Record #:

18542

Author(s):

Goerch, Carl

Abstract:

Goerch journeys to Yancey County which is located in the state's high country. Mt. Mitchell, the highest mountain east of the Mississippi, rises there. The county possesses great mineral wealth, including kaolin, feldspar, mica, and kyanite. The county seat is Burnsville where the famous Nu-Wray Hotel is located. Yancey is a county with interesting small town names--Day Book, Possum Trot, Hardscrabble, and Lickskillet.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 48, May 1942, p1-2, 16-18, il

Subject(s):

Yancey County--Description and travel