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2024 Jan Wyatt Symposium with The Cashiers Historical Society
The 2024 Jan Wyatt Symposium will be held at the Albert-Carlton Cashiers Community Library and historic Whiteside Cove. The day-long event will continue the Cashiers Historical Society tradition with presentations the history of tourism in the Cashiers Valley. A boxed lunch will be provided.
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Symposium Schedule
8:30 – 9:00: Check-In, Coffee, and Pastries
9:00 – 9:45: Overview on the History of Tourism in Cashiers and Western North Carolina
10:00 – 10:30: Modern Impacts of Tourism-Nick Breedlove of the Jackson County Tourism and Development Authority.
10:45 – 12:00: Roundtable Discussion-A roundtable discussion with Sandy Fugate, Linda Rogers, and Nancy Conkle Swan about working in tourism in the 1950s and 1960s at the Fairfield Inn, High Hampton, and a family gift shop. Moderated by Brett Stewart.
12:00: Leave for Whiteside Cove-The afternoon will consist of a boxed lunch picnic and driving tour of historic Whiteside Cove.