Collection | Photocopy Collection |
Date of photo | 1860 |
Object ID | C-2006.5.7.3 |
Object Name | Computer, Digital |
People | McDowell, Silas |
Title | Walk in the Park 2006: Silas McDowell |
Silas McDowell (1795-1879) was a self-educated Renaissance sage, who lived near Franklin and promoted Highlands for 30 years before Kelsey and Hutchinson founded the town. He was famous for his discovery of the no-frost "thermal belt" in the Southern Appalachians. Photo ca. 1960.
Collection | Photocopy Collection |
Date of photo | 1860 |
Object ID | C-2006.5.7.3 |
Object Name | Computer, Digital |
People | McDowell, Silas |
Title | Walk in the Park 2006: Silas McDowell |