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Appalachian oral history
Appalachian Studies
Author_Elizabeth Powers
Author_Mark Hannah
bear hunting
Cataloochee
Cataloochee Valley
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Displaced communities
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farming
fishing
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
hunting
Mountain folklore
Mountain heritage
North Carolina oral histories
Rural life
Smoky Mountains settlers
Southern Appalachia
Southern Appalachian culture
Southern Appalachian wilderness
Tennessee oral histories
Western North Carolina
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- ISBN 9781469687926
- Dimensions: 25 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2025
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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There is a buzz of excitement in Cataloochee these days. Visitors come into this section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by the thousands to view the majestic elk and other wildlife roaming the valley. However, there were no elk in Cataloochee for almost 200 years. European settlers arrived in North Carolina in 1587 and the Eastern Elk was hunted to extinction in the 1790s. Fortunately, elk were successfully reintroduced (from Kentucky and Canada) into Cataloochee in 2001 and appear to be on a path to success.
But what about the people? What about the Cataloochans who arrived after the elk? The valley has always been difficult to access and the people who came in to the valley and settled it in the 1800s were made of sterner stuff than most. What happened to this settlement in the beautiful, remote Cataloochee Valley, which at one time boasted over 1200 residents and was the largest settlement in the Smokies?
This is their story ... as told by them.
But what about the people? What about the Cataloochans who arrived after the elk? The valley has always been difficult to access and the people who came in to the valley and settled it in the 1800s were made of sterner stuff than most. What happened to this settlement in the beautiful, remote Cataloochee Valley, which at one time boasted over 1200 residents and was the largest settlement in the Smokies?
This is their story ... as told by them.
Elizabeth Dixon Powers was a writer, conservator, and Asheville native whose work reflected a deep connection to the Southern Appalachian landscape. Educated at Wellesley College and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, she published essays including “Cataloochee—A Sense of Place” and authored several unpublished novels. She lived in both South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Western North Carolina, where she passed away in 2007.
Mark E. Hannah was a native of Little Cataloochee. After the settlement was deserted to form the park, he remained behind as Chief Ranger for thirty-one years.
Mark E. Hannah was a native of Little Cataloochee. After the settlement was deserted to form the park, he remained behind as Chief Ranger for thirty-one years.
