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Nantahala River and Gap`

  • wcu_travel-5.jp2
  • This scene, entitled 'The Nantahala River and Gap,' appeared in the 1904 edition of Holman D. Waldron's With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky.' According to Waldron, the Murphy Branch of the Southern Railway passed through the Nantahala Gorge for some twelve miles. The Southern Railway also established a station by the name of Nantahala, located in Swain County, N.C. The original description for this picture commented that many travelers considered the Nantahala Gorge 'to be the most picturesque and beautiful in Western North Carolina . . . .'