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The Early Years In Bryson City. By: Andrew Watkins Josh Sauer Casey Gross. The Beginning. First Years. Formed in 1871 From Macon and Jackson counties Once named Bear’s Town The name Charleston was selected on June 26, 1871 After 1889 Charleston was changed to Bryson City.
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The Early Years In Bryson City By: Andrew Watkins Josh Sauer Casey Gross
First Years • Formed in 1871 • From Macon and Jackson counties • Once named Bear’s Town • The name Charleston was selected on June 26, 1871 • After 1889 Charleston was changed to Bryson City
First Kinds of Transportation • All first cars were Fords • First Motor Company was established by W.M. Hughes and Robert Abbott
First Automobile • Owned by A. E. Elmore • 1914
Kelly E. Bennett • Owned second automobile • Served 14 years as mayor • 4 years as alderman • 20 years on board of education • Chairman of National Park Development Commission
Train Systems • Train started in 1884 • Before railroad all travel was stage, wagons, or horseback • Before long it extended through Nantahala gorge to Murphy • 4 passenger trains to each way
First Logging Railroad • Built 1901 • Along Big Pigeon River
Churches • Among first buildings in county • Some served as schools • The first Baptist Church was build in 1877
Start of Schools • First Schools subscription, held in church buildings • First building solely for schools, erected after the Civil War • Tom Chambers hired for teaching(first teacher)
High Schools • First high school 1907 • One high school served all county • 1911 graduated first class from 3 year high school • Named changed to swain county high school in 1930 • From 1944 through 1970’s all students attended same school
Cont. • 1978 new high school built
Doctors and Lawyers • DoctorWest first resident physician • First 3 Lawyers were Fred Fisher, R.L. Leatherwood, A.M. Fry
First Telephone System • R.L. Sandridge and Joel Gibson developed first telephone system in 1906 • In 1928 they sold the company to Western Carolina Telephone Company • The early days of the company there was a toll line to Needmore, Almond, and Bushnell
Carolina Wood Turning • Started in a small building in 1903 • Produced wood pumps, porch columns and other wood products • Continued for 83 years and provided jobs for Swain County
Things To Do • Being that Swain County is in a rural area there were not many things to do
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