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North Carolina's
Friendly People
Invite You to Visit Them
I N North Carolina's 100 counties,
' Hospitality Committees appoint-ed
by the Governor are working to
make your visit to this state a
pleasant and successful one. The
organized and deliberate expres-sion
of North Carolina's eagerness
to be "nice to company," the
Governor's Hospitality Commit-tees
are improving tourist facilities,
providing information and other
courtesies to strangers.
But an ancient and spontaneous
friendliness awaits you in places
where hospitality is still more of a
deed than a word. In fishing vil-lages
on the coast, in industrial
cities of the Piedmont and in iso-lated
coves of the mountains, the
visitor will find a cordial welcome,
a people proud of their land and
anxious to share it with outsiders.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey epitom-ized
the sentiment of North Caro-linians
when he said:
"North Carolina opens wide its
doors to you, your family and your
friends. She extends to each a
cordial welcome and hearty greet-ings.
She has much to offer and
covets the opportunity of having
her claims verified by personal in-spection
and closest observation."
Adding his official welcome, the
Governor is issuing courtesy pass-ports
to visitors to North Carolina.
Hospitality committeemen, their
friends, State Highway Patrolmen,
and all prideful Tar Heels are ready
to honor that passport when its
holder presents himself at our
borders.
(r. &- D.)
NORTH CAROLINA TOUAV.—Published by North Carolina Dcpartmenl of Conservation and Development. R. Bruce Etheridge. director. Illustrations in this issue
available for republicalion upon application to the editor. 931 Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. N. C. Lithographed in Winston-Salem. North Carolina. U. S. A.
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY
Vol I Fall and Winter No. 4
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Follow the Swallows lufse bfrds/
One swallow doesn't make an Indian Summer in North Carolina. Thousands upon thous-ands
of the canny creatures, winging south in search of an agreeable abode, linger for
weeks in Tar Heelia.
In this state of swiftly changing altitudes and thermal belts, the most exacting human
migrant also can roost in his own favorite sun. Bracing mountain autumn, tapering with
nicety into the Piedmont plateau; warm Sandhills; lingering summer on the coast near
the Gulf Stream, where fishermen cast into the surf all the year round. This issue of
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY offers a brief glimpse of a state with a golden autumn,
a winter of snows and dazzling sunshiny days.
Mt. Mitchell—winter on top, autumn in the valley.
iClodfeller)
Under giant live oaks, moss-draped, near Wilmington
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here Indian Summer Means Beauty
Vie'u' from Clingman'.s Dome, lip-lop of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Grennell)
North Carolina's expanse of
park and forest lands gives
Indian Summer room for full
play. Ridges of blue turn into
oceans of color — wave upon
wave rolls down the mountains
across the Piedmont section, to
lap finally at the constant green
of the eastern pine forests.
A spacious state, the western
part of North Carolina is swift-ly
becoming the largest forest
preserve in the East. Reforest-ation
and conservation are pro-viding
the setting; the National
Park Service, the U. S. Forest
Service, and the North Carolina
Department of Conservation
and Development are adding
the facilities which permit the
traveler to enjoy this civilized
wilderness.
On Route 64, near Franklin. A i
{C. &• D.)
CuUasaia Gorge, Nanlahala Forest
(C. &• D.)
Five Units Form One Vast Parkland
Blue Ridges
Turn to Gold
The eastern division of Pisgah National Forest
is a gateway to North Carolina's hundreds of
thousands of acres of outdoorsland in the moun-tains.
Close by is the western division of Pisgah.
This national forest almost touches Nantahala,
which in turn is adjacent to Cherokee National
Forest. Northwest sprawls the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and still further north
is Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
Supplementing these natural areas are the resort
and camp developments of the Blue Ridges and
the state parks and refuges, with Asheville as
the center.
In the last few years, federal and state projects
have opened hitherto inaccessible backlands to
both the leisurely motorist and the hardier out-door
fan. Now it is possible for the autumn and
winter traveler to visit conveniently an extensive
unspoiled area, tapped by hard surface roads
which enter from every direction. To increasing
thousands, autumn and winter are favorite
seasons for visiting North Carolina, and to many
of them the Blue Ridge Forest lands offer endless
opportunities for relaxation, recreation and sight-seeing.
Motorists migrating toward the south will find
the color country in the color season an inter-esting
side-trip. October will find excellent
resorts open and thriving in the Blue Ridges of
North (^arolina.
Excellent roads enter North Carolina's National Forests. Above
one of the entrances to Pisgah, Eastern Division (C. cr* D.)
Photographer's heaven—Top of the Great Smokies National Park
is viewed from Heintooga Ridge, near Waynesville, N. C.
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Camping on a public camping ground al Smoke-monl,
N. C, in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. (C. & D.)
Highway and Parking area at Newfound Gap,
in the Great Smokies National Park in North
Carolina. (.Ctodfeller)
New Facilities in North C
Throughout North Carolina, new facilities for outdoor life have been provided. In Pisgah, Nantahala and Chero-kee
F"orests and the Great Smokies Park, are hundreds of miles
of hiking trails, well-marked and cunningly designed to give the
hiker a scenic objective worthy of his efTorts.
These trails include well-defined trips, with routes and distances
varied to fit the hiker's time and energy. They range from a two-mile
walk up to the Appalachian Trail, which extends from
^t '. j^H Maine to Georgia, and runs through scenic Carolina.
Trails now' include two loops created for the Youth Hostel
Movement. On these loops are inexpensive lodgings and
Crossroad in the wilderness—hikers get directions
at Wayah Crest, in Nantahala National Forest.
I.C. & D.) Lake Lure, N. C. (C. 6- D.)
Camp, picnic facilities m i an Hook Glade,
Nanlahala Forest, on paved highway No. 64.
near Franklin. (C. d- D.)
The Appalachian trail i.s uell-hluzed in North
Carolina—a hiker follows the trail insignia.
(C. i- D.)
olina's Parks and Forests
chaperonage for youngsters who want
to see this portion of their world.
In both Pisgah and Nantahala have
been built various types of recreation
grounds. They include picnicking,
camping and trailer grounds, with fire-wood,
water, sanitary facilities, and
attendants, lean-to shelters for hardy
hikers, observation points, lakes, forest
roads. Information about forest facili-ties
can be had by addressing the I'.
S. Forest Service in Asheville and
F"ranklin, North Carolina.
In the Great Smokies National Park,
camping is now permitted for two
weeks, and public camping grounds
have been set aside, pending formal
dedication of the park. A network of
trails spreads over the Great Smokies,
well-blazed and interlinking. Maps
and information may be obtained from
the National Park Service, Washing-ton.
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Lying around these public nature
preserves is a well-developed resort
country with accommodations ranging
from modest inns to the most luxurious
resort hotels in America. All the facili-ties
desired by autumn and winter
vacationists are within easy reach of
those who would visit the North Caro-lina
forests. Information about re-sorts,
hotels, transportation, recreation,
scenic attractions of the state will
be supplied by the Governor's Hospi-tality
Committee, Raleigh, N. C.
Cliffside Lake, Nantahala.
Una's State Parks
North Carolina is rapidly developing a system of state parks to supple-ment
the national parks and forests. One of these parks is already
completed and open—Fort Macon State Park in which the century-old
fort on the spit of sand at the entrance to the Morehead City and
Beaufort harbor is the chief attraction.
Four other state parks are nearing
completion and are e.xpected to
he opened during the sum-mer
of 1939. These are
Morrow Mountain, Hang-ing
Rock, Mount Mitchell
and Cape Hatteras State
Parks. Details available
from Parks Division,
Conservation & Develop-ment,
RaleiiLih, N. C.
(Pholns C. b- D.)
Above, I'irgin Balsam Forest on Mt. Mitchell;
Below. A trailer at Morro-u/ Mountain.
Above, Bridle
Right. Cape Hatteras
Path at Hanging Rock;
Lighthouse, tallest in America.
One of the entrances—Korner fmd four "front doors", refusing
to slight any one side of his mansion.
One of the first gramophones remains in the Folly—one
item in a collection of Gay Ninety gadgets.
Dream Home That Came True
"Korner's Folly", in Kernersville, between Winston-Salem and Greensboro, gives travelers a piquant dash of the
unusual. Designed and built by J. Gilmer Korner in 1880, it is a monument to his eccentric genius. It contains
22 rooms and 22 stoves, with almost every room on a different floor level. Stairs wind to nooks and corners, and
ceilings range from 5 Vo feet to 18 feet high. Bricks, made from Korner's own formula—since lost—were used. The
roof is shingled from a single tree. To obtain it, Korner had to buy the entire farm on which it stood. Inside, the
house is a treasury of grandeur and luxury of the Gay Nineties, containing art pieces and curios collected in the
builder's travels when as an outdoor advertising pioneer he was painting the famous Durham Bull all over the world.
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The Torture Ch,iir—a Lover's seat, with a -.piiLd lompartment
provided for the chaperone.
First Little Theatre in the Nation was constructed in the attic
for Korner's children.
The Sandhills Make Pottery the Old Way
Potters of the Sandhills for 200 years have followed the technique
of their Yorkshire ancestors. Their jugs are the prod-uct
of hand, heart and mind, and not of the
machine. These pictures, made at
famous Jugtown, show the
processes of the pot-ter,
step by
step.
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What^s in
a Name?
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A lot of fun, if you follow
the hobby of some tour-ists
who like to seek out,
for camera or postmark,
the whimsical and apt
names of towns. Tar
Heels are ingenious and
humorous town-namers.
Witness Prosperity (now-all
but vanished, alas),
and Charity, and Faith.
Not to mention Loafer's
Glor\', in Mitchell County. Alert is in Franklin, and there is Balm in Avery as well as
Gilead. Richmond, a dry county, nevertheless contains Cognac, and \'adkin, sans
railways, has a Cycle. In Madison, there is Just, and in Burke there is Joy.
And so on and so on. Many of North Carolina's most fascinating names are neither
on maps nor in postal guides, and one of the delights of traveling country- roads is to
suddenlv find oneself right in the middle of Joy and Prosperity, or to be surrounded b\-
with \'i\en. <i'iu'i,<i c i" n •
The tiny postoffice at Prosperity (now disconlinued) in Moore County.
Prosperity is ri^^ht around
the next corner, Ihojigh
someichat ti bit Jaded.
Chariiw or face to face
Prosperity has receded, but Faith, N. C, overcometh all things.
Superstitious lovers believe a marriage in Faith is blessed
with good luck.
Not the greatest of these is Charity, but nevertheless it thrives
in Duplin County, and is among the hundreds of whimsical
town names in North Carolina.
See For Yourself:
It's in Nor
Travelers tired of the
same old things should read
our we-air-quare section.
Only a mile or so further
down the road, or off an easy
turn here and there will take
the visitor to sights, superlative or whimsical, worthy of his
camera and his scrapbook. Around the oddity clock (starting
above at, say, noon) the first of-all-things sight is North Carolina's
largest map; a composite of 100 county maps, built by the state-wide
Highway Survey. It is 16 feet long, 6 feet high, and shows
every one of the 59,000 miles in the state highway system.
Where one o'clock should be is Bottomless Pools, at Lake Lure,
abysses of mountain water never plumbed by man. A picnic
ground is nearby.
A car wash is accommodatingly provided by nature on Route 64
near Highlands. Just drive under Bridal Veil Falls, which sprays
over the highway. Bring your mop, a strong arm and a willing
spirit—as the vacationist at the right did.
In Hyde County, an individualistic Tar Heel got tired of the
ordinary houses in his neighborhood. So he built this octagonal
home, where it stands near Englehard.
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Gardeners wishing to
indulge in a little fit of envy
might drive out on the
Mocksville road from Salis-bury
and take a good look at
this boxwood—largest on re-cord
of the American botanical society. It would take just
exactly 19J^ girls to encircle it with their arms.
And for your scrapbook get a copy of the smallest daily news-pafjer
in the world, the Tryon BULLETIN, printed on common
yellow typewriter second sheets. In the picture you see Seth
Vining, the editor, and his pressman at work.
When High Point says Bureau of Information, it means Bureau.
The Furniture City of the South houses its Chamber of Commerce
in this enormous bureau. Pull out a drawer and visit them sometime.
Back up at about 11 o'clock on the dial is man-made Andrew's
Geyser, near Old Fort. Coldest and purest of mountain water
races down the peaks through a flume, and under this terrific
natural pressure throws its spray a hundred feet into- the air. It's
a nice shower bath on a hot day, and a favorite spot of picnickers.
The geyser was built to honor VV. J. Andrews, who put the first
railroad through the Blue Ridges.
(All photos by Consen'ation and Dn'elopment)
Early Carolina Architecture
Religious principles motivated many of the early settlers
to migrate to the New World. It was only natural that,
after constructing rude shelters for themselves and their
families, they turned their hands to the erection of houses of
worship. Many skilled artisans were among the early settlers
to furnish plans and labor utilizing standard forms of their
mother countries and improvising to establish new and dis-tinctly
American construction ideas. Brick and glass were
largely imported, while lumber was hand-hewn from the vast
primeval forests.
St. Paul's of Edenton, on the Chowan,
1736. Known as North Carolina's
"Westminster Abbey," for in its grave-yard
are buried Royal Governors and
many founders of the Commonwealth.
(Highton)
One of the 150 markers erected at historical
spots on highways throughout the state by the N.
C. Dept. of Conservation and Development,
State Historical Commission, and State High-way
Commission. (C. and D.)
Hayes, icaterfront mansion,
center of an estate of ij.ooo
acres near Edenton. Hand-somest
Colonial home in
historic Albemarle. Former
home of Governor Samuel
Johnston, the name "ijas
derived [row the landed
property of Sir Walter
Raleigh in England.
(Higtil.,11)
Churches erected, the early settlers began the task of building permanent homes.
Land grants were large in the wilderness area, and upon these broad acres there
arose some of the country's finest mansions. The landed gentr\', however, were
not the only ones to erect commodious tlwellings. Traders, lawyers, doctors,
and seafarinii men in the earK' towns spent laxishh' in btiildini; and turnish-ing
homes that to this da\' remain pretentiotis and thorou;-;hly li\al)le t(jr
the modern age.
Left above, Entrance Hall and stairway oj Umallwood House, New
Bern, perfect Georgian type home. {Highlon)
Right above, The old Belo Home in Winston-Salem, a mingling of
Moravian and New World ideals. (Jones)
Right, Bellamy House, Wilmington. (Highion)
Defense of home and country was a
prime factor in the early development
of America. One of the outstanding
fortifications in its day, and still con-sidered
a marvel of engineering skill,
is Fort Macon on Bogue Banks near
Morehead City. The fort proper,
sunk beneath the sands, is visible only
a short distance away. The masonry
in the fort is unique in this country.
Fortifications have been located here
commanding Bogue Inlet for over 200
years.
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Above, Right—Gun placements, parapets, moat,
and breastworks. Below, Inner court, surrounded
by sunken living quarters of garrison.
(Photos by Conservation and Development)
North Carolina has four distinctive re-creational
sections, interlinked, yet
with distinctive color and atmos-phere.
Fall in the mountains
is favored by natives who know
and live all the seasons, for
then the vast forests of ever-greens
are splashed with the
brilliant hues of autumn,
and the air is invigorat-ing
yet mild.
The Piedmont is Caro-lina's
compromise be-tween
high and low land—
a
section of rolling hills and
thriving cities, where nature
is always close to man's
habitations.
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The Sandhills form the setting fo
exclusive and popular winter
resorts for many years favor-ed
by travelers who want to
escape winter without plung-ing
into enervating tropical
heat. The sandy lands
greedily drink up each
shower, keeping the air pure
and dry.
The Coastal plains and sea-shore
of North Carolina com-prise
a section of agriculture
and history and recreation,
peopled by a race ofTar
Heels who have learned to
relax and play as well as to
work. Winter in Eastern
Carolina is the time to visit
a smiling plain and a gracious
people.
{Color photographs
by Conservation
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Golf is ignorant of the
calendar in North
Carolina. A year-round
sport, it has a
hundred notable
shrines from the moun-tains
to the seas, many
of them designed by
masters. North Caro-lina
winter resorts were
specializing in golfing
when the game was still
a novelty to most sec-tions.
A booklet by
O. B. Keeler, "Golf in
North Carolina," des-cribes
some of the
state's famous courses.
{Photos by Hemmer. Eddy.
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Harness Rucins til I'uiehiirsl is the outgrou'th of the establishment of u-inter training:, quarters in the Sandhills.
Left, Overall racers in a regular bi-tveekly open gymkhana at Pinehurst;
Above a drag hunt goes across the autumn fields near Southern Pines.
(C. and D.)
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for conditioning race and
show horses. The visitor,
with or without horse, wi
find an array of horse and
dog activities in which he
may participate. Hun-dreds
of miles of trai
are maintained around
resort points and other
cities, and mounts are
available at moderate cost
in almost every hamlet in
the stale. For the advanced
fan. the fall and winter of-lers
horse show s, gN'mkhanas,
harness races, field trials, fox
meets, steeplechase and polo.
Prettiest of eights in dogdom—A dog at point in a
North Carolina field trial. c^mM)
twenty hooves in the air at once- -five racers crowd the steeplechase jump at Barber race course in a close race.
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Left, Over the jumps at Tryon, u'here the horse is well-loved:
Above, Championship field trials in central Carolina.
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UNTERS who like
their targets big,
fast and smart know
about the famous Pis-gah
Forest deer hunt,
to be staged again this
winter under super-vision
of the National
Forest Service. The
mountain preserve,
teeming with deer, pro-vides
an unforgettable
setting for the hunts-man.
Under the pro-gram,
participants may
take part in one-day
forays, or may join the
wilderness hunts,
camping in the preserve
throughout their stay.
Less spectacular, but
even more popular, arc
the deer hunts con-ducted
ofT controlled land in both the east and west. In eastern
Carolina the deer has held his own without aid, and it is esti-mated
3,000 animals are bagged there annually without
diminishing the stock. In semi-bogs and forests never sub-dued
by cultivators, the Eastern Carolina deer and bear tempt
sportsmen from all over America, many of whom are buying
their own preserves and building lodges to testify to their
choice of a happy hunting ground.
The policy of conservation, practiced by both state and federal
governments in refuges, has brought big game back to the
mountains, and the overflow from the refuges are repopulating
adjacent territory. A dozen western North Carolina counties
rate "fine!" on the memo pads of critical sportsmen.
Left, hetow, Deer hunters roughing it during the Pisgah hunt; Right, below, the hunter in
Halifax who misses loses his -shirt-tail
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Hunters checlzing in jor the Ptsgah Deer
Hunt at a control station. (Clodfelter)
ime Hunts
In a score of North Carolina counties,
east and west, bear-hunting remains
the sport supreme in the winter sea-son.
Good bear dogs are cherished
by these sportsmen above all other
earthly possessions, and the cry of
the pack on the trail of a big and
wily bruin is heard throughout No-vember
and December over hills and
across lowland fields.
An old big-game sport is reviving in
western North Carolina—the hunt-ing
of wild boar, which are rapidly
coming back in the Appalachians
and Smokies. The big beasts, fast
and ferocious, test the skill and en-durance
of their best antagonists.
The boar's head this Christmas will
mean more in North Carolina than
a cheerful Christmas card.
A state with a long tradition of sport
hunting, North Carolina offers many
attractions for the visitor. Accom-modations
and guides are available
in every section. Information will
be given upon writing to the Depart-ment
of Conservation and Develop-ment.
A hear hunter, silvered by the risinf, sun. uvils at his post, 'u'hile Ihe pack starts bruin
on his retreat. Organized bear hunts are held throughout the season in Eastern and
Western North Carolina. {CloJfetiert
Talking of Bear Hunters—here are three generations of a notalile Tar
Heel bear-hunting family—Ned, Eu'art. and Adolph Wilson, who hunt
over the 17,000 acres of Ihe bear lands on. Mt. Mitchell. Adolph's
father n-as ''Big Tom'' Wtlson, nnghliesl of Blue Ridge Hunters,
and already a legend in the mountains. {C. &- n.)
THE CAST A quail hunter casts his
dog in North Carolina.
The quail, a tidbit of the epicure, is the
favorite bird of native hunters, and in this
state is so prominent that he has lured
many out-of-state sportsmen to North
Carolina, here to buy preserves and erect
his own hunting lodges. (cimiham]
The Democracy of Sportdom
Birds of the air, small game of the field—North Carolina is the natural habitat of these hardy and highly edible tribes.
In most of the state's 100 counties, quail rates from fair to good, and rabbit and squirrel may be had for the early
rising and the straight shooting. Marsh hens, rails, doves challenge keen eyes, steady hands.
For the more adventurous hunter and
the better shot, wild turkeys and grouse
are found in several localities. The
grouse, fast as a quail and big as a duck^
is coming l)ack in the highlands, and the
turkey, elephantine but elusive, is a bird
to be sought only by the hardy and pa-tient
outdoorsman, but the reward is a
baking fit for a king.
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H^H Wz-^f '" '^V dations and guides and dogs for small
lyB f "w. ' ^B game hunting are available, and a game
map and book will be sent to the inter-ested
huntsman.
Squirrels remain the test target of good
riflemen.
Wild turkeys thrive in several North
Carolina counties.
Rabbit hutiting—sport cheap, democratic
and thrilling. (,]Vesi)
WINGS OVS
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North Carolina's coastal sounds
and the broad rivers that empty into y^
them are on the East's great flight lanes
for waterfowl. Converging on these waters
in the fall and winter months are vast hordes
of ducks and geese that remain here to feed and
to furnish sportsmen with some of the country's top- ^ flight wing shooting. Gunning is best on cold, raw days ^^ when there is no sun and the great wedges stand out as if
etched against the dull sky. Currituck and Pamlico Sounds
and Mattamuskeet Lake are rruigip names known to hunters all
over the eastern United States. Guides, boats, and other accommo-dations
are available n*af all the principal gunning areas.
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Gamey Fish
While many casual vacationists are
fleeing the water, knowing sportsmen
watch the calendar anxiously, ready
to descend upon the North Carolina
coast for fall fishing. Drum run
around the inlets in autumn, and big,
gamey fish lurk off North Carolina's
coast throughout the winter, making
forays from the nearby Gulf Stream.
From Manteo, Ocracoke, Morehead
City, Wilmington, Southport, and
other coastal points, autumnal fisher-men
will set sail during one of the best
of fishing times in Carolina.
Above, A huge blue
marlin caught by
Hugo Rulherfurd off
Hatteras. (Eaion)
Below, Pulling in a
cabio off Ocracoke
Island, one of the
favored spots of the
knowing fisherman.
(Stedman)
Above, A fall drum,
caught at a North
Carolina inlet.
Left, Fishing off the
point of Cape Hat-teras,
with all hands
busy; below. Goggle-fishing
at Beaufort.
(C. and D.)
Indians without feathers
At the annual Cherokee fair, held at Cherokee, N. C, October 4-7 in the Great -Smokies, travelers may join in the
annual harvest celebration of the mountain Indians on their reservation. A romantic tribe, with a tragic history,
the Cherokees of North Carolina retain the color and individuality of their past.
At their annual fair, thev lest the white man's ....
VEHICLES The hobby horse enthralls Cherokee youngsters: left, the whole family
enjoys a ride; above, a Cherokee child dares ever\thing for her first ride
in an automobile—even if it is a small one; right, an Indian couple go almost as high as the .Smokies
in the carnival ferris wheel.
VICES Tireless and
guileless, Chero-kee
boys try to out-pitch the penny
pitching game at the fair.
VITTLES Baby wakes. pla>s. cries, sleeps again, and
mother munches contentedly on her apple.
Right, safely placed on mother's back, this papoose enjoys the luxur\-
of a once-a-vear ice cream cone.
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But in the end, the Cherokees enjoy most their own games and contests: left, the blow-gun contest underway;
right, a tense moment in the rough-and-ready Indian stickball game. At the fair, the Indians also compete in
archery, exhibit woodcraft, weaving and other arts of their tribe.
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I he new Albemarle Sound Bruise, connecting Edenton and Plymouth. It replaces a ferry
and IS toll-free. iHighiun)
Bridges
All Toll-Free
A state of many rivers and
sounds, North Carolina is a
perennial bridge-builder.
Largest and newest of her
bridges is the 3.5-mile structure
across Albemarle Sound, saving
motorists between 40 and 60
miles in north-south travel.
Climax to centuries of over-water
transportation, the huge
new bridge, like all others in
North Carolina, is toll-free. It
cost around sSl,350,000, has a
330-foot draw span. In its con-struction
engineers met and
overcame many building prob-lems.
A bridge of grass over seas of sand—Dead
grass gives motorists a foothold on the
sand of the Outer Banks.
Hundreds of home-made footlog bridges, like this one above, still serve as crossings
to roaring mountain streams in the Blue Ridges of North Carolina.
A more pretentious footbridge in
Avery County—suspended by caliles
over a mountain river.
Not a bridge—not a road. One of the
"floating highways" in the lowlands
of Eastern Carolina.
Going, going—hut not quite gone are
the old covered bridges. This one ts
in Moore County.
Christmas
Early
Land of contradic-tions
and con-trasts,
North
Carolina retains
flavorsome holi-days
and customs.
Earliest harbinger
of Christmas is
the pouring of
wax Christmas
candles by Miss
Ella Butner, of
Winston-Salem
,
who makes all
the 10,000 wax
candles used by
Southern Mora-vians
in services
at Christmas
time in Salem.
Old Salem's putz
add a distinctive
touch to Yule-t
i d e in this
southern capital
of Moravia.
I'arl of the Salem communily putz. Below, Children know Christmas is coming when Miss
Ella molds candles. (Journal-Sentinel)
Christmas
Late
At Rodanthe on
the Outer Banks,
Christmas still
comes on January
5th. The celebra-tion
of Old Christ-mas
persists, in
spite of the intro-duction
of "mod-ern
Christmas" to
the island, so
Rodanthean child-ren
are the envy of
\oungsters every-where
— the only
children whom
Santa Claus visits
Left below, Rodanthe children can hardly wait—until the ^th of January.
Right, the road to Old Christmas on Hatteras. (C. er- D. Phoios) ^ ear.
Conductor C. G. Crumley, for J2 years skipper of
luvelsie. lakes up the tickets and keeps a Itenevolent
eye on his passenf^ers. Right, Children in Sunday
dress come to a mountain station to wave as the popular
little tram chu^s Itravely over the ridges.
The
Highest
Railway
Built 52 years
ago, Tweetsie
(really the Eastern
Tennessee and Western
North Carolina Railway) has
become an institution as beloved as
venerable Grandfather Mountain him-self,
around whose rim she runs. She en-counters
some prodigious grades and innumerable
sharp curves on her run, but she faces the task bravely.
Four hours are required for the 66-mile run from Boone to
Johnson City.
Tweetsie, as she is affectionately called by the mountaineers of
lier section, is the only commercial narrow gauge railway in
eastern America, operating between Boone, N. C, and
Johnson City, Tenn. At an average altitude of 3000
feet, Tweetsie winds her tortuous way over the
craggy cliffs and through the rock-bound gorges
of the Blue Ridge, to carry freight and
passengers into otherwise inaccessible
places. To the mountain dwel
ers along her roadway, Tweet-sie
is an angel of mercy,
affording contact with
the outside world
when roads and
trailsareim-passable.
Carolina I
Unforgettable vignettes f
greet you from every hi
Around each bend is a n
places to go and things t(
their piquancies to the C;
activities and the glory of
On these pages, a few glini]
scope.
Above, hurvestins
the cotton crop;
ri«ht, the Blue
Ridge view from
Jump-Off Rock
near Henderson-ville,
in ivestern
North Carolina.
Biiildinii lliu-assee Dam in extreme western North Carolina Orton planlalion f^ardeii.s, in Brun.nvick County, F.astern N. C.
liscellany
memory's scrapbook will
way in North Carolina,
sight, a new person ality-
;e. Fall and winter add
lina scene, with seasonal
' South's Indian summer.
s of the highway kaleidio-
„- ^^"f'^'^^.-.y'^.y^SU-low,
the Chapel Tower
it Duke University,
Durham
m^ ^^ Above, peanut
IHKkI. Ehnafrievled;stLenfte,ara tobacco farmer
maintains his
^^^^ - lonely ingil while B^B^ curing his crop— IHw a typical roadside ire scene.
wi^i"i^
The grave of Marshall Ney, at Cleveland, on Route 70. The lop of beautiful Linville Falls, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Fall Surf Casting on North Carolina's Outer Banks
The Great Smokies Viewed From Heintooge Ridge