The Deitz Family, 2006

  WCU’s Mountain Heritage Award Presented To Jackson County’s Musical Deitz Family CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University presented its Mountain Heritage Award for 2006 on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 to a family whose roots run deep into the musical heritage of...
Dr. John Brinkley

Dr. John Brinkley

At the turn of the 20th century, most areas of Appalachia remained rural and isolated. In North Carolina, the county of Jackson fit that description. It seemed unlikely the county would produce an individual who would go down in local and national history as one of the most colorful characters of the 1920s and 1930s.