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Auto trip not practical in N. C. area of Smoky National Park

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  • THE ASHEVILLE TIMES ractical In fLx* Kephart And Masa With Difficulties Their Jaunt Beset In Two of the greatest Smoky Mountain enthusiasts, Horace Kephart, of Bryson City, author, and George Masa, of Asheville, photographer, took a trip last week that settled absolutely so far as the present is concerned, one point about the mountain area that is soon to be a national park. The two believe they hare shown conclusively that an automobile trip in the park area is not yet advisable. They went in an automobile, they crossed the high ridge and they got back, but their advice on reaching Bryson City late at night after an all day trip was: "Keep the automobiles out until roads are improved." But the two travellers did more than establish the poor state of the highways. They discovered an old marker set Up in 1821 to fix the state line. The stone is in an out- of-the way place and is rarely seen by visitors. Went To Deiiwood Mr. Kephart and Mr. Masa left Waynesville early last Thursday morning. They went to Deiiwood, then took the tortuous but good Cove Mountain road, passed the Cataloochee section and proceeded on to Mt. Sterling. As far as Mt. Sterling, they found the going excellent, they said. The road to that point is a North CaVolina state highway. From Mt. Sterling to the state- line, the road gradually got worse. It was even poorer on the Tennessee side, they said. When they were somewhere between the state-line and Hartford they were forced to cross a small log bridge. A timber slipped and a wheel fell through. They were forced to jack up the car and repair the structure. Turned Into Tennessee Instead of continuing to Newport, they turned west into Tennessee, followed a fairly good highway and eventually arrived at Gatllnburg, the starting point for Great Smoky trips on the Tennessee side. Kephart Finds Old Smoky Marker Fr"r,T'^-'--,fr^:r: Horace Kephart, of liryson City, widely known author and authority on the Great Smoky .Mountains, is shown here inspecting a -state-line marker, set up in 1831, Mr. Kephart and George Masa, of Asheville, made an automobile trip through the Smokies last week to determine whether such a form of travel was .vet advisable. They concluded it was not.
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