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The Copper Mine at Eagle Creek

Joe Livingston (sjewoodcraft@yahoo.com)
Swain Middle School - Bryson City, NC
Adventure of the American Mind - Western Carolina University

Grade Levels 7- 8

The story of the copper mine that evolved along the banks of Eagle Creek in what is now the Fontana Lake Reservoir and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Eagle Creek area photo

Photo by Joe Livingston - 2002

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