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Community Life in Western North Carolina


Community Life in Western North Carolina
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC at Asheville 28804
Title Community Life in Western North Carolina
Alt Title Community Life in Western North Carolina: Land of the Sky
Creator Southern Railway Company, Passenger Traffic Department
Alt. Creator H.W. Pelton
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/community_life/default_community_life.htm
Subject Keyword  Asheville, NC ; Grove Park Inn ; hotels ; travel and tourism ; Asheville, NC ; Battery Park Hotel ; Kanuga Lake Club ; Craggy Mountains ; Southern Assembly ; Lake Junaluska ; Montreat Hotel ; Camp Cherokee ; Bryson City ; Laurel Field Colony ; Land of the Sky ; Southern Railway Company ; Plateau Studios ; Bingham School for Boys ; The Alba, Montreat, NC ; Mars Hill College ; Black Mountain Assembly ; Bryson City, NC  ; Camp Cherokee ; Dorland Institute ; Hot Springs, NC ; Waynesville, NC ; Robert E. Lee Hall ; French Broad River ; Swannanoa River ; Sapphire Country ; Saluda, NC ;
Subject LCSH Southern Railway (U.S.)
Resorts -- North Carolina
Tourism -- North Carolina
Winter resorts -- North Carolina
Pelton, H.W. 
Battery Park Hotel (Asheville, N.C.)
Kanuga Lake Club (Hendersonville, N.C.)
Salola Club (Hendersonville, N.C.)
Craggy Mountains
Southern Assembly (Junaluska, N.C.)
Montreat Hotel (Montreat, N.C.)
Camp Cherokee, (Bryson, N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture
Mountains -- North Carolina -- Description and travel
North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Date 2003-11-04
Publisher Philadelphia: Press of Loughead ; [Digital Publisher] D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor

Type Source type: Photographs ; Text 
Format image/jpeg/text
Source SpecColl F217 A65 S68 1914
Language English
Relation E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, UNCA ; Documenting the American South, Chapel Hill: Asheville -- the Ideal Autumn and Winter Resort City: Electronic Edition. Washington: Southern Railway (U.S.) Passenger Traffic Dept., 1900?. Documenting the American South, UNC Chapel Hill: Autumn and Winter in the Land of the Sky: Electronic Edition. Washington: Southern Railway (U.S.) Passenger Traffic Dept., 1915? ; Western North Carolina Railroad Scenery "Land of the Sky" (1880's), UNCA Special Collections ; The Sunny South: drawings by E.H. Suydam (1924) ; Southern Summer Resorts and Camps in the Mountains - Southern Railway System (1922) New York: Rand McNally & Co. Special Collections F262.A16 S68 1922 A Motor Trip Veritably to Nature's Heart in "The Land of the Sky" (1920's?)  A Motor Trip Veritably to Nature's Heart in "The Land of the Sky" UNCA Special Collections  ; Land of the Sky (1913) : Southern Railway, Premier Carrier of the South  (1913?), UNCA Special Collections ;  The Land of the Sky (1920's)   Special Collections F261 .G7x  ;   Community Life in Western North Carolina (early 1900's)   Special Collections  F217.A65 S68 1914 
Coverage late 1800's/early 20th century ; Asheville, NC
Rights Any display, publication or public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor UNCA Special Collections Purchase 
Description A booklet published by the Southern Railway Company about major tourist attractions in western North Carolina. Contains photographs by noted photographer Herbert W. Pelton and descriptions of many well-known landmarks at the turn of the century. 
Acquisition 2003-05-01
Citation Community Life in Western North Carolina,  D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, Erica Ojermark, 2003
Last update 2003-11-21 ; 2003-12-16, 2006-09-11 ; 2007-08-07
Community Life in Western North Carolina Image
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cl01 Cover, front [Front cover] Community Life in Western North Carolina - Land of the Sky - Southern Railroad Premier Carrier of the South. cl01.jpg (67056 bytes)
cl02  Cover, back [Back Cover] Community Life in Western North Carolina - Land of the Sky - Southern Railroad Premier Carrier of the South. cl02.jpg (66007 bytes)
cl03 page 1 [Introduction Page] Community Life in Western North Carolina - Land of the Sky - Southern Railroad Premier Carrier of the South. cl03.jpg (49235 bytes)
cl04 page 2 Junaluska Lake and Hotel, Southern Assembly Grounds, Waynesville, N.C. cl04.jpg (66830 bytes)
cl05 page 3 [Southern Railway - Religious Groups - Community Life] cl05.jpg (66736 bytes)
cl06 page 4 [The Southern Assembly, Junaluska, N.C.] cl06.jpg (60500 bytes)
cl07 page 5 Headwaters of the Swannanoa River cl07.jpg (58991 bytes)
cl08 page 6 [The Alba, Montreat, N.C.] cl08.jpg (51811 bytes)
cl09 page 7 [The Montreat Hotel, Montreat, N.C.] cl09.jpg (60243 bytes)
cl10 page 8 [Top: Laurel Field Colony Near Asheville, N.C.
Bottom: A Restful Spot Near Black Mountain, N.C.]
cl10.jpg (42608 bytes)
cl11 page 9 [Top: Southern Student Conference YMCA, Blue Ridge Association
Bottom: Blue Ridge Association Grounds, Black Mountain, N.C.]
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cl12 page 10 [Robert E. Lee Hall, Blue Ridge Association, Black Mountain, N.C.] cl12.jpg (50336 bytes)
cl13 page 11 [Another View of Blue Ridge Association Grounds, Black Mountain, N.C.] cl13.jpg (43541 bytes)
cl14 page 12 [Top: Camp Cherokee, Bryson, N.C.
Bottom: Barracks, Bingham School for Boys, Asheville, N.C]
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cl15 page 13 [Golf in Land of the Sky] cl15.jpg (40658 bytes)
cl16 page 14 [St. Genevieve's College, Asheville, N.C.] cl16.jpg (44195 bytes)
cl17 page 15 [Macadam Road, Black Mountain N.C., Craggy Mountain Range in Distance] cl17.jpg (41353 bytes)
cl18 page 16 [Top: Site of Methodist Colony
Bottom: Asheville School for Boys  -- after English Plan]
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  cl18a page 17 The Blue Ridge Association For Christian Conference and Training, Black Mountain, N.C.

cl19 page 18 [Bird's Eye View, Mars Hill College, N.C] cl19.jpg (44772 bytes)
cl20 page 19 [Description of the Southern Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, N.C.] cl20.jpg (58656 bytes)
cl21 page 20 [Lake Toxaway, N.C.] cl21.jpg (46094 bytes)
cl22 page 21 [Top: Dorland Institute, Hot Springs, N.C..
Description: Methodist Colony, Black Mountain, N.C.
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cl23 page 22 [A Healthful Pass-time] cl23.jpg (47674 bytes)
cl24 page 23 [Distant View of New Hotel at Ridgecrest] cl24.jpg (40190 bytes)
cl25 page 24 [French Broad River, near Asheville, N.C.] cl25.jpg (39169 bytes)
cl26 page 25 [Top: Craggy Mountains from Drive, Mount Meadows, near Asheville, N.C.
Description: Kanuga Lake Club, Hendersonville, N.C.]
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cl27 page 26 [Asheville from the Country Club] cl27.jpg (51194 bytes)
cl28 page 27 [Top: In the Beautiful Sapphire Country ; 
Description: Highland Lake Club, Highland, N.C.]

 

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cl29 page 28 [Kanuga Lake Club House, near Hendersonville, N.C.] cl29.jpg (40024 bytes)
cl30 page 29 [Highland Lake Club, Highland Lake, N.C.] cl30.jpg (47763 bytes)
cl31 page 30 [Andrew's Geyser, Round Knob, N.C.] cl31.jpg (37199 bytes)
cl32 page 31 [Description: Hillside Park Club, Hendersonville, N.C.] cl32.jpg (57554 bytes)
cl33 page 32 [The Blue Ridge from Mt. Toxaway, N.C.] cl33.jpg (34786 bytes)
cl34 page 33 [Hillside Park Club, Hendersonville, N.C.] cl34.jpg (49437 bytes)
cl35 page 34 [Falls, Beautiful Sapphire Country] cl35.jpg (44573 bytes)
cl36 page 35 [Description: Lake Toxaway Colony, Lake Toxaway, N.C.
Description: Salola Club, Hendersonville, N.C.]
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cl37 page 36 [Baldy Mountain, Land of the Sky] cl37.jpg (47493 bytes)
cl38 page 37 [Overlooking Lake Toxaway, Mt. Toxaway in the distance.] cl38.jpg (38037 bytes)
cl39 page 38 Solola Club, Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Hendersonville, N.C.] cl39.jpg (54465 bytes)
cl40 page 39 [Description: Laurel Park, Hendersonville, N.C. ;
Description: Tryon, N.C.
Description: Asheville, N.C. 
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cl41 page 40 [List: Officers and Agents -- Passenger Traffic Department] cl41.jpg (65909 bytes)
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