Back Porch Talks: "Connor Toll House History" by Crystal Kyle, and "Remembering Walden's Ridge and Signal Mountain's early days," by Edith Elberfeld and Eleanor Willingham Powell [audio recording and transcript]

Title: Back Porch Talks: "Connor Toll House History" by Crystal Kyle, and "Remembering Walden's Ridge and Signal Mountain's early days," by Edith Elberfeld and Eleanor Willingham Powell [audio recording and transcript]
Description: Crystal Kyle, then a PhD student interning at the Chattanooga Regional History Museum, gives a talk about the history of the toll gate that was operated by the family of J. C. Connor on Signal Mountain just before and following the Civil War. Kyle notes that the toll house was used by the Union Army as a signal relay point to bring supplies into the area during the war. Eleanor Powell shares early memories of growing up on Signal Mountain, including schooling, ice skating, recollections of the first automobiles traveling up the "W" Road, and her grandmother's friendship with artist Emma Bell Miles.
Extent: 1 audiocassette (52 minutes); 1 transcript (15 pages)
Collection: Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
Subject: Tollhouses -- Tennessee -- Signal Mountain; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Signal Mountain (Tenn.) -- History; Walden Ridge (Tenn.) - History; Hamilton County (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs
Rights: No Copyright
Bibliographic Citation: Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
Relation: Index to the Oral History Collection
Identifier: OHP 63
Type: Sound; Text
Language: English
Provenance: Gift of the Chattanooga Area Historical Association

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