proctor nc slideshow
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- 1. Proctor,North CarolinaDeath of a MountainCommunity
- 2. Beautiful And Pristine FontanaReservoir
- 3. Hazel Creek
- 4. CALHOUN GENERAL STORECAF & ICE CREAM SHOPCALHOUN HOUSEHAZEL CREEK & BRIDGEPROCTOR, NORTH CAROLINA
- 5. Here is the bridge as it looks today. You can visually place the missing structures in the picture.
- 6. Hazel Creek
- 7. Fontana Marina
- 8. Lets meet our friendly mountain boat captain.
- 9. Notice how the land was cleared of all trees and brush all the way to the bottom
- 10. Hwy 288 Bridge Normally underwater
- 11. LAKESHORE TRAIL
- 12. BALLFIELD
- 13. BRIDGE TO POSSUM HOLLOW THIS SITE WAS OVER HAZEL CREEK JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE BALLFIELD
- 14. PROCTOR SCHOOLTHIS SITE IS DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU AS YOU FACE THE BALLFIELD
- 15. PICNIC ON THE PROCTOR SCHOOLGROUNDS
- 16. Foundations to the original bridge into Proctor
- 17. STRUTTEN STREET
- 18. CELLAR CELLARSEWER PIPE ?????
- 19. Ritter Lumber Company on Struttin Street. This was also the commissary.Notice the boardwalk. The town had a consistent boardwalk on both Struttin Street and Calico Street.When the town was first built they had outhouses overhanging the creek in front of all the houses.This proved to be very unpleasant as well as unsightly. The company moved the facilities to inside or in the back of each home.
- 20. Ritter Officeand Company Store.Notice the woodenBoardwalk.
- 21. Ritter CompanyHouseNear the samearea on CalicoStreet
- 22. Early Picture of Community Hall andTheatre.Picture of the same structure after it becamethe general store.
- 23. Calico Street
- 24. Calhoun HouseHome of the owner of the General Store
- 25. Views from Inside theCalhoun House
- 26. CLUBHOUSEFISHING IN THE MILL PONDFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
- 27. ClubhouseHazelCreekBaptist Church Club House Hill Road
- 28. Club House Hill Road Bunkhouse
- 29. Ritter Lumber Yard
- 30. Ritter Mill and Log Pond
- 31. Antique VictorStovefound in the mill ruins
- 32. Local citizens were given work at good wages for the first time. All they hadto do was build a dam that would inundate their homes under 80 feet of water.
- 33. Fontana workers cafeteria. This was the 3rd Fontana site. The other two are under the reservoir. This site is now a part of the Fontana resort.
- 34. In 1943 a road to the abandoned properties and cemeteries was promised and a few miles Was built but environmentalists, The Park Service, and the government shut it down.It not extends to this tunnel and stops on the other side.
- 35. End of the Road.