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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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Cradle of Forestry in America, 1997
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsRecipient of the Cradle of Forestry in America, receiving the Mountain Heritage award, 1997. -
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... -
Hanging Dog
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe Hanging Dog community in Cherokee County got its colorful name when a Cherokee Indian’s hunting dog barely escaped getting hung up in a mass of jammed logs and vines in a flooded creek. Nearby, European settlers found important deposits of iron. . . -
Cradle of Forestry
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsIn the early 20th century, the Appalachian forest was subjected to devastating large-scale commercial exploitation for the first time. At the same time, pioneering conservationists were devising reforms for forest management. . . -
Woolly Worms
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsNot too many generations ago, before snow plows, central heat, and supermarkets, winters in Appalachia were a much different experience than they are today. Many basic necessities such as mobility, heat, and food were not taken for granted. . . -
Appalachian Trail
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsAs undeveloped land shrank in the East, the desire to preserve a wilderness experience intensified. In 1925 a forester, Benton McKaye, organized a conference in Washington, DC. . . -
Blue Ridge Parkway
Posted on August 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe Blue Ridge Parkway, stretching 469 miles between the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, has offered visitors breathtaking vistas, wilderness access, and a reprieve from fast-paced commercialism since the mid-1930s. It is positioned atop the rims and contours of the Blue Ridge, a mountain chain that is part of the larger Appalachian Mountains. -
Mountain Balds
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe Southern Appalachian Mountains are not high enough to have a natural tree line or Alpine zone, yet the region has hundreds of treeless areas called balds. Their origins- whether or man-made or the product of climatic changes- still remain a mystery. -
Chimney Rock
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsIn 1885 Chimney Rock began its long history as a tourist attraction when the first stairway to its 315-foot granite summit was completed. Missouri native Lucius Moore purchased the spectacular rock outcropping overlooking Hickory Nut Gorge in 1902. -
Old Growth Forests
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsOld-Growth forests conjures up visions of the great forests that once covered most of eastern north America, and of towering trees undisturbed by logging and human settlement. They provide a vital link to our environmental past and are the preferred and sometime only habitat of a number of species. -
Cold Mountain
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsCharles Frazier’s acclaimed novel Cold Mountain presents geography as symbolic of human conditions. To his central character Inman, the mountains represent healing and salvation and are the goal of his trek homeward. -
European Wild Boars
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsIn the long history of invasive species in Appalachia, no story is more striking that that of the European wild boar. Often called Russian boars. . . -
Extinct Species
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe Appalachian region is the home of more species of plants and animals than any other temperate forest on earth. Through the long stretch of geological time, life forms have come and gone. -
Flat Rock
Posted on August 17, 2010 | No CommentsFlat Rock, North Carolina, the home of one of the nation’s top ten summer theaters, is a wonderful place to enjoy a play. Begun in a tent by actor/director/producer Robroy Farquhar in 1953, it presents about ten Broadway musicals, dramas, and comedies each year.