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1. Low Gap, NC
20th Century
2. Fisher's Peak from Cumberland Knob
20th Century
3. Sandwich Shop, Cumberland Knob
20th Century
4. Sandwich Shop
20th Century
5. Cumberland Knob from Norvalle Crags
20th Century
6. Overlook shelter, Bldg #89 - Built by ERA in 1938
February 6, year unknown
7. Layout plan Picnic Shelter
1930s
8. Cumberland Knob Park Entrance
1930s
9. Stream
1930s
10. Perspective View of Proposed Park to Park Highway Through North Carolina
1934
11. First Grading Contract
September 1935
12. Early Construction
November 1, 1935
13. Back of sample wall, showing same stone laid in a more informal treatment, etc
November 13, 1935
14. Box culvert 8' x 6', 15° skew
November 26, 1935
15. General view of construction rough grading
November 26, 1935
16. Rock filled tiled drain left of center line
November 26, 1935
17. Box culvert, 8' x 6', 15° skew
November 26, 1935
18. Retaining wall, class B masonry
February 15, 1936
19. Arch + cut stone - double box culvert
April 16, 1936
20. Picnic area before clearing
April 21, 1936
21. Cumberland Knob Picnic Area
April 28, 1936
22. Cumberland Knob Picnic Area
April 28, 1936
23. Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
May 25, 1936
24. Cribbing check dams with brush back-fill
May 25, 1936
25. Log cribbing and check dams for erosion control
May 26, 1936
26. Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
May 26, 1936
27. Log cribbing and check for erosion control
May 26, 1936
28. Open grassy area on Knob, looking west
May 30, 1936
29. Switchback on trail from Cumberland Knob, picnic area to gulley. Creek showing ramps.
May 30, 1936
30. Clearing below Knob, Looking toward Spur
May 30, 1936
31. Construction of Crib-Work for Trail
June 2, 1936
32. Completed Trail, Indian Grave Trail
June 15, 1936
33. Completed Shuttle Trail, Looking Ahead
June 15, 1936
34. Trail Route, Before Construction "Indian Grave Trail"
June 15, 1936
35. Completed Cribbing "Spur Trail"
June 15, 1936
36. Cribbing of trail, almost complete "Spur Trail"
June 15, 1936
37. A Step Detail in Indian Grave Trail
July 14, 1936
38. Section of Trail Under Construction - Gully Creek
July 14, 1936
39. 4th switch and rest bench site
July 14, 1936
40. View from Top Looking Direction of Fishers Peak
August 1936
41. View from Highest Point in Cumberland Knob
August 1936
42. Cumberland Knob waterfall
August 1936
43. View of small waterfall. Camera at intersection of trail and stream
August 1936
44. View from Cumberland Knob
August 1936
45. Small waterfall, Camera placed at intersection of trail and stream
August 1936
46. Waterfall Cumberland Knob
August 1936
47. Fern Covered Rock along Trail
August 1936
48. Cumberland Knob
August 1936
49. Hare Mill Pond, scenic view
August 22, 1936
50. View of Trail Leading to Cumberland Knob from the Parking Area
August 31, 1936
51. View from parkway looking east down small revine south of Knob
September 1936
52. View of small water fall and stream which crosses the trail at the point where the camera is placed
September 1936
53. View from Highest Point Looking Northeast
September 8, 1936
54. Looking east toward Pilot Mountain which is shown very faintly in middle center of picture
September 8, 1936
55. A view from the hillside opposite of the entrance to Cumberland Knob Park, looking across the Parkway to the park area
October 1936
56. View across parkway looking east into escarpment one-half mile south of Cumberland Knob
October 12, 1936
57. View of alignment looking north near beginning of the section.
October 13, 1936
58. Picnic Table
October 21, 1936
59. Picnic table
October 21, 1936
60. View of table rock formation in valley to the east of parkway
October 22, 1936
61. Bridge No. 4
December 2, 1936
62. Building - razed
January 12, 1937
63. Cumberland Knob Drive
February 2, 1937
64. Cumberland Knob Parking
February 2, 1937
65. Bridge at Site #7, Steel Construction
March 29, 1937
66. #9 Bridge, Down Stream, Cost $20,120
May 4, 1937
67. Cumberland Knob Park Picnic Road
May 7, 1937
68. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site
August 20, 1937
69. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site from station 277
August 20, 1937
70. Cumberland Knob Shelter Bldg #89
September 1937
71. Fireplace in shelter on top of Cumberland Knob
October 1937
72. Cumberland Park Pump House
January 5, 1938
73. Cumberland Knob Slope flattening at entrance
January 24, 1938
74. Picnic Shelter Blueprints
April 11, 1938
75. Looking West from One of the Parking Areas South of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938
76. Shelter on Top of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938
77. Water Fountain
July 1938
78. Signs near parking area
July 1, 1938
79. Sheds (Torn down by BLRI 2/1/39)
January 18, 1939
80. After grading and planting
October 26, 1939
81. After Planting
October 26, 1939
82. After L.D. Grading
October 26, 1939
83. After L.D. Grading
October 26, 1939
84. Picnic area
1940
85. Drive in Picnic Area
1940
86. Construction of Combination Building, comfort station, picnic shelter, and refractory
1940
87. Trail Shelter
1940
88. Drinking Fountain
1940
89. View from Fox Hunters Paradise in Cumberland Knob Area
1940s
90. Parking at Cumberland Knob
1940s
91. Watershed
1940
92. Entrance to Park
1940
93. Parking at Cumberland Knob
1940s
94. Equipment office showing oil house
1940
95. Comfort Station Cumberland Knob
1940
96. Entrance to Park showing sign and crate structure
1940
97. Holiday, Cumberland Knob
1940s
98. Broken Pavement Sign
March 15, 1940
99. Comfort Station Picnic Shelter
July 2, 1940
100. Flood Damage
August 16, 1940
101. Cumberland Knob Guard Wall
November 18, 1940
102. Operator's Sign Approach from South
July 10, 1942
103. Operators Signs Approach from N
July 10, 1942
104. Operators Sign
July 10, 1942
105. Operator Sign, Lunch Room, Comfort Station
July 10, 1942
106. Operator Sign (Lunch room, comfort station)
July 10, 1942
107. Operator's Sign - Approach from S
July 10, 1942
108. Operator Sign
July 10, 1942
109. Refreshments Sign
July 10, 1942
110. Operators Signs, Approach from N
July 10, 1942
111. Operator's Sign
July 10, 1942
112. Operators Signs
July 10, 1942
113. Operator's Sign Approach from S
July 10, 1942
114. C.K. Marker Stone Cumberland Knob
September 12, 1942
115. Concession Bldg. at Cumberland Knob
1946
116. Picnicking
June 1946
117. Cumberland Knob
June 1946
118. Picnic Group, Cumberland Knob
June 1946
119. Picnicking
June 1946
120. Scenic Views NC
June 1946
121. Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, N.C.
June 1946
122. Picnic Group, Cumberland Knob
June 1946
123. Parkway Near Cumberland Knob
June 1946
124. Picnicking
June 1946
125. Cumberland Knob Picnic Group
June 1946
126. Hare Mill Pond
October 3, 1946
127. Hare Mill Pond
October 3, 1946
128. Parkway motor road blocked with snow, Motorist stalled, Damage to shoulder and slope
March 1947
129. Fox Hunters Paradise
March 1947
130. Fox Hunters Paradise benches at overlook
April 1947
131. Fox Hunters Paradise Highway sign (close-up)
April 1947
132. Visitors eating lunch in shelter
1950s
133. Radio sub-station #319
October 1957
134. Radio sub-station #319
October 1957
135. Incinerator #349
October 1957
136. Incinerator #349
October 1957
137. Overlook Shelter, Bldg #89 Built by ERA in 1938
1960s
138. Overlook Shelter, Bldg#89, Built by ERA in 1938
1960s
139. Clifford C. Bailey Outbuilding
August 10, 1973
140. Cumberland Knob Shelter Bldg #90
August 22, 1975
141. Cumberland Knob Shelter Bldg #90
August 22, 1975
142. Gas and oil house, building #93
February 1976
143. Cemetery
March 10, 1976
144. Signs Picnic Area
1977
145. Entrance to campground
Summer 1977
146. Campground
Summer 1977
147. Oral History Interview with Dillard Teer, January 20, 1997
January 20, 1997
148. Natural History Base Map, March 1964

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