Mountain Heritage Award Winners

Mountain Heritage Award Winners

[slideshow_deploy id=’5857′] Western Carolina University created the Mountain Heritage Award in 1976.  According to then Chancellor, H.F. Robinson, the award recognizes “outstanding contributions to the preservation or interpretation of the history and...

Douglas James Ferguson, 1982

  Presentation of 1982 Mountain Heritage Award to Douglas James Ferguson Western Carolina University’s 1982 Mountain Heritage Award went last Saturday to Douglas James Ferguson, a potter of international reputation and a native of Possum Trot in Yancey County,...

Mary Ulmer Chiltosky, 1986

Mountain Heritage Award Winner, 2012 Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Awards for 2012 were presented Saturday (Sept. 29) to Rob Tiger, a Hayesville community leader who has led numerous efforts to preserve that town’s historic and cultural heritage, and...

Stecoah Valley Center, 2011

  WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher (left) presents a Mountain Heritage Award to the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, which is represented by its director, Beth Fields (right.) Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center (Organizational Recipient) Built of native rock...

Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008

Two Cherokee County natives, fiddler Gar Mosteller (right) and guitarist Doyle Barker, were named recipients of WCU’s Mountain Heritage Awards during a ceremony at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day. The duo has performed “Appalachian swing” music at the festival since 1990....