1941 Map of Judson

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Judson and Almond anchor this 1941 landscape, which captures the river valley communities of the Little Tennessee just before the landscape was radically altered by the creation of Fontana Lake. The Southern Railway winds along the banks of the Little Tennessee River, passing through the remote junction at Bushnell and serving the timber and agricultural outposts of the Great Smoky Mountains foothills. This survey document details a deeply settled human geography within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Nantahala National Forest, including numerous family burial grounds like Woody Cem and Monteith Cem. Small rural institutions such as the Noland Creek Sch and Chamber Creek Ch appear alongside landmarks like Patterson Springs, providing a precise record of North Carolina mountain life during the early 1940s.