Richardson, George Easterby, Sam

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This 56-page manuscript is titled “Interview with Blind Sam Sutton,” a 92-year-old former resident of Cataloochee. The 1973 interview recalls life on Caldwell Fork. The history was collected as part of the Cataloochee History Project that collected photographs, stories, and oral histories about families who lived in the Cataloochee Valley. Today’s Cataloochee Valley is within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While, in general, the Great Smoky Mountains region was sparsely populated, the Cataloochee Valley remained an exception. By 1900, the population of Cataloochee had grown to 1,000 residents living in hundreds of log and frame homes.. ""'! .- . -~----------~~ INTERVIEW with B 1 i n d S A M S U T T 0 N 92 years old April 18, 1973 Maggie Valley, North Carolina George Richardson and Sam Easterby Interviewers Topic of Discussion CALDWELL FORK LIBRARY GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATlONAL PARK Tapea I *-II -73 Suttoa INTERV lEW with B 1 i n d SAM SUTTON 92 years old April 18, 1973 Maggie Valley, North Carolina George Richardson and Sam Easterby Interviewers Topic of Discussion CALmVELL FOR.K L!BF~ ARY w .. GREAT SMO KY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Tapes , ~· -73 IN REPL V REFER TO: Blind.Sam Sutton UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 N-o-T- I-C-E No part of this manuscript may be quoted for publication except by written permission of the Superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. KEY All material flush with the...

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