Mitchell County’s law enforcement community poses for this picture circa 1960. Left to right are: James Edwards, Mitchell County Deputy, Joe Stewart, Mitchell County Deputy, Sam Gouge, Mitchell County Sheriff, Jim Burleson, Chief of Police, Ray Gunter, Spruce Pine...
In April 1917, one hundred years ago this month, the United States declared war on Germany. Mitchell Countians joined United States forces as they hoped to fight in a “war to end all wars.” Several groups of enlistees would depart at different times. Pictured above,...
Blacksmiths were once an essential element in any community, manufacturing and repairing items which couldn’t be purchased – or if they could be, were too difficult or expensive to bring into the mountains. These skilled tradesmen produced axe heads, plowshares, pots...
The legendary Cloudland Hotel was built atop Roan Mountain in 1885, garnering its name from the fact that clouds, almost 75 percent of the time, enshrouded the mountain. Union General John T. Wilder, who had moved to Tennessee after his tenure in the Civil War, built...
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