Tryon North Carolina Mountaineer Farmer with Mule Plow 1909 Real Photo Postcard

The image captures mountaineers engaged in subsistence farming near Tryon, North Carolina, likely in the early 20th century. This scene exemplifies traditional rural life in the Appalachian foothills, where families often relied on manual labor, animal power like the mule-drawn plow depicted, and self-sufficiency, with simple homestead structures visible in the background.