Elizabeth Dixon Powers was a writer, conservator, and Asheville native whose work reflected a deep connection to the Southern Appalachian landscape. Educated at Wellesley College and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, she published essays including "Cataloochee-A Sense of Place" and authored several unpublished novels. She lived in both South Carolina's Lowcountry and Western North Carolina, where she passed away in 2007. Mark E. Hannah was a native of Little Cataloochee. After the settlement was deserted to form the park, he remained behind as Chief Ranger for thirty-one years.
