Carolina Ghost Towns

Proctor, North Carolina


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The town of Proctor was a logging town located on the north shore of Lake Fontana.  When the lake was flooded, access was cut off to the town site, and specifically to the 34+ cemeteries located on the northern shore of the lake.  A road to the cemeteries was promised, but never completed.  Now, a "Road to Nowhere" ends 10 miles short of its destination.

These are some of the resources used in this episode:

  • Wikipedia article
  • Atlas Obscura
  • Proctor Slide Show (with great photos of the old town.)
  • WLOS Article from 2023
  • The Ghost Towns of Hazel Creek
  • Proctor Cemetery
  • Road to Nowhere
  • Clementine Cove
  • Granville Calhoun Obituary
  • Interview with Delia Woodard Watkins
  • Interview with Claude M. Douthit
  • Interview with Christine Cole Proctor
  • ...more
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    Carolina Ghost TownsBy Tom Taylor