Record #:

16100

Author(s):

Williams, Cratis

Abstract:

Settlers in the western portion of the state were far removed from both their state and national government. In an effort to organize, this group created the Watauga Association in 1772. The Watauga Settlements encompassed an area in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee and was populated primarily by Scotch-Irish and German settlers.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Fall 1977, p2-6, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina, Western--History

Record #:

16101

Author(s):

Topkins, Robert M.

Abstract:

Mount Mitchell, in Yancey County, was named for Dr. Elisha Mitchell after he met his death on the peaks. A professor at the University of North Carolina, Mitchell conducted many scientific studies throughout the Black Mountain range until he fell to his death in 1857. The mountain was named in his honor and a monument constructed at the peak of Mount Mitchell.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Fall 1977, p9-17, il

Subject(s):

Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857

Record #:

16102

Author(s):

Pinkerton, Linda

Abstract:

In 1976, the Department of Cultural Resources dispatched a team of archaeologists to the New River Basin in the western portion of the state. Their task was to survey the area and assess any culturally significant material before a proposed hydroelectric project began. They identified two hundred sites and determined that the area had been occupied as early as 8,000 B.C.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Fall 1977, p29-32, il

Subject(s):

New River; Archaeology--North Carolina