Natural History -- Magical Waters 15 -- Mountain Waterfalls and the Saga of Chunky Joe Huger 17 -- Lay of the Land 21 -- Season of Colors 25 -- Mountain Critters: Eastern Bison and Wild Boar 27 -- First Observations: Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg 33 -- John Fraser and the Economics of Plant Exploration 37 -- Mountain Ornithologist: John S. Cairns 39 -- Park Naturalist: Arthur Stupka 43 -- Cherokees -- Ancient Fishing Strategies 49 -- Sochan and Other Wild Greens 51 -- Booger Masks: Cherokee Mirrors 55 -- Masters of the Night: Cherokee Owl and Witch Lore 59 -- Nantahala Indian Caves 63 -- Cowee Bald and the Powder Horn Map 67 -- Big Bear's Reserve: From Indian Village to Mountain Town 71 -- Tsali, Tsali's Rock and the Origins of the Eastern Band 73 -- Swimmer, Mooney and the Sacred Formulas 79 -- Geronimo and the Eastern Band 83 -- Mountaineers -- A Peculiar Duel: Vance versus Carson (1827) 89 -- Cages, Dungeons and Jailhouses 93 -- Boardinghouse Memories 97 -- Springs, Springboxes and Springhouses 101 -- Goldenseal as a Medicinal 103 -- Weather Sharps 107 -- Hermit of Bald Mountain: David Grier 111 -- Calloway Sisters 113 -- An Original Character: Quill Rose 117 -- Bryson City Island: Ironfoot Clarke's Abode 121 -- What's in a Name? Turkey George Palmer 123 -- Fly Fisherman Extraordinaire: Mark Cathey 127 -- High Vistas: Pearly Kirkland, Fire Tower Dispatcher 131 -- Thomas Wolfe's Angel: Hendersonville or Bryson City? 135 -- Horace Kephart: Outdoorsman, Writer and Park Advocate 139 -- Stark Love: Karl Brown's 1927 Mountain Movie 147 -- Kephart Prong: Past and Present 151. |