PHOTO  ALBUM

A Look Back at People and Places in Swain County

(Photos pulled from our Society Archives)

Bryson City

Bryson City,  Main Street - Circa, 1926

Bryson City,  Main Street - Circa, Nov 1937

Bryson City,  Main Street - Circa, 1940s

 

Bryson City Presbyterian Church,  Everett Street - Circa, 1950s

Conley's Drug Store,  Everett Street - Owner, Glen Conley

Conley's Drug Store - Razed in 1977 to make way for NP&L

 

Old Everett Street Concrete Bridge - Replaced in 1970

 

 

 

Old Everett Street Concrete Bridge - Replaced in 1970

 

 

 

Everett Street - Big Flood of 1940

The block building to the left was Swain Furniture Store, owned by Wayne Battle (aka the Snelson Building) where for many years Robert L. Snelson & Robert Sandridge had kept a hardware store. The building beside it was the old J. A. Dowdin Store; formerly owned by W. P. Thomasson.

 

Local Bar in Bryson City, Circa 1900s - located where the former Cope's Chevrolet was across from the train depot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bryson City Municipal Electric Plant - Dedication Ceremony

Citizens from Bryson City and Sylva at the dedication include: Clarence Angel, Dr. Kelly E Bennett, Dr. A.M. Bennett, Stanley Black, Sr., Robert Lee Sandridge, Jr., Ed Bryson, Mr. & Mrs. E.L. McGee of High Hampton Inn, Dr. Bryson and wife Ann Bryson, Harry Ditmore and Jack Coburn.

Bryson City Municipal Electric Plant - located in Ela; today it is referred to as the Ela Dam located on the Oconaluftee River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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