Ducktown

Name/Title

Ducktown

Entry/Object ID

2022.15.28

Description

This story of Ducktown is actually the story of the Great Copper Basin in southeastern Tennessee, one of the oldest copper districts in the country. The narrative covers the period from the removal of the Cherokees in the 1830s to the building of the railroads through the region in 1890, and it centers around the experience of Julius Eckhardt Raht, an early settler of the region.

Collection

William "Billy" S. Bates

Acquisition

Accession

2022.15

Source or Donor

William Sims Bates

Acquisition Method

Donation

Book Details

Author

R. E. Barclay

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Cleveland Tennessee

Date Published

2000