG_3819.jpg South Mountains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/994e68ab-ed04-4b91-8cad-7c5e0322d22b/pasted+image+3.png South Mountains - Make it stand out Photo by E.G. Palmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/c0515db8-b4ea-4f4d-bfee-6193e0524777/pasted+image+1.png South Mountains - Make it stand out High Shoals Falls, South Mountains State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/36554fb9-e0b3-44fa-bfcf-05d02f6c16b9/pasted+image+0.png South Mountains - Make it stand out A view from Chestnut Knob, South Mountains State Park. Photo by E.G. Palmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/6f265c79-3a45-4b76-80e4-03d1c28d11c5/pasted+image+4.jpg South Mountains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/807dde12-56ff-4947-8e04-bb2380b8a50a/header+image.jpg Sheep - Canine Predation A herding dog lying in front of a West Virginia cottage. Image courtesy of the West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/6cb75069-2bfd-4c03-8a4a-31f619428159/domestic+dog.jpg Sheep - Canine Predation - Make it stand out Man with a herding dog. Image courtesy of the West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/251f13a7-d203-45aa-8f3f-f2c564f2c4da/service-pnp-cai-2a13000-2a13600-2a13614r.jpg Sheep - Canine Predation - Make it stand out A drawing of a coyote. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/7ef96dc5-569c-4459-8624-a60144108ee1/Callie+Deines+Photo.jpeg Sheep - Canine Predation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/98102cda-8658-4670-b0ae-fa056f59d4f7/Callie+Deines+Photo.jpeg Sheep - Canine Predation - Make it stand out Callie Deines graduated from Western Carolina University in the spring of 2025 with degrees in Environmental Science and International Studies. Growing up in the mountains of WNC just outside of Asheville, Deines’s academic interests center around how to use regenerative agriculture to build a sustainable future in the mountains. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/sheep- daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/bd399372-7b44-4a8b-84fe-501f4472989a/sheep+grazing+french+broad.jpg Sheep - Decline of Sheep Fiber Sheep grazing alongside the French Broad River. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/8b43401c-b315-4eb4-8072-621bf4d17997/sheep+and+cows.jpg Sheep - Decline of Sheep Fiber - Make it stand out Sheep and cows grazing a bald together. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/600ea59c-26b6-4264-bba5-91273b314615/sheep+with+cabin.jpg Sheep - Decline of Sheep Fiber - Make it stand out Sheep grazing in front of a cabin. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/c65a49f4-49b6-4a7d-8347-b90c9a234da4/Zach+Johnson+photo.jpg Sheep - Decline of Sheep Fiber - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/9a2c3c5b-3903-48e5-a660-9c3952c932c3/Zach+Johnson+photo.jpg Sheep - Decline of Sheep Fiber - Make it stand out Zach Johnson graduated from Western Carolina University in the Spring of 2025 with degrees in Political and Environmental Science. He is from Greenville South Carolina, but has been visiting Western North Carolina since childhood and considers it a second home. His research interests include coastal management and policy and plans to attend graduate school in fall 2025. He aims to bridge the gaps between science and policy in order to address current and future environmental issues. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/sheep-expsoing-the-color-of-the-past daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/97ce3f09-ce68-431d-b631-ccee8d9924bc/wool+dying.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past Dyed hanks of yarn hung to dry. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/fa903e56-a454-4be9-8a97-1a4d6bb96a25/conley+book+cover.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past - Make it stand out Cover of Emma Conley’s dyeing guidebook. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/ef629be8-02a3-4d43-afe3-c4927c0569af/recipe+card+1.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/594472dc-8416-4160-b88d-b2bcecaab2cd/recipe+card+2.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past - Make it stand out Recipe cards for natural dyes. Images courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/fcb9b244-cab5-4443-bdb4-c2d374f9fef2/wcu_craft_revival-4286.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past - Make it stand out Doris Ulman’s dye pot photograph. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/0332910d-62f6-4b6a-b674-9b102463eead/weaving+on+loom.jpg Sheep - Expsoing the Color of the Past - Make it stand out Woman weaving on a loom. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/new-page-4 daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/d801ab23-b6f3-46a2-a4c8-d2fd84a247a7/masa+rumbling+bald.jpg Sheep - Sheep Shape Summits Postcard of Rumbling Bald Mountain inspired by the photography of George Masa. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/e822b6c4-11b0-4ce8-8d8b-f152d05c51f7/cattle+grazing+bald.jpg Sheep - Sheep Shape Summits - Make it stand out Cattle grazing on a bald. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/f6012766-6884-4f34-a7bf-bd0d527f873e/sheep+grazing+gregory+bald.jpg Sheep - Sheep Shape Summits - Make it stand out Sheep grazing on Gregory Bald. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/5eec4539-4b4a-4edb-b7a3-e1160d5b3d0c/silers+bald+aeriel.jpg Sheep - Sheep Shape Summits - Make it stand out Aerial image of Silers Bald. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/a0baa791-4279-40c6-a5fb-8c0a10e55ee6/wayah+bald+panorma.jpg Sheep - Sheep Shape Summits - Make it stand out Panoramic image of Wayah Bald. 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Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/436ca187-9c4f-4d15-860d-05fba03b0771/frances+goodrich.jpg Sheep - Wool Weaving and Handicrafts - Make it stand out Frances Goodrich in the doorway of a cabin. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/9a971735-89e3-4e7a-8c26-83e803d67246/wcu_craft_revival-6144.jpg Sheep - Wool Weaving and Handicrafts - Make it stand out Example of a woven coverlet. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/5c5f382d-a560-403d-9ea1-1f7e644898c9/Hannah+Brown+Portrait.heic.jpg Sheep - Wool Weaving and Handicrafts - Make it stand out Hannah Brown is an undergraduate student at Western Carolina University, majoring in History and Social Science Education. A graduate of Swain County High School and an avid appreciator of Appalachian history, she plans to continue her education and aspires to teach at a high school in the region. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/sheep-sheep-in-appalachia-johnson daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/dd588910-420d-4c2d-b258-c2d6d444d6e2/sheep+1.jpg Sheep - Sheep in Appalachia - Johnson Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/3a253e44-db77-471b-9ebe-6fc9ad246d5f/hl_ri_sswcd_025.jpg Sheep - Sheep in Appalachia - Johnson - Make it stand out Sheep grazing. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/4790a5d7-293e-4593-8f66-104b908bb131/goodrich+with+coverlet.jpg Sheep - Sheep in Appalachia - Johnson - Make it stand out Frances Goodrich in front of woven wool coverlets. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/23a54bb2-5cf8-473c-bddb-f1a1c90ff1e6/fiber+processing+at+biltmore+industries.jpg Sheep - Sheep in Appalachia - Johnson - Make it stand out Fiber processing at Biltmore Industries. Image courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/sheep-in-wnc-exhibit-page daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/c273b005-980a-4370-9d83-f7942dd43e5a/header+image.jpg Sheep in WNC - Exhibit Page - Sheep versus dogs How canine predation ate away at the fiber industry in western North Carolina. BY CALLIE DEINES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/c05e6df7-3b76-4b05-8878-448eee3b13ec/hl_ri_sswcd_025.jpg Sheep in WNC - Exhibit Page - the decline of wool fiber in WNC An examination of the fiber industry’s downfall by the numbers. 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BY ZACH JOHNSON https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/home-alt-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/queer-appalachia daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/b815df18-c73e-47ab-9b2a-34dc434c6933/IMG_0592.png Queer Appalachia Pride mural, as seen in downtown Sylva, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/4cb98ba6-d21a-4029-9d46-41c347ef0ae9/hl-westerncarolinianclipping-1986-09-04-vol52-no06-16-01.jpg Queer Appalachia - Advertisement in a 1986 issue of The Western Carolinian, student newspaper of Western Carolina University. 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Courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/appalachian-museum-tour daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/293219f2-375a-4b02-a9eb-1c326a512c7c/IMG_0628.JPG Appalachian Museum Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/491d574c-034b-4991-bf8d-3414a6805777/IMG_3671.jpg Appalachian Museum Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/7749f984-221e-41db-a465-de9cc71bded5/IMG_4102.jpg Appalachian Museum Tour https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/museum-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/91bf28d4-d88a-4dfd-a4a8-c0e8becb1ba7/IMG_0628.JPG Museum 1 https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/museum-2 daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/a396098f-c31c-4865-a60b-2101111047d8/IMG_3675.jpg Museum 2 The detached kitchen of the Zachary-Tolbert house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/257281f1-581b-46d5-8432-462e06f14c2d/IMG_3671.jpg Museum 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/museum-3 daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/3f9792df-9222-4bcf-9457-ce9b9bf5f237/IMG_4102.jpg Museum 3 A fish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0b0529f8770aece68a056/af3e117e-c5d3-4290-b394-205791e51bb8/IMG_4114.jpg Museum 3 - Make it stand out The boat is just one of the many impressive pieces in the fly fishing exhibit. https://www.thesouthernhighlander.org/museum-4 daily 0.75 2026-02-04