| Latitude: 36.07083 Longitude: -82.4025 |
Lost Cove was one of the best single logging places adjacent to Middle Prong at Sam's Creek near Shut-in Prong below
Thunderhead Mountain. Numerous trees as large as 5 or 6 feet in diameter added to the 1,000,000 board feet taken from the area
Thunderhead Mountain. Numerous trees as large as 5 or 6 feet in diameter added to the 1,000,000 board feet taken from the area
Lost Cove Trail: Length: 3.5 miles
Rating: Moderate. This trail provides access to the deserted community of
Lost Cove. Follow timber access road 5505 and the blue blazes. Watch for
switchbacks. Directions: From Uncle Johnny's Hostel And Outfitters in
Erwin, Tennessee. Take a right turn and go".8" of a mile and turn left onto
Temple Hill Road. Go 3.5 miles and turn left onto 19W Then go 11.5 miles
and turn left onto White Oaks Flats Road (NC1415). Now go,"1.1 mile"at
which time the road forks three ways. Stay on the far left onto Flat Top Road
"Forest Service Rd NC.278". Continue 2.1 miles up gravel road,just past
gate on the right. Turn right into parking area by going straight up. This will
be: N 36 03.243' / W 082 23. 177'
Rating: Moderate. This trail provides access to the deserted community of
Lost Cove. Follow timber access road 5505 and the blue blazes. Watch for
switchbacks. Directions: From Uncle Johnny's Hostel And Outfitters in
Erwin, Tennessee. Take a right turn and go".8" of a mile and turn left onto
Temple Hill Road. Go 3.5 miles and turn left onto 19W Then go 11.5 miles
and turn left onto White Oaks Flats Road (NC1415). Now go,"1.1 mile"at
which time the road forks three ways. Stay on the far left onto Flat Top Road
"Forest Service Rd NC.278". Continue 2.1 miles up gravel road,just past
gate on the right. Turn right into parking area by going straight up. This will
be: N 36 03.243' / W 082 23. 177'
The abandoned community of Lost Cove, NC is in the Poplar
Gorge. Only a couple of intact houses remain now because
several have been burned in the last few years.
Gorge. Only a couple of intact houses remain now because
several have been burned in the last few years.
Lost Cove, located along the Nolichucky River in Western North Carolina, took its
name from the location near the Tennessee and North Carolina border when surveyors
were not sure to which state the community belonged. Lost Cove was reportedly
settled shortly before the Civil War by Morgan Bailey. Lost Cove was a thriving
Appalachian logging and farming community for about 100 years. The location and
terrain of the community were difficult to navigate and when the railroad stopped
making regular stops in the community, residents eventually had to leave Lost Cove.
The last resident left the community in 1957
name from the location near the Tennessee and North Carolina border when surveyors
were not sure to which state the community belonged. Lost Cove was reportedly
settled shortly before the Civil War by Morgan Bailey. Lost Cove was a thriving
Appalachian logging and farming community for about 100 years. The location and
terrain of the community were difficult to navigate and when the railroad stopped
making regular stops in the community, residents eventually had to leave Lost Cove.
The last resident left the community in 1957
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| 1913 History of Western North Carolina, Lost Cove MOONSHINER'S HEAVEN. Forty years ago Lost Cove was almost inaccessible, except by trails; but last year (1912) a wagon road over three miles long was constructed to it over the ridges from Poplar Station on the C. C. & 0. Railroad. Such a secluded place was a great temptation to moonshiners,and when to its inaccessibility was added the fact that it was in dispute between Tennessee and North Carolina, its fascinations became irresistible. Accordingly John D. Tipton was accused of having begun business by the light of the moon, as was evidenced by sundry indictments in the United States court at Asheville. His example was soon followed by others; but, whenever it appeared to Judge R. P. Dick. that the alleged stills were in the disputed territory, he directed the discharge of the defendants. However, a mighty change has taken place in Lost Cove within the past few years, and not only is there no moon shining there now, even when fair Luna is at the full,. but the good people will not suffer the "critter" to be brought in from Tennessee. And better still, in 1910 they built a school house and a church, and voted a special school tax, the first school having been taught in 1911. |
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