Douglas James Ferguson was born in Possom Trot, Yancey County, NC in 1912. He received a degree in Art Design Studies from Mars Hill College. From 1935 to 1947 he worked in the Ceramic Research Laboratory for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Norris, TN, where he acquired an interest in pottery experimenting with local clays. In 1946 he started Pigeon Forge Pottery ...
