Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy

History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.

Cherokee

Ecopoetry from the Great Smokies – A Discussion with Loss Glazier on his book “Transparent Mountain”

Join us for the third discussion in the Bartram Environmental Writer’s Series, Ecopoetry from the Great Smokies – A Discussion with Loss Glazier on his book “Transparent Mountain”.

This Friday, September 2nd at 2pm, local author and poet Loss Glazier and Brent Martin of Alarka Expeditions and Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy will hold a conversation on Glaziers new book, Transparent Mountain.

Here’s a little more about the author and book from the Smoky Mountain News.

More information about the author.

Copies of Transparent Mountain will be available for purchase at this event.

This is a free event and open to the public. The event will be held at the Macon Arts Heritage Center, also known as the Cowee School.

Cherokee / Franklin Camp Talk with Lamar Marshall

Historian Lamar Marshall’s talk will focus on the earliest history of the Old Campground and its evolution as a public meeting place for early church meetings and its eventual location as a prison camp. It is very likely, though not proven yet, that Cherokees transported from Fort Lindsay to Camp Dudley in or very near the town of Franklin were taken to this site where Camp Dudley is believed to be.

The old campground originally encompassed the area that today is NC State Department of Transportation Macon County Maintenance Yard and adjacent properties where the State Prison camp and Tomato Co-op are located.

The Bartram Trail has a planned re-route around this location up to Trimont Ridge, so this Lamar’s talk will provide additional background on the area for all you Bartram buffs!

Explore more

Donate Volunteer Get Trail Maps