![Some of Appalachia’s most special places are protected through land trusts. These non-profit organizations work with private landowners and other organizations […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mainspring-n1253ac-canoeing-on-the-little-t-1-e1478273034910-640x250.jpg "Land Trusts")
![The Appalachian Trail extends 2,160 miles from Springer Mountain in North Georgia to Mount Katahdin in northern Maine. “Through Hiker” […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/800px-Appalachian_Trail_Heading_to_Double_Springs_Gap_From_Clingmans_Dome-e1291067109800-640x250.jpg "Appalachian Trail Through Hikers")
![Cullowhee is an unincoporated community located in the Tuckaseigee Valley of Jackson County, North Carolina where Cullowhee Creek joins the […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cullowhee-sign-e1474490219220-640x250.jpg "Cullowhee")
![Appalachian people, of Cherokee, European, and African origin, all share a long history of making useful and decorative items […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2000_12_034abcd-Parris-640x250.jpg "Cornhusk Crafts")
![Essay by Timothy N. Osment History, M.A. WCU 2008 Back in the 1930s and 1940s, when moonshining was a means […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/JJ_3-280x250.jpg "Junior Johnson")
![Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, located on the Cherokee Indian reservation in North Carolina, was founded in 1946. Its goal […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AF-Qualla-photo-640x250.jpg "Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual")
![Some of Appalachia’s most special places are protected through land trusts. These non-profit organizations work with private landowners and other organizations […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mainspring-n1253ac-canoeing-on-the-little-t-1-e1478273034910-195x110.jpg "Land Trusts")
![The Appalachian Trail extends 2,160 miles from Springer Mountain in North Georgia to Mount Katahdin in northern Maine. “Through Hiker” […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/800px-Appalachian_Trail_Heading_to_Double_Springs_Gap_From_Clingmans_Dome-e1291067109800-195x110.jpg "Appalachian Trail Through Hikers")
![Cullowhee is an unincoporated community located in the Tuckaseigee Valley of Jackson County, North Carolina where Cullowhee Creek joins the […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cullowhee-sign-e1474490219220-195x110.jpg "Cullowhee")
![Have you ever seen a Carolina Lily? Did you know it is North Carolina’s official state wildflower? But take care […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carolina_lily_1-195x110.jpg "Carolina Lily")
![Although horses and mules have been replaced by tractors on most American farms, some farmers in Appalachia still use […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ALEnsley-Ferrier-Hunter-copy-195x110.jpg "Horses and Mules")
![Fishing weirs are obstructions created in aquatic environments in order to trap or guide fish to a desired location. […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pano-fish-weir-4-crop-R-Preston-195x110.jpeg "Cherokee Fishing Weirs")
![In 1885, when Robert Lee Madison arrived in western North Carolina to teach school, he was dismayed by how […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/RP-139.1-Oscar-school-Cullowhee2-195x110.jpg "Cullowhee Idea")
![Face jugs, a form of folk art, are so-called because human faces are shaped on them. Because the faces […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Daniel-Davies-195x110.jpg "Facejugs")
![The Mace family of western North Carolina became famous for their comfortable chairs, called “settin’ cheers.” Beginning after the […]](https://digitalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19800070023-7-hayes-195x110.jpg "Mace Chairs")
Land Trusts
November 4th, 2016
Some of Appalachia’s most special places are protected through land trusts. These non-profit organizations work with private landowners and other organizations to protect places of significant [...]
About The Digital Heritage Project
DigitalHeritage.org includes essays, video interviews, and other materials created by the students of Western Carolina University. It also includes regional lesson plans created by teachers participating in the Adventure of the American Mind project sponsored by the Library of Congress. Radio spots created by WCU faculty and students may be heard on stations WKSF-FM, WMXF-AM, WPEK-AM, WWCU-FM, and WWNC-AM. A print version is available each month in the Laurel of Asheville.
Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.
