History in Photographs

Sites and items that inspire Janet’s historical research and writing

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1839 Rocky River Presbyterian Church Session House
A Log House at Hart Square Village
An 1846 Barn in Cabarrus County, NC
Bee Box for Queen Bee, Bee Keep, Chock, Boot Scrape at Hart Square Village
Cover of Charlotte Mint Ledger at National Archives in Morrow GA
Dressing Millstones explanation at Mingus Mill
Dry Stone Construction Stone Fence around Spears Graveyard in Cabarrus County, NC
Inside Springhouse at Hart Square Village.
Leatherbound 1846 Psalter
Meal being prepared with cast iron pots at Hart Square Village. Frying pan on the left on legs was called a spider.
Mingus Mill in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church historical marker in Lancaster County, SC
Ruins of Pharr Mill as photographed in 2006
Saxony or Flax Wheel

Examples of the vintage postcards in The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, by Janet Morrison

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Black Bear Trail (now Old US-321) between Blowing Rock and Boone. Linen Finish Postcard. 1944 Postmark
Fontana Dam. Real Photo Postcard circa 1946 upon the dam’s completion.
Newfound Gap Road in 1937. Real Photo Postcard
The Loop on Newfound Gap Road. 1936 Real Photo Postcard
Western Carolina University when it was Cullowhee State Normal. Sender corrected name to W.C.S.T. 1931 Postmark
Wooden Observation Tower at Clingman’s Dome completed in 1937. Linen Finish Postcard
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