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About Us
The Digital Heritage Project is a part of The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University
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Recent Posts
- Mary Ulmer Chiltosky, 1986
- Stecoah Valley Center, 2011
- Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008
- Cradle of Forestry in America, 1997
- Jackson County Genealogical Society, 2012
- Rob Tiger, 2012
- Young Adult Choir, Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, 2001
- Bea Hensley, 1995
- Penland School of Crafts, 1985
- John B. Battle, 1983
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Culture Archive
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Mary Ulmer Chiltosky, 1986
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsChiltoskey Receives Mountain Heritage Award Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey – teacher, librarian and keeper of Cherokee tribal myths, legend and... -
Stecoah Valley Center, 2011
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsStecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center (Organizational Recipient) Built of native rock with the skill and labor of many local... -
Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsThe Mountain Heritage Awards Each year at the Mountain Heritage Day celebration, Western Carolina University presents Mountain Heritage Awards... -
Young Adult Choir, Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, 2001
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsMountain Heritage Award Comments SEPT. 29, 2001 Winner: Young Adult Choir of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church. Accepting Award: choir... -
Penland School of Crafts, 1985
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsPenland School of Craft Honored By WCU John Parris Asheville Citizens Times 9/29/85 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1985... -
Mary Cornwell, 1989
Posted on December 13, 2012 | No CommentsMary Cornwell receives 1989 Mountain Heritage Award The Reporter Oct 6th 1989 Mary Cornwell of Waynesville, creator of the North... -
Lloyd Arneach, 2011
Posted on November 29, 2012 | No CommentsStoryteller, Stecoah Center Receive Heritage Awards September 24, 2011 Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher presented 2011 Mountain Heritage... -
Mary Jane Queen and the Queen Family, 1999
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsMary Jane Queen and The Queen Family Receive 1999 Mountain Heritage Award CULLOWHEE — Mary Jane Queen and the... -
The Deitz Family, 2006
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsWCU’s Mountain Heritage Award Presented To Jackson County’s Musical Deitz Family CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University presented its Mountain... -
Arvil Freeman, 2007
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsMountain Heritage Awards presented to master fiddler Arvil Freeman and, the Cherokee dance group “The Warrorios of Ani-Kituhwa” 10/1/2007... -
German Settlers in the Appalachians
Posted on October 8, 2012 | No CommentsPeople of German descent are one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. They came to be known... -
Dinner on the Ground
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsDinner on the Ground in the Upland South from Appalachia to the Ozarks, is an outdoor picnic held at Decoration Day events. The term originally referred to eating in a churchyard or cemetery with a picnic blanket spread on the ground. . . . -
Craft Guild
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1892, Frances Goodrich, a New England educated Presbyterian Missionary, moved to the Madison County community of Allanstand. Her goal: to improve the quality of life for mountain families. Her means was the promotion of traditional crafts to a growing American market for authentic handicrafts. . . -
Trail of Tears
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsIn the 1830s, the United States government, with the approval of the United States Congress and President Andrew Jackson, forcibly removed Southeastern American Indian tribes to present day Oklahoma. This atrocious act has been infamously named the Trail of Tears. . . -
Happy Land
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1865, a band of former slaves newly freed in Mississippi began searching for a new home. They settled near Tuxedo in Henderson County, North Carolina. They eventually bought 200 acres of land that they declared to be “The Kingdom of the Happy Land". . .