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Fifty Years in Cades Cove Collection

: "Fifty Years in Cades Cove," a collection of three handwritten memoirs by John W. Oliver (1878-1966), affords glimpses into the lives of the mountain people of Cades Cove, a small community on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Creator: Oliver, John W., 1878-1966
Date Created: 1900-1934
Subject: Mountain life

Works (34)

List of items in this collection
	Title	Date Added	Visibility
	John W. Oliver with wife, father, and children Abstract Front row left to right: Hugh Oliver, Nancy Ann Oliver (John W. Oliver's wife), John W. Oliver, William Howell Oliver (John W. Oliver's father); Back row left to right: William Wayne Oliver, Thelma Oliver (William Wayne's Wife), Henry Clay Oliver,... Date created circa 1925	2022-12-08	Public
	John W. Oliver in front of Jonathan Myers Post Office Abstract John W. Oliver with mail bags in front of Cades Cove Post Office Date created circa 1925	2022-12-08	Public
	Noah and Sarah Burchfield in front of their house Abstract "Uncle Noah Burchfield's House" Date created circa 1932	2022-12-08	Public
	John W. Oliver Delivering Mail in Snow Abstract "Oliver never failed in more than 32 years service to deliver the goods beginning Oct. 15 1904" Date created circa 1925	2022-12-08	Public
	Noah Burchfield in front of Burchfield Barn Abstract "Uncle Noah Burchfield's Barn and Uncle Noah Burchfield" Date created circa 1932	2022-12-08	Public
	Old Home of George W. and Aunt Ann Powell Abstract "Old Home of George W. and Aunt Ann Powell in Chestnutt Flats, a suburb of Cades Cove. Its history can never be written." Date created circa 1925	2022-12-08	Public
	John W. Oliver and Wife Abstract "John W. Oliver and Wife" Date created circa 1932	2022-12-08	Public
	Old Cable Grist Mill Abstract "Old Cable Grist Mill" Date created circa 1925	2022-12-08	Public
	John Cable Mill Abstract "John Cable Mill 1934" Date created 1934	2022-12-08	Public
	John W. Oliver with mail under snowy trees Abstract John W. Oliver with mail under snowy trees Date created circa 1931	2022-12-08	Public