Autumn In North Carolina

Autumn at Grandfather Mountain

Western North Carolina

View along the Yonahlossee Trail (U.S. 221) between Blowing Rock and Linville shows the Grandfather Mountain profile.

Table Rock - Hawk's Bill

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Table Rock (left) and Hawk's Bill (right).  View from N.C. 181 between Morganton and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Autumn at Grandfather Mountain

Western North Carolina

Autumn In North Carolina

Autumn in the North Carolina Mountains

Fall Colors Along The Blue Ridge Parkway At Buck Creek Gap - Western North Carolina.

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Springtime scene of Lake Lure with Dogwood in bloom - Rumbling Bald Mountain in background Western North Carolina.

Tuckaseegee River, Bryson City, N.C.

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Battleship Memorial

Wilmington, North Carolina

Nicknamed "The Showboat", this battleship participated in every major offensive engagement in the Pacific during World War II.

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Southern 4501

Smoke shoots skyward as Southern Railway's famous Mike 4501 rounds the bend at Hot Springs, N.C. with the National Railway Historical Society's Convention Special, August 1975.

Mountainside Theatre

Cherokee, North Carolina

Home of "Unto These Hills" the colorful, authentic drama of the Cherokee Indian which plays nightly except Monday each year from the last Saturday in June through Labor Day.  Carved out of a mountainside in the shadow of the Great Smokies, the theatre seats 2900 persons in comfortable chair-back seats.

Shawver Lake, Happy Acres, North Carolina, constructed in 1955, just off U.S. Highway 276, nine miles S.E. of Brevard, N.C.  Elevation varies from 2900 Ft. up.  Roads graded, well watered and wooded.  REA Power.  Part of Cedar Mountain Community.

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Horseshoe Bend on Little Tennessee River near the Great Smoky Mts. National Park

Winding Highway Cut thru Solid Rock, in the Heart of the Mountains.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This beautiful view from the top of the new observation tower on Clingmans Dome shows the towering peaks of the Great Smokies rising high above the clouds.  In the background is rugged Silers BALD, over half a mile high, elevation 5620 feet.

An eleven mile one way loop road begins at this interpretive wayside exhibit gradually unfolding our proud heritage and pioneering culture with original cabins, grist mill and live demonstrations.

Lake Toxaway, North Carolina

Beautiful Lake Toxaway in the mountains of Western North Carolina located at Lake Toxaway Estates, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina.

Lake Toxaway in the beautiful Sapphire section of Western North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Top - Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Bottom - Craggy Gardens

Blue Ridge Parkway

Connecting the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Va. with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, this scenic mountain-top highway unfolds new and spectacular views of valleys and distant mountain peaks for almost 500 miles through the Blue Ridge Mountains.  This view showing a rustic rail fence was taken near Doughton Park in N.C.

Highest Point on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Elevation 6053 feet.  Located on the crest of the Balsam Mountain Range south of Asheville, North Carolina this is the highest point reached by the Parkway along its entire length.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  View of the switchbacks on U.S. 441 Parkway in the Newfound Gap Area.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A winter scene in the Great Smokies, these huge icicles overhang the trans-mountain highway, US 441 near the top of Clingmans Dome where temperatures range from 15 to 20 degrees below that in the valleys.

Smoky Montain National park

Maggie Balley, North Carolina the most photographed view in the Smokies.

Trot Motel - Smithfield, North Carolina

Trot Motel Intown

U.S. 301 &70A - North City Limits

Smithfield, N.C. 27577

Two Minutes From Int. 95 - Take Smithfield Exit.  Color TV, Pool, Phones, Air Conditioning, Handy to Food, Hospital and All Forms of Recreation.  New Rooms Added in '64 & '68.  Sensible Rates.

Owner Managers - Mr. and Mrs. Ray Knott

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Greetings from North Carolina

1. Grandfather Mountain.  2. Bears In Smokies.  3. Mt. Mitchell from Roan Mountain.  4. Craggy Gardens. 5. Blue Ridge Parkway 6. Largest bureau - High Point.  7. War Memorial Auditorium & Coliseum - Greensboro.  8. Tweetsie Railroad.  9. Asheville.  10. Lake Lure.  11. Bennett Place - Durham.  12. Wake Forest Campus.  13. Rhododendron along Blue Ridge Parkway.  14. Dogwood.  15. Bentonville Battleground.  16. Golfing in Sandhills Region.  17. Coliseum - Charlotte.  18. Tobacco.  19. Sundial, Univ. N.C. - Chapel Hill.  20. New N.C. Legislative Bldg.  21. Old Market - Fayetteville.  22. U.S.S. North Carolina - Wilmington.  23. Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hill.  24. Ft. Raleigh Nat'l Historic Site near Manteo.  25. Greenfield Gardens Municipal Park - Wilmington.  26. Tryon Palace - New Bern.  27. Orton Plantation near Wilmington.

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This colossal rock, leaning over the deep dimensions of John's River Gorge, derives its name from the fact that at nearly all times a strong wind is blowing at this point.  Here wind currents defy the laws of Nature, and it is said that if a light object, such as a handkerchief, is thrown from the rock, it will be blown back by the force of the wind sweeping up from the gorge below - "Believe it or not!"

Glenville Lake as seen from the dam, Western North Carolina

This colossal rock, leaning over the deep dimensions of John's River Gorge, derives its name from the fact that at nearly all times a strong wind is blowing at this point. Here wind currents defy the laws of Nature, and it is said that if a light object, such as a handkerchief, is thrown from the rock, it will be blown back by the force of the wind sweeping up from the gorge below - "Believe it or not!"

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Blue Ridge Parkway

Scenic tourist highway built by National Park Service in North Carolina and Virginia to join Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountain National Parks.

Fall colors along U.S. 441 in North Carolina - Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Black Bear in the Smoky Mountains

Every pleasant day they can be seen along U.S. 441 highway between Chimneys Campground and Newfound Gap, on the upper North Carolina slope, and on the upper Dome road.  Park officials estimate that the bear population now exceeds 200, and is increasing year by year.

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Springtime in the Smokies - Dogwood in bloom along U.S. 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  In the distance can be seen the Chimney Tops.

Newfound Gap Highway Through The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This is the largest national park in Eastern America and straddles the range which forms the boundary between North Carolina and Tennessee.  Within its borders there are many mountain peaks over a mile high, deep ravines, precipitous cliffs, waterfalls and numerous mountain streams.

Beautiful Maggie Valley seen from the top of Waterrock Knob - Western North Carolina.  On the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Maggie Valley is fast becoming a leading resort center of the region.  The incline to Ghost Town on Ghost Mountain may be seen on the left in the middle distance.

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Beautiful Lake Toxaway in the mountains of western North Carolina located at Lake Toxaway Estates, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina.

Beautiful Maggie Valley, North Carolina, as seen from U.S. Highway 19 near Socco Gap.  This beautiful valley on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is surrounded by the mountains.

Mount Mitchell Intersection on Blue Ridge Parkway.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Clingman's Dome Tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Completed in 1959, this new observation tower is on top of the Park's highest peak - elevation 6642 feet.  From this point can be seen breath-taking views of the surrounding mountains in every direction.  The Tower is reached by an easy half-mile paved trail from the parking area on Clingman's Dome.

Parking area at Clingman's Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Clingman's Overlook - Elevation 6311 Feet - Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Named for Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, 1812-1897.  In the 1850's he was responsible for the first trail from Indian Gap to Clingman's Dome.  From this parking area a 1/2 mile paved trail leads to an observation tower on the summit of Clingman's Dome the highest peak in the Park - Elevation 6643 feet.

North Carolina Waterfalls

Bridal-Veil Falls, on U.S. Highway No. 64 between Highlands and Franklin, North Carolina.  "Believe It Or Not" - all traffic on this highway runs under these beautiful falls.

Laurel Falls - Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  This view shows the upper Falls and is the most easily recognized view of this popular waterfalls.  Laurel Falls is just a short hike from Fightin' Creek Gap over an easy trail and is perhaps the most popular hike in the Park.  The Hiking distance is 1.3 miles.

North Carolina Waterfalls

In the Southern Appalachian Mountains people living here are of pure Anglo-Saxon stock.  They believe they have the right to make corn liquor or "Moonshine" and in a remote section our photographer ran into the one portrayed on this card.  Had he been carrying a gun instead of a camera there may have been one photographer less and no picture, as these moonshiners fear and hate "revenuers" and would not hesitate to shoot one.  This man willingly posed for the picture.  In making moonshine it is necessary to have cold water, and as you can see there is an oversupply available here.

Pearson's Falls can be seen from U.S. Highway No. 176 in the Saluda-Tryon section of western North Carolina.

Lookinglass Falls, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina.

North Carolina Waterfalls

Bridal Veil Falls - On U.S. 64 between Highlands and Franklin, North Carolina - "In the Land of the Waterfalls."

Looking-Glass Falls - Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina.

Toxaway Falls - Located on U.S. 64 in the Highlands - Cashiers section of Western North Carolina.

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Black Bears

Black Bears actually can be cinnamon, blue gray, or creamy white while the glacier bear is pale gray to blue in color.  Weight varies as much as color as they range from 200-500 lbs.  Average height is 25 inches at shoulder and 60 inches long.  Except for a mother and her cubs together most bears travel alone.  All bears hibernate from late fall to early spring.

North Carolina, "Land of the Sky," dressed in beautiful fall colors.

The Cardinal and Dogwood Blossoms provide a colorful complementary contrast as the official bird and flower of this marvelous friendly state.