Felt Hat Made by James Allen, Cherokee County, NC's First Hatter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photographed by Stephen Ratledge

~ James Allen is a great-great-great-great-grandfather of Sandra Ratledge. ~

 

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.

Public Domain, but please include this site in your sources

Homespun
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Sandra Ratledge

All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!