Braemar community developed as a result of Pittsburgh Lumber Company’s logging operation near Hampton. From the Tennessee Virtual Archive: In the early 1900s Pittsburgh Lumber Company built a small railroad called the Laurel Fork Railway to assist in transporting lumber … Continue reading →
Elizabethton, named for the wife of Landon Carter (namesake of the county), is Carter County’s seat. It was established on the site of the historic Wataugah Settlement. Hint: The location is pronounced with all short vowel sounds and accent on … Continue reading →
The original village of Butler in Carter County was flooded when TVA impounded Watauga Lake, and the present-day Butler community was built above the Summer high-water level.
Continue reading →Source: Goodspeed’s History of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Carter County is one of the extreme eastern counties of the State. It is bounded on the north by Sullivan County, on … Continue reading →
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