Record #:

24722

Author(s):

Porter, J. N.

Abstract:

This article discusses how western North Carolina got its immortal name, The Land of the Sky. Francis Christine Fisher (1846-1920), writing under the name Christian Reid, penned the name in her travel book with the same title.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 18 Issue 24, November 1950, p7, 20, il

Subject(s):

Fisher, Frances Christine (Christian Reid), 1846-1920; North Carolina, Western--History