Category: Briefs

Learn about the Lufty/ Smokemont community “Lufty/Smokemont: The Church, The History, The People and The Community” is the topic of the Oct. 1 meeting of the Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society. In 1829, Mt. Zion Baptist Church was established on the northwest bank of the Oconaluftee River near Arneechee Ford. The church became the […]