Research Catalog
Roan Mountain
- Title
- Roan Mountain / Robert Sorrell ; foreword by Chandrea Street Shell.
- Author
- Sorrell, Robert.
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Roan Mountain, a 6,286-foot-high peak, straddles the Tennessee and North Carolina state line in the Appalachian Mountains. Home to world-famous rhododendron gardens, the Appalachian Trail, the site of Gen. John T. Wilder's historic Cloudland Hotel, and record-breaking lofty balds, thousands of visitors, including explorer John Muir and Vice Pres. Richard Nixon, have ascended Roan Mountain over the last two centuries. Biologists, botanists, and tourists have enjoyed its unique natural setting. At the mountain's base and on its slopes, rural communities have endearing histories. Decades ago, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad passed through the village at the foot of "the Roan." The railroad brought wealthy passengers to the mountain-top Cloudland Hotel. It also allowed local industrialists the opportunity to export the area's natural resources. The people of Roan Mountain are proud of their history and have displayed it annually for more than a half-century during the Rhododendron Festival.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subject
- Historic buildings > Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) > Pictorial works
- Historic buildings
- Manners and customs
- Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) > History > Pictorial works
- Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) > Biography > Pictorial works
- Roan Mountain Region (N.C. and Tenn.) > History, Local > Pictorial works
- Tennessee > History, Local > Pictorial works
- Tennessee > Histoire locale > Ouvrages illustrés
- Tennessee
- United States > Roan Mountain
- United States > Roan Mountain Region
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Local history.
- Pictorial works.
- Contents
- Roan Mountain -- Roan Mountain Village -- Burbank to Hampton Creek -- Shell Creek to Buck Mountain -- Ripshin to Crabtree -- Rural Roan Mountain.
- ISBN
- 9781467111850
- 1467111856
- LCCN
- 2013956755
- OCLC
- ocn869775125
- 869775125
- SCSB-9417276
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library