HORACE KEPHART DAYS 2022
 KEP'S 160th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!
​MAY 20-22 BRYSON CITY, NC

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Accommodations

The Fryemont Inn, 828-488-2159
The Historic Calhoun Inn, 828-488-1234

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 20
10:30AM
KEPHART WALKING TOUR OF BRYSON CITY
Meet at Swain County Visitor Center
2 Everett Street
Bryson City

• Walk where Kep walked, lived, places he wrote about and worked ~
• Kephart Highway Marker
• Site of the Cooper House where Kep lived for 21-years
• Staircase leading up to his office
• View his office building
• Historic Calhoun House
• Governor's Island

1:30PM
KEPHART EXHIBIT AND PHOTO EXHIBIT
Swain County Heritage Museum, Visitor Center
Explore the Kephart Exhibit presented by the Mountain Heritage Museum followed by programs with speakers:

• Michael Aday, Librarian-Archivist, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Jason Brady, Library Specialist, Special and Digital Collections, Western Carolina University

Following program, members of Kephart family will be available to sign books, GSMA store.

5:00PM
Social Hour, Fryemont Inn, Patio
Cash Bar
5:45 160th Birthday Toast
Music ~ Lee Knight

6:00PM
Dinner Seatings Begin

• Non-guests of Fryemont must call ahead to make dinner reservation
• Guests of Fryemont must make reservation at front desk

SATURDAY, May 21


10:30AM
Kep's grave, Bryson City Cemetery
Ceremony celebrating Kep's 160th Birthday


1:30PM
Fryemont Inn, Lobby

• Exhibit including Laura Mack Kephart's 1887 Wedding Ensemble and Horace Kephart exhibit from the Mountain Heritage Museum.
• First time Laura's wedding ensemble has been exhibited in Swain County!

2:30PM
Fryemont Inn, Lobby
Speakers include:

• Pam Meister ~ Director, Mountain Heritage Museum, Western Carolina University
• Cornelia Powell ~ Fashion Historian, Wedding Folklorist, Author, Speaker
• Libby Kephart Hargrave ~ Great-granddaughter of Horace and Laura Kephart
• Dale Stewart ~ Solo explorer, naturalist, sound explorer, on-air personality
  
• Ethan Becker ~ Knife designer, author, cook
  
  

Following program, Meet and Greet in lobby of Fryemont
Wine and light hor d'oeuvres
Special “surprise” celebration for Barbara Kephart Crane's 99th Birthday


6:00PM
Dinner Seatings begin

• Non-guests of Fryemont must call ahead to make dinner reservation
• Guests of Fryemont must make reservation at front desk

SUNDAY, MAY 22
Breakfast at the Fryemont
Seatings start at 8AM
Event ends

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