Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma


Page 28 - Clippings Upper clipping: "A Mountain Home. This cabin is neither better nor worse than the average dwelling in the Smokies. The boards and shingles are split from the log." Also handwritten caption: "Western Monteith's House." Lower clipping: "Quill Rose and his mowing machine - famous bear hunter of Eagle Creek - typical home North Carolina Backwoodsman" Edited by hand to replace the word "machine" with "blade."	Page 29 - Great Smoky Mountains Upper photographs: "'Blockade' Still-house (The laurel had to be parted to get this much of a picture) Lower left photograph: "Moonshine Still ('Blockade' whiskey was being made in this still when photo was taken)" Lower right photograph: "Quill's Blacksmith-shop (left) and Corn-mill. (The blower for the forge is a small wheel run by water)"
Notes: Three photographs are missing, but have been scanned from the 1921 edition of Our Southern Highlanders: Upper left image is from page 112, lower left image is from page 129, and lower right image is from page 145. Please see explanation in About the Virtual Album.

Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma is presented by Hunter Library Special Collections and the Mountain Heritage Center. This project was supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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