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Eugene Wilson Hodges Farm is a historic home, farm, and national historic district located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.The district encompasses four contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures in rural Mecklenburg County.
Mountain Farm Museum Springhouse: Just off US-441 Originally located in Cataloochee Mountain Farm Museum Corncrib/Shed: c. 1900 Just off US-441 Originally located near Bryson City Mountain Farm Museum Corncrib: c. 1900 Just off US-441 Originally located near Bryson City Mountain Farm Museum Hogpen: Just off US-441 Originally located on Indian Creek
In 1792 John Bull, a gunsmith, received a North Carolina land grant for fifty-five acres of land on Bays Mountain near an important east-west passageway over the mountain. Bull operated a stageline through this passageway which became known as Bull's Gap. Little information is known about the early settlement of Bulls Gap. [1] [2]
In 1792, the community began to take shape: 1) Knox County, Tennessee, was split off from Hawkins County, Tennessee; 2) settlers were constructing buildings on lots they received in the lottery; 3) Samuel and Nathan Cowan opened the first store; and 4) the first tavern was opened by John Chisholm. In 1793, a garrison of soldiers was assigned to ...
Mount Le Conte is the highest mountain entirely within Tennessee and the tallest mountain east of the Rocky Mountains, measured from base to summit. In peak bagging terminology in the United States , the Southern Sixers refers to the group of mountains in the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee with elevations above sea level of at ...
The farm does provide a bucket of treats for groups to feed the Highland cows — no need to share your lunch. This really does sound like a once in a lifetime opportunity. So make sure you book ...
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living.
Writer Jon Jefferson and William M. Bass, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology and founder of the body farm, walk through the outdoor research facility in 2003.