Boone Fork Lumber Watauga Democrat Article #2

Boone Fork Lumber Watauga Democrat Article #2

Whiting Lumber Mill, Lumber Mills, Boone Fork Lumber Company, Mills, William Scott Whiting (1871-1952), Linville River Railway, Mountains, Hotels, Robbins Hotel, Emily Kellogg Whiting Norvelle (1907-1983), Shulls Mill, Watauga Democrat, Whiting Family

This item is a newspaper clipping from the Watauga Democrat about Boone Fork Lumber Company in Shulls Mill, NC, with notes from Emily Kellogg Whiting Norvelle, the daughter-in-law of William S. Whiting who was the owner of the company. The clipping features a black and white photograph (circa 1918) and shows the town from above, with the lumber mill and yards visible in the upper portion at the base of the mountains partially visible. The text below the image indicates that "Right center is the Robbins Hotel. Behind, to the right of the lumber hacks, the L-shaped building is the office and hospital [...] Lower center is the movie house [...] behind is the company commissary and supply house; to the right the post office." The Robbins Hotel is now For more information about William S. Whiting and his lumber operations, see Series 7 of the Lowery-Whiting Collection.

Unknown

June 4, 1970

Michael S. Lowery

Newspaper Clipping

English

Still Image

Low-Whi-06-005

Watauga County, NC

Michael S. Lowery

600

24 Bit

Lowery-Whiting Collection

Epson V500