Arthur, John Preston. Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913.
Richmond, Virginia: Everett Waddey, 1915.
Reprint: Johnson City, Tennessee: The Overmountain Press, 1992.
386 pages.
Availability: The Overmountain Press.
Bailey, Lloyd R. The Heritage of the Toe River Valley: Avery, Mitchell, and Yancy Counties, N.C.
Marceline, Missouri : Walsworth Publishing Co.
Volume 1: 1994.
Volume 2: 1997.
Volume 3: 2001.
Availability: AMY Regional Library and North Carolina State Library have all three volumes;
Charlotte Public Library has Volume 1 only.
Bailey, Lloyd R. A History of the Methodist Church in the Toe River Valley.
D. L. Shuman, 1986
386 pages.
Availability: Out of print.
Dorgan, Howard. Giving Glory to God in Appalachia: Worship Practices of Six Baptist Subdenominations.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987.
Dugger, Shephard Monroe. War Trails of the Blue Ridge.
Banner Elk: S. M. Dugger, 1932.
Inscoe, John C., and Gordon B. McKinney. The Heart of Confederate Appalachia:
Western North Carolina in the Civil War.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
Availability: University of North Carolina Press.
Killian, Ron V. A History of the North Carolina Third Mounted Infantry Volunteers, U.S.A.
Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.
Availability: Heritage Books.
McKinney, Gordon B. Southern Mountain Republicans, 1865-1900.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1978.
2nd Edition: Knoxville, University of Tennesse Press, 1998.
Availability: University of Tennessee Press.
Poole, Carey. A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina.
Johnson City, Tennessee: The Overmountain Press, 1995
Availability: The Overmountain Press.
Sheppard, Muriel Early (1898-1951). Cabins in the Laurel. Photographs by Bayard Wootten (1875-1951).
A new edition of the classic 1935 book.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
302 pages, 128 photographs.
Availability: University of North Carolina Press.
Van Noppen, Ina W. and John T. Western North Carolina Since the Civil War.
Boone: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1983.
Availability: Appalachian Consortium Press.
Wood, Curtis W. and Tyler Blethen. A Mountain Heritage: The Illustrated History of Western North Carolina.
Charlotte: Delmar, 1989.
Young, Perry Deane. Our Young Family.
Johnson City, Tennessee: The Overmountain Press, 2004
More than 15,000 names, 450 photographs.
"Our Young Family ... deals with the Youngs and several other families in McDowell, Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe.... and follows some of them to Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and the far West."
Availability: The Overmountain Press.
Or: Send a check for $74.50 directly to the author: Perry Deane Young, P.O. Box 1366, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
