Stecoah Valley Center, 2011

Mountain Heritage Award

  Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center (Organizational Recipient) Built of native rock with the skill and labor of many local residents, Stecoah Union School in Graham County opened to its first students in 1926. After 68 years of serving as a center of the...

Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008

Mountain Heritage Award

The Mountain Heritage Awards Each year at the Mountain Heritage Day celebration, Western Carolina University presents Mountain Heritage Awards to individuals and organizations in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the preservation or interpretation of...

Penland School of Crafts, 1985

Mountain Heritage Award

Penland School of Craft Honored By WCU John Parris Asheville Citizens Times 9/29/85   CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1985 Mountain Heritage Award went Saturday to the Penland School of Crafts, a mountain institution founded by a mountain woman for...

Mary Cornwell, 1989

Mountain Heritage Award

Mary Cornwell receives 1989 Mountain Heritage Award Mary Cornwell of Waynesville, creator of the North Carolina State Fair’s Village of Yesteryear and founder of the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, received the university’s Mountain Heritage Award September 30....

Lloyd Arneach, 2011

Mountain Heritage Award

Storyteller, Stecoah Center Receive Heritage Awards September 24, 2011 Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher presented 2011 Mountain Heritage Awards on Saturday (Sept. 24) to well-known Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach as part of activities at the...