Annie Lee Bryson, 2010

    Annie Lee Bryson working on a traditional corn husk doll. Heritage awards presented at the festival Western Carolina University presented its 2010 Mountain Heritage Awards on Saturday (Sept. 25) to the late Annie Lee Bryson, a Cullowhee craftswoman who...
The Green Grass Cloggers, 2008

The Green Grass Cloggers, 2008

WCU’s Mountain Heritage Awards for an organization presented to the Green Grass Cloggers 9/29/2008 The 2008 Mountain Heritage Award for  organizations was given to the Green Grass Cloggers during festivities at the university’s 34th annual Mountain Heritage...

Hugh Morton, 1991

  Mountain Guardian Hugh Morton Receives Mountain heritage Award WCU Press Release, 1991   Hugh Morton owner and developer of Grandfather Mountain and a leader in efforts to combat the damaging effects of acid raid, is the 1991 winner of the Western Carolina...

Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 1992

  Mountain Heritage Award goes to Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual CULLOWHEE – The 1992 Mountain Heritage Award was presented by Chancellor Myron Coulter to Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, our nation’s oldest Native American craft cooperative.  Owned and...