Cherokee Co., North Carolina Historical Photo's and Information

11/09/2024

Attention Student Architectural Historians

Announcing the 2025 HABS/SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship

Spend your summer conducting research on a nationally significant U.S. building or site and preparing a history to become part of the permanent HABS collection at The Library of Congress. The HABS/SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship, a joint program of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), permits a graduate student in architectural history or a related field to work on a 12-week HABS history project during summer 2025. The Fellow’s research interests and goals will inform the building or site selected for documentation by HABS staff. HABS is a program of the National Park Service and the Fellow is usually stationed at our Washington, District of Columbia. The award consists of a $12,000 stipend, and SAH conference registration and travel expenses up to $1,000.

Applications due December 31, 2024.

Learn more about how to apply at https://www.sah.org/jobs-opportunities/sah-fellowships-and-grants/research-fellowships

Learn about Mania Taher the 2024 SKT Fellow at https://tinyurl.com/3fehks4h

11/09/2024

🎃Halloween🎃 is right around the corner. Are you still looking for that perfect costume? Well, don't fret! Our friends at Historic Preservation Professionals have a helpful idea.

HEARD ABOUT THE HABS/HAER/HALS COLLECTION?
Did you know that the NATION'S LARGEST ARCHIVE of historical architectural, engineering, and landscape documentation IS the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection in The Library of Congress,

By visiting the COPYRIGHT-FREE collection online and at NO COST, you will access:

✔️ downloads of measured drawings
✔️ black & white, and color large format photographs
✔️written historical reports

Conduct your search of over 45,000 historic sites in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/

10/03/2024

Saturday October 5th at 10:00am
The WNC Mountain Genealogical Friends
will be hosting a special guest speaker.
Ken Miller specializes in letters sent to the Prisoners of War from WNC during the Civil War.
This fascinating research tool is often overlooked.
If you are interested in the WNC history, postal history, or genealogy, please join us at the
Moss Memorial Library in Hayseville at 10:00am

09/28/2024

I just love the laughter of babies

08/14/2024

Use our free guide to help get you started researching your Revolutionary War ancestors.

08/14/2024

Created to include dedicated space for you to plan your journey and share your experience. Check out any of North Carolina’s unique adventures and cross them off your MUST DO adventure list. Plan your adventures, then collect all of your memories inside! WE HAVE CREATED DEDICATED MAPS TO HELP YOU ...

08/14/2024

07/20/2024

Inspiring the next generation of preservation and conservation stewards!

Earlier this week, Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS hosted a networking session for over thirty summer interns interested in historic preservation and heritage conservation.

Various program managers had an opportunity to talk about their organization, mission, and multiple interns made presentations on their summer projects. Afterwards, HABS/HAER/HALS held an “Open House” where participants were invited to tour our offices, see several of our laser scanners and surveying equipment, large-format film and high-resolution digital cameras, view measured drawings under development on computer screens and hard-copy, and talk with the summer architects about their fieldwork and drawings. Historians discussed their projects, research and findings.

Networking participants included:

▪️ National Trust for Historic Preservation, Hands-On Preservation Experience (HOPE Crew)

▪️ Army National Military Cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery Cultural Resources Program and Arlington National Cemetery Conservation Program with Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) interns

▪️ HABS/HAER/HALS summer architects, landscape architects, and historians hired through the Historic Black Colleges and Universities Internship Program (HBCUI), the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), and the Latino Heritage Internship Program - LHIP (LHIP).

National Park Service Youth & Young Adult Programs

07/20/2024

We are always looking for stories and pictures. Please share for us to enjoy

02/17/2023

Rustic Ruins in Cherokee County near the old football field in Anddrews, NC.