| Contents |
An inviting spot -- Below the plow zone: the valley's human prehistory -- The principal people: traditions of harmony and sharing -- Life in the Out Towns: crises of the colonial era -- Two peoples share a home: the early nineteenth century in the valley -- Circumventing the Trail of Tears: Lufty Cherokees hold on -- Beginning to map the Smokies: famous men and mountain names -- An isolated valley in wartime: a biracial confederate force -- Separate realities: race and land ownership -- The established families flourish: farm and community upgrades -- Migratory lives: departures, returns, and arrivals -- Qualla's long struggle for security: the Eastern Band is established -- From birdsong to train whistle: the Industrial Age reaches the mountains -- CCC transformations: from logging camps to parkland -- Cross Jordan into Canaan and I want to go: remnants of a township. |
| Abstract |
"The Oconaluftee Valley, located on the North Carolina side of the Smokies, is home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). This seemingly isolated valley has an epic tale to tell. Elizabeth Giddens offers a deeply researched and elegantly written account of Oconaluftee and its people from Indigenous settlements to the establishment of the national park by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. She builds the tale from archives, census records, property records, personal memoirs, and more, showing how national events affected all Oconaluftee's people-Indigenous, Black, and white"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781469673431 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022042474 |
| ISBN | 9781469673400 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469673401 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469673417 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 146967341X paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
