Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection M2018.11

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Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection
ID
M2018.11
Date [inclusive]
1882-1987
Extent
4.3 Linear feet  ; 14 boxes
Physical Description
Contains correspondence, legal and financial records, tourist and property brochures, photographs, monographs, news clippings, and postcards
Location note
Located in Special Collections, Row 4, Section 3
Link to Digitized Photographs
Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection in the Southern Appalachian Digital Collections website
Language
English

Citation

[Description of item], Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville.

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Historical Information

Chimney Rock is a monolith in the Hickory Nut gorge, near Lake Lure in Western NC, and is believed to be over 500 million years old.

In 1795, 400,000 acres of land including Chimney Rock were bought by Tench Coxe’s Speculation Land Company. Coxe later sold the rock and nearby lands to Anthony La Forrest, who immediately then sold the land to a group of New York businessmen. Little or no development took place during these years, but that changed when J. B. Freeman bought the property in 1890.

Freeman’s purchase coincided with the development of the area, in addition to improving the road, there were plans for a railroad from Asheville to Rutherfordton, and the birth of tourism in western North Carolina. Freeman was part the tourism boom, leading tours up the rock, building the first steps to the top of the rock, and putting as mule on top of the rock for a publicity stunt

On December 12, 1902, Freeman sold 64 acres, including Chimney Rock, to Dr. Lucius Morse and his two brothers. The Morse brothers subsequently purchased other lands in the area.

Also in 1916, the Chimney Rock Company was incorporated, with the three Morse brothers each owning 10 shares in the company. The aim of the company was development of Chimney Rock for tourism, rather than stewardship of the lands, with plans for illuminating the rock, cafes, and an amusement park.

The Pavilion, a 200 seat dining and entertainment facility opened in 1918, on what is now Vista Rock, followed in 1920 by the Cliff Dwellers Inn which comprised a main club room and 10 cabins offering accommodation. Both structures would later be torn down to make more space for parking, as the development of accommodation in the valley reduced the need for such facilities further up the mountain.

In 2007, the Morse family sold their lands to the State of North Carolina, with the property becoming the Chimney Rock State Park.

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Scope and Contents

Contains materials from the Morse family who owned Chimney Rock for over 100 years. Included are both items related to the family, such as photographs, correspondence, and genealogical items, and materials related to Chimney Rock including legal documents, brochures, photographs, and postcards.

The materials formed the basis of the book For The Love of Chimney Rock, by Todd B. Morse, who donated the materials to UNC Asheville.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu

Access note

No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Custodial History

Donated by Todd Morse  Note: Incorporates materials from, and supersedes, previous Morse Family Collection M2008.01

Accruals note

Additional donations are anticipated

Processing Information

Processed by Colin Reeve, January 2019.

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Related Materials

For the love of Chimney Rock : four generations of Morse family stewardship by Todd B. Morse [F262.R9 M67 2018]

Chimney Rock Hillclimb 1956 to 1995 [M2016.12]

Speculation Land Company Collection [M2003.3]

Newspaper clippings related to Chimney Rock & Lake Lure, 1890s -1940s, curated by Todd Morse. [Electronic resource. See staff for details/access]

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Collection Inventory

Box 1: History 

  • Folder 1: Gate Receipts and Expenses, 1916 – 1950
  • Folder 2: Receipts, 1916-1923
  • Folder 3: Chimney Rock History, Clippings/Stories, (1920s – 1980s)
  • Folder 4: Chimney Rock History, Letters, Notes, and other Documents (1930s – 1960s)
  • Folder 5: Chimney Rock History, “Granddad Files”, (1960s – 1970s)
  • Folder 6: Chimney Rock History, Miscellaneous, (1930s – 1970s)
  • Folder 7: Sale of Chimney Rock, (1970s)
  • Folder 8: “The Sentence”, by Hiram Morse, 1882
  • Folder 9: Old Chimney Rock Deeds, Originals, 1902 – 1938
  • Folder 10: Old Chimney Rock Deeds, Copies, 1826 – 1903

Box 2: History & Brochures 

  • Folder 1: Elevator, 1949 & 1999
  • Folder 2: Chimney Rock, Supreme Court Briefs, 1927 & 1930
  • Folder 3: Hillclimb, 1966- 1995
  • Folder 4: Local Histories & Legends
  • Folder 5: Hiram Morse
  • Folder 6: Dr. Morse, Hendersonville
  • Folder 7: Dr. L. B. Morse, Biography
  • Folder 8: Norman Greig
  • Folder 9: Brochure, “The Lure”, (1920)
  • Folder 10: Brochures, Chimney Rock, (1960s – 1990s)
  • Folder 11: Brochures, Lake Lure, (1950s – 1960s)
  • Folder 12: Vacation Maps, Chimney Rock & WNC, (1960s – 1980s)
  • Folder 13: Newspaper Ads, Chimney Rock, (1950s)
  • Folder 14: “The Carolinas are Calling You”, 1934
  • Folder 15: Lake Lure Promotional Materials, (1920s – 1940s)
  • Folder 16: Brochure, celebrating 90 years of NC state parks, 2006

Box 3: Scrapbook & Strategic Planning 

  • Folder 1: Scrapbook, approximately 72 pages, likely compiled in the 1960s or 1970s of clippings, brochures, photographs, and postcards of Chimney Rock and the surrounding area. Most items are from the 1950s – 1960s, but the earliest dated item is a clipping from 1926. Some pages have become detached.
  • Folder 2: “Strategic Planning” materials, including proposals for development of Chimney Rock Park, management review, and photographs, (1940s – 1990s)

Box 4: Chimney Rock Photographs 

  • Folder 1: Photograph Album, Chimney Rock, 57 monochrome prints of Chimney Rock and the surrounding area, most prints are circa 1916 -1920 and are captioned. Pages are detached and some prints are loose.
  • Folder 2: Monochrome print of Chimney Rock with the Stars and Stripes flying and a man standing on top of the rock, credited to Blanchard’s of Columbia, S.C. (1920s)
  • Note: some of the photographs are viewable on the Southern Appalachian Digital Collections website

Box 5: Chimney Rock and Lake Lure Photographs and Postcards 

  • Folder 1: Oversized Postcards
    • Two large color postcards of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure
  • Folder 2: Miscellaneous Chimney Rock Photos
    • Daniel Day Lewis, filming “Last of the Mohicans”
    • Madeleine Stowe, filming “Last of the Mohicans”
    • Devil’s Rock
    • Waterfalls and footbridge
    • Cliff Dwellers Inn
    • (Telephone Smith Building or Dr. Morse’s sanitarium in Hickory Nut Gorge)
    • Street dance at Chimney Rock
    • Chimney Rock sign and highway
    • “The New Entrance to Chimney Rock”
    • Cars parked at entrance to Chimney Rock (1950s)
    • Four men with a dead bear
    • Building a timber road bridge (1920s)
    • “The Freeman House”
    • Car with Chimney Rock bumper sticker at Singing Tower, Bok Gardens,Florida (1940s)
    • Man and two women standing on wooden stairs looking towards distant mountain (1920s)
    • “Chimney Rock showing Dining Pavilion”, (1920s)
    • Lobby of Cliff Dwellers Inn
    • Photographer and model on rock above (Hickory Nut Gorge), (1940s)
    • Cliff Dwellers Inn
    • Chimney Rock lit by spotlights
    • Chimney Rock at night with the moon
    • Distant mountain with tree in left foreground
    • Chimney Rock Park sign
    • Chimney Rock Park sign being removed by crane on flat bed truck
    • Silverado Saloon, Polaroid
    • The Feed Bag Cafe, Polaroid
  • Folder 3: Old Chimney Rock Photos
    • Aerial view Lake Lure from Chimney Rock
    • “Hickory Nut Valley, ‘Land of the Sky’, Stephenson Studio, Asheville”, NC, nd, but pre damming of the valley
    • Aerial view of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure
    • Early photo of Chimney Rock from valley floor, with buildings in the foreground, possibly by Barber of Hendersonville
    • Small image looking down a mountain (to Chimney Rock) dated July 1937
  • Folder 4: Pre-Lake Photos
    • Surveying party before Lake Lure was built, (Loge) Smythe 2nd from left
    • Bridge, looking newly constructed, with large building in background
    • (Construction of dam) in background and six buildings in middleground
    • Road through valley with some buildings in foreground
    • Bridge, looking newly constructed
    • Bridge, looking newly constructed
    • Farmland in valley
  • Folder 5: Early Lake Lure Photos
    • Man and woman in canoe from Lake Lure Canoe Club, with dam and workmen in the background Construction of dam
    • Three men in a boat on lake
    • Looking down on lake with a small boat moving away from the camera
    • Lake with wake from boat on foreground and mountains in background
    • Lake with wake from boat on foreground and mountains in background
    • Two waters skiers, one jumping, from Lake Lure Ski Club
  • Folder 6: Photos Removed from Binder
    • Approximately 60 photographs, and some news clippings originally grouped together in a binder. Subjects are views of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, including some before the 1916 flood, the Morse family, construction of the elevator shaft
  • Folder 7: Sky Lounge Fire and Reconstruction
    • Nine monochrome and two color prints of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the Sky Lounge in 1981, and one mounted color print of a helicopter airlifting materials for the reconstruction

Box 6: Morse Family Photographs & History 

  • Folder 1: Cased ambrotype of Hiram Board of Granville, grandfather of Anna Maria Boardman Morse. Hinge of case is broken
  • Folder 2: Photo album of Lucius Boardman Morse, 44 pages of photographs documenting Morse from his birth in 1907 through 1924. Includes family life, vacations, and Chimney Rock. 39 pages include descriptions of photos, but writing has faded on the first few pages
  • Folder 3: Photo album, possibly of Lucius Boardman Morse, 92 pages of photographs from 1925 to the late 1930s. [The last dated page is 1936 but undated pages follow]. Album seems a continuation of that in Folder 2, documenting life of Lucius Boardman Morse, and includes images of universities, vacations, family and friends, and Chimney Rock. Last 16 pages do not include descriptions
  • Folder 4: Morse family genealogy, 1829 – 1983
  • Folder 5: Lucius Boardman Morse [1871-1946], undated photograph from Brock’s Studio, Asheville, showing Morse half turned to camera, and aged possibly in his 40s. Brief biographical notes included on verso
  • Folder 6: Anna Maria Boardman Morse [1834-1900], undated photograph from Gannaway Photographers, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  • Folder 7: Lemeul Raymond Morse, [1829-1903], undated, undated but notes on verso indicate photo was taken about the time of his marriage to Anna Maria Boardman in 1856
  • Folder 8: Morse Family Photographs
    • Dr Lucius B. Morse, nd (1920s)
    • Jack Ward, C H “Dad” Ward, Dr Lucius B Morse, Beth Richards, Burch Doggatt, nd (1920s)
    • Todd B. Morse at Chimney Rock, nd (1970s)
    • Lucius B Morse III, Dick (?), Norman Greig, (1975)
    • Dr. Morse family Christmas card, 1925
    • Uncle Lucius, Jessie (?) and his son, nd (1910s)
    • Family group, 1981
    • (Dr & Mrs Morse), 1923
    • Jack Ward, Clyde K, Dick K, L B Morse, N A greig, and Dick W, nd
    • Family group, 196
    • Hiram Boardman Morse, age 10 (1874)
    • Unidentified teenage male, photo by M M Mudge, Valparaiso, Indiana, (1880s)
    • Auntie Bea, Uncle Woody, Mama, Uncle Lucius, Dedication, 1953
    • Lucius Boardman Morse, in his senior year of Chicago Homd. Medical College

Box 7: Oversize Items 

  • Sketch plan for arrangement of estate of Dr. Lucius B Morse on Chimney Rock Mountain adjoining Lake Lure, nd
  • Pen and ink sketch sketch of Chimney Rock, Hickory-Nut Gap, from journal article “The French Broad”, nd
  • Morse Family Portrait, 1892. Front row (l to r), Anna Maria Boardman Morse, Lemuel Raymond Morse, Mary Elizabeth Morse (Lemuel’s maiden sister); back row (l to r), Dr. Lucius Boardman Morse, Raymond Lemuel Morse, Jessie Penuel MacKenzie (ad), Asahel Underwood Morse, Hiram Boardman Morse. [From information provided by Todd Morse]
  • Watercolor print, Chimney Rock and Lake Lure by E & E Fisher, nd [Item is currently on display in Special Collections Reading Room]

Box 8: Postcards 

  • 1: Chimney Rock, Asheville, NC, C-89 (1940)
  • 2: Along Skyland Trail – Lake Lure in distance – Chimney Rock, NC, (1947)
  • 3: Chimney Rock and Mountain, and Falls from Entrance in Western North Carolina
  • 4: Top of Chimney Rock and View of the Valley, (1921)
  • 5: Hickory Nut Falls from Inspiration Point, Chimney Rock, NC
  • 6: “Old Glory” on Top, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, B-578
  • 7: Glimpse of Chimney Rock and Pavilion, a portion of Cliff Dwellers Inn appearing to the left, N-795
  • 8: Airplane view of Chimney Rock “In the Land of the Sky” showing Parking Place at base of rock, Elevator Portal and Sky Lounge above, G-222
  • 9: “The Cliff Dwellers”, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 339
  • 10: Chimney Rock and Rock Pile, Western North Carolina, 213
  • 11: Looking down Stairway thru “The Needles Eye”, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 10
  • 12: Chimney Rock, in the Land of the Sky, (1907)
  • 13: Moonlight over Lake Lure from Inspiration Point, Chimney Rock Mountain, N-303, (1958)
  • 14: Along the “Appian Way”, Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina, B-588
  • 15, 16, 17: Entrance to Chimney Rock, NC, CL-4, copyright 1955 [15 & 16 are identical. 17 shows the same image but is reduced quality, possibly a reprint]
  • 18: High Cliff, Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina, 16
  • 19: Toll Gate and Lodge, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 702
  • 20: Entrance to Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina
  • 21: Dining Room and Lobby, Cliff Dwellers Inn, Chimney Rock, NC, 636
  • 22: Chimney Rock Pavilion, Western North Carolina
  • 23: Chimney Rock Mountain, NC, (1908)
  • 24: Entrance to Chimney Rock Mountain, western North Carolina, 202
  • 25: Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock, near Asheville Asheville, NC, 13, (1923)
  • 26: Greeting from Hendersonville, view from Chimney Rock and Chimney Rock
  • 27: Resting at Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina
  • 28: The Devil’s Head, showing Rocky Broad River, Chimney Rock Section, Western North Carolina, 218 [See also #111]
  • 29: View from Top of Chimney Rock, NC
  • 30: Entrance to the Tunnel Leading to Elevator, Chimney Rock, NC, K5698
  • 31: Greetings from Chimney Rock, NC, copyright 1937
  • 32: Gift Shop at the Sky Lounge, Chimney Rock, NC, 1-H-76
  • 33: Chimney Rock and Pulpit Rock, 26
  • 34: The Grotto, Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina, 582
  • 35: The Chimney Rock Shop, Chimney Rock, NC, 98-D-21
  • 36: Entrance to Chimney Rock Park on US Highway 74, K-386
  • 37: From the Mouth of Cliff “Dwellers Cave”, Chimney Rock, western North Carolina, B-595, (1920)
  • 38: Parking Place at Base of Chimney Rock showing new Elevator Entrance, Western North Carolina
  • 39: Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, near Asheville, NC, 70
  • 40: Top of Chimney Rock, America’s Beauty Spot
  • 41: Fall Colors Along the Rocky Broad River, K-52
  • 42: Aerial View of Famous Chimney Rock, CL-15
  • 43: Chimney Rock and Carolina Pine
  • 44: Awe Inspiring Scenery Showing Rugged Rock Formation at Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, Shumont Mountain in Background, Altitude 4000Ft, N-774
  • 45: Chimney Rock Baptist Church, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, N-633
  • 46: Cliff Dwellers Inn, Chimney Rock, NC, 635
  • 47: Interior of Cliff Dwellers Inn, Chimney Rock, NC, 1-H-35
  • 48: Tunnel to the Elevator, Chimney Rock, NC, 234
  • 49: Greetings from North Carolina, NC-1, (1960)
  • 50: Chimney Rock, NC, 1-H-57
  • 51: Lake Lure and Bald Mt. “In the Chimney Rock Section of North Carolina”, A-545
  • 52: Entrance to Chimney Rock, NC
  • 53: Beautiful Lake Lure near Asheville, NC
  • 54: Rocky Broad River Bridge, Between Lake Lure and Chimney Rock, NC, Chimney Rock Mountain in Background, 357
  • 55: Looking toward Chimney Rock Mountain, from Roadway
  • 56: Eagles’ Nest, Chimney Rock, near Asheville, NC, 38, (1938)
  • 57: View from High Cliff, Showing Top of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, 204
  • 58: Chimney Rock Cliff Dwellers and Dining Pavilion, Lake Lure, NC [Same as #73]
  • 59: Greetings from Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 221
  • 60: Chimney Rock Pavilion, Western North Carolina
  • 61: Chimney Rock as seen from the Sky Lounge, Western North Carolina
  • 62: Part of the steps going up through the Needle’s Eye, Chimney Rock Park, Western North Carolina, K-351
  • 63: Stairway to Chimney Rock
  • 64: Chimney Rock by Moonlight Western North Carolina, N-740
  • 65: The Sky Lounge at Chimney Rock, NC, 1-H-55
  • 66: Chimney Rock in the Land of the Sky
  • 67: Chimney Rock, NC – Lake Lure in Distance, 1-H-47
  • 68: (Hickory Nut Falls) [Postcard not captioned]
  • 69: Bald Mountain and Portion of the Town of Chimney Rock, Rock Broad River in Foreground, 31
  • 70: Chimney Rock Mountain and Entrance to Motor Road, Chimney Rock, NC, 633
  • 71: Chimney Rock Motor Road, near Asheville, NC, 7
  • 72: Top of Chimney Rock Showing Motor Road, Western North Carolina
  • 73: Chimney Rock Cliff Dwellers and Dining Pavilion, Lake Lure, NC [Same as #58]
  • 74: Chimney Rock and Cliff Dwellers Inn, North Carolina, 1-H-19, Copyright 1938
  • 75: Nighttime at the Lodge Gate on Chimney Rock Mountain, NC, Nose Rock in Foreground, 23
  • 76: Duncraggin Inn, Third Avenue West, Hendersonville, NC
  • 77: Moonshiners Cave, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 217
  • 78: Entrance to Moonshiners Cave, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina
  • 79: Along the Appian Way, Chimney Rock Section, Western North Carolina, 336
  • 80: View from “Pulpit Rock” on Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina
  • 81: From the Appian Way, Chimney Rock, NC, 147C
  • 82: Chimney Rock in the “Land of the Sky”, NC4
  • 83: Chimney Rock, 225 feet high, Western North Carolina, 1
  • 84: Dr. Morse’s Sanatorium, Hendersonville, NC, 1914
  • 85: The Falls and Bridge, Chimney Rock, NC, S56A
  • 86: Chimney Rock and Cafeteria, showing portion of parking space, Western North Carolina, 5
  • 87: (Cliff Dwellers Inn), 1929
  • 88: Entrance to Chimney Rock, North Carolina, 101, 1941
  • 89: Looking up the Long Stairway Leading Thru “The Needles Eye”, Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, N-539
  • 90: Tunnel to the Elevator, Chimney Rock, NC, 234
  • 91: One of the Natives Exploring Bat Cave in the Chimney Rock Section, Western North Carolina, N-730
  • 92: Cliff Dwellers Inn at Foot of Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, N-759
  • 93: View form Stairway Leading to Chimney Rock, Bald Mountain in Distance, Western North Carolina, 24
  • 94: Bottomless Pools, Western North Carolina, N-729
  • 95: (Chimney Rock, near Asheville, NC)
  • 96: Chimney Rock, Asheville, NC, 71
  • 97: Chimney Rock, 225 Feet High, Western North Carolina, 1
  • 98: A Scenic Beauty, Chimney Rock in Autumn, Western North Carolina, N-50
  • 99: Chimney Rock and “Rock Pile” in the Heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 26
  • 100: Greetings from Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 221
  • 101: “The Opera Box”, Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina, 6, 1944
  • 102: Chimney Rock Mountain as seen from the Roadway Leading to the Rock, 926 [See also #110]
  • 103: Inspiration Point and Broad River, Chimney Rock, NC
  • 104: Path to Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock Mountain, Western North Carolina, N-758
  • 105: Lake Lure at Sunset, Western North Carolina, 401
  • 106: “Rumbling Bald” Mountain, above Lake Lure, NC, 388
  • 107: Yacht Club Island, Lake Lure, NC
  • 108: Part of the steps going up through the Needle’s Eye, Chimney Rock Park, Western North Carolina, K-351
  • 109: Nose Rock and Toll Gate, Chimney Rock, Asheville, NC
  • 110: Chimney Rock Mountain as seen from the Roadway Leading to the Rock, 926 [See also #102]
  • 111: The Devil’s Head, showing Rocky Broad River, Chimney Rock Section, Western North Carolina, 613 [See also #28]
  • 112: Sky Lounge, Chimney Rock, NC, 233
  • 113: The top of Chimney Rock with Lake Lure in the background taken from Opera Box, Western North Carolina, K-347
  • 114: Old Indian Chief, Chimney Rock Park, NC
  • 115: Chimney Rock Park, North Carolina [Postcard card, with part cut out]
  • 116: “Devil’s Head” and Rocky Broad Valley, as seen from Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 19
  • 117: The Last Stairway to Top of Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina, 206
  • 118: Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock, NC, 1-H-46
  • 119: Greetings from Hendersonville, Chimney Rock, 1905
  • 120: The Falls, Chimney Rock, NC
  • 121: Devil’s Head Chimney Rock Park, NC
  • 122: Steps Leading to the Needle’s Eye…., Copyright 1974
  • 123: Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock Park, NC
  • 124: Moonshiner’s Cave, Chimney Rock Park, NC, Copyright 1974
  • 125: Souvenir Folder of Chimney Rock in the Land of the Sky, Western North Carolina å
  • 126: Souvenir of Western North Carolina, Chimney Rock Section, 1945 [Same as #127]
  • 127: Souvenir of Western North Carolina, Chimney Rock Section [Same as #126]
  • 128: Souvenir Folder of Chimney Rock Section, Western North Carolina
  • 129: Views of Chimney Rock, Western North Carolina
  • 130: 10 Genuine Photographs, Chimney Rock, NC [Miniature photographs, approx. 2.75 x 1.75″]
  • 131: Souvenir Photo-Tones, Chimney Rock, NC [20 miniature photographs, approx. 2.75 x 1.75″]

Box 9: Oversize Items- Developer Information Package Including Magazine Ads, Sotheby’s Internation Real Estate Book, and Tri-fold Ads

  • Folder 1: Three Sotheby’s International Chimney Rock Park Tri-Fold Ads
  • Folder 2: Sotheby’s International Realty Book- Ad For Sale
  • Folder 3: Robb Report and Sotheby’s Preview Magazines, Oct/Nov 2006
  • One Bound Developer Information Package Booklet
  • One Bound Property Information Portfolio Booklet

Box 10: Oversize Item

  • One Bound Brown Leather Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, Clippings, and Photographs Related to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure

Box 11: Photographs, Various Deeds Related to Chimney Rock Park Acquisition and Reorganization, Trial Records, Bonds, Various Dates Between 1894-1946

  • Folder 1: Three Photos From July 1937 of Various Trail, River, and Scene From Top of Chimney Rock with Lake Lure in the Distance
  • Folder 2: Various Deeds Related to Chimney Rock; Mineral Rights, Modifying Road and Bridge Lease, Quit-Claim Deeds, Deed of Trust, Right-of-Way Deed, Deed of Partners to Chimney Rock Corporation, Highway Easement Deed, Francis vs. Chimney Rock Incorporated Trial Brief
  • Folder 3: Right-of-Way Deeds, Contract of Lease, Riparian Rights, Quit-Claim Deed, Easement, Released Mortgage, Indenture, List of Deeds and Title Papers, Water Rights (Earliest Date 1888)
  • Folder 4: Deed of Reorganization of Chimney Rock Property, 1937
  • Folder 5: Chapter 205 re: Town of Lake Lure Bonds, 1935
  • Folder 6: Various Deeds and Trial Records From 1894-1946
  • Folder 7: Copy of Morse Family Deed

Box 12: Annual Reports, Newspaper Articles, Press Release from Governor’s Office, Magazine Articles and Photographs

  • Folder 1: Parks and Recreation Annual Report, Foothills Conservancy Papers, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Newsletter, 2005-2007
  • Folder 2: Newspaper Articles on Sale of Chimney Rock Park
  • Folder 3: Press Release From Gov. Mike Easley’s Office re: Sale of Chimney Rock Park, Photocopied Newspaper Articles on Sale of Park, Magazine Articles and Pictures Related to Sale of Park, 2007
  • Folder 4a: Newspaper Articles on Sale of Chimney Rock Park, 2006
  • Folder 4b: Newspaper Articles on Sale of Chimney Rock Park, 2006
  • Folder 4c: Newspaper Articles on Sale of Chimney Rock Park, 2008

Box 13: Photographs, Histories, Correspondence, Newspaper and Magazine Articles, Lucius B. Morse Thesis, Various Deeds and Leases

  • Folder 1: Norman Grieg Photograph
  • Folder 2: Correspondence re: Chimney Rock Land Purchases, Easements, Timbering Thefts, 1946-1960’s
  • Folder 3: Photocopied Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles on Folklore and Legends of Chimney Rock, 1979-1988
  • Folder 4: Photgraphs Related to St. Louis Daily Record, Ree and Ned Washburn
  • Folder 5: Newspaper Articles Related to St. Louis Daily Record, Booklet on St. Louis Daily Record Building, 1937
  • Folder 6: Graduation Thesis of Lucius B. Morse on The Daily Court Newspapers of the United States, University of Pennsylvania, Research in Journalism, Wharton School, Bound Volume, 1929
  • Folder 7: History of Chimney Rock Park Incorporated, History and Correspondence Related to Lucius B. Morse, Newspaper Articles, Photographs
  • Folder 8: Various Deeds, Leases, Court Case Testimony, Certificate of Incorporation of Chimney Rock State Park, 1920s

Box 14: Newspaper Articles, Magazine Articles, Brochures, Hillclimb Racing Material, Miniature Train Attraction, Otis Elevator, Lucius B. Morse Correspondence

  • Folder 1: Newspaper Articles, Magazine Articles, Brochures, All Related to Chimney Rock State Park and Tourism, Including Movie: The Last of the Mohicans, 1950s-2000s
  • Folder 2: Correspondence and Brochures Related to Miniature Train Attraction Proposal at Chimney Rock State Park, 1950s
  • Folder 3: Hillclimb Racing Material from Chimney Rock State Park
  • Folder 4: Correspondence re: Morse Family, Deeds, Line of Renewal Credit, Ads, Newspaper The Asheville Times with Chimney Rock Article, 1928
  • Folder 5: Correspondence, Pamphlets, Newspaper Clippings re: Otis Elevator Installation and Sky Lounge