Whittier and Tuckasegee River, North Carolina, 1913 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Library of Congress record: Overlooking Whittier, N.C. and the Tuckasegee River
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Whittier and Tuckasegee River, North Carolina, 1913
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Whittier sits in the Tuckasegee River valley of Swain County, in the mountains of western North Carolina, and in 1913 it was a small community shaped by the timber boom that was reshaping the region. Railroads pushed into these valleys in the decades after 1880, and the Southern Railway's line through the Tuckasegee gorge brought in crews, equipment, and outside capital to cut and haul hardwood and hemlock. Farming families along the river still grew corn and kept livestock, but many men now worked in sawmills, on log trains, or in the woods. The nearby Qualla Boundary, home to the Eastern Band of Cherokee, lay only a short distance away, so the town's daily life mixed Cherokee, mountain white, and newcomer communities. Most residents would have known Whittier as a stop on the river road and rail line rather than as a place of any national note.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pelton, herbert w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,103 × 1,099 px · prints to 17 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Overlooking Whittier, N.C. and the Tuckasegee River |
| Reference | NC 1913 Whittier and Tuckasegee River |
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