Mountain Passages : Natural and Cultural

This collection of intertwined essays results from writer George Ellison's thirty-year fascination with Western North Carolina and its Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains.

Preface

7

(2)

Map

9

(4)

Natural History

Magical Waters

13

(2)

Mountain Waterfalls and the Saga of Chunky Joe Huger

15

(4)

The Lay of the Land

19

(4)

The Season of Colors

23

(2)

Mountain Critters: Eastern Bison and Wild Boar

25

(6)

First Observations: Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg

31

(4)

John Fraser and the Economics of Plant Exploration

35

(2)

Mountain Ornithologist: John S. Cairns

37

(4)

Park Naturalist: Arthur Stupka

41

(6)

Cherokees

Ancient Fishing Strategies

47

(2)

Sochan and Other Wild Greens

49

(4)

Booger Masks: Cherokee Mirrors

53

(4)

Masters of the Night: Cherokee Owl and Witch Lore

57

(4)

Nantahala Indian Caves

61

(4)

Cowee Bald and the Powder Horn Map

65

(4)

Big Bear's Reserve: From Indian Village to Mountain Town

69

(2)

Tsali, Tsali's Rock and the Origins of the Eastern Band

71

(6)

Swimmer, Mooney and the Sacred Formulas

77

(4)

Geronimo and the Eastern Band

81

(6)

Mountaineers

A Peculiar Duel: Vance versus Carson (1827)

87

(4)

Cages, Dungeons and Jailhouses

91

(4)

Boardinghouse Memories

95

(4)

Springs, Springboxes and Springhouses

99

(2)

Goldenseal as a Medicinal

101

(4)

Weather Sharps

105

(4)

The Hermit of Bald Mountain: David Grier

109

(2)

The Calloway Sisters

111

(4)

An Original Character: Quill Rose

115

(4)

Bryson City Island: Ironfoot Clarke's Abode

119

(2)

What's in a Name? Turkey George Palmer

121

(4)

Fly Fisherman Extraordinaire: Mark Cathey

125

(4)

High Vistas: Pearly Kirkland, Fire Tower Dispatcher

129

(4)

Thomas Wolfe's Angel: Hendersonville or Bryson City?

133

(4)

Horace Kephart: Outdoorsman, Writer and Park Advocate

137

(8)

Stark Love: Karl Brown's 1927 Mountain Movie

145

(4)

Kephart Prong: Past and Present

149

(4)

Sources

153

(4)

About the Author and Illustrator

157

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Mountain Passages : Natural and Cultural History of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains

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