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Correspondence regarding the naming of Mount Kephart

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  • C 0 P Y llryson City, 1. 0. August 9, 1924. Mr. Seorge Otis Smith, Director, y". S. deologioal Survey, lington, D. 0. Sir: fe, the undersigned citizens of Swain County, Horth Garolina, realizing the fact that many of the highest peaks in the $reat Sacky Mountains are, at present, not dealgnated by any name on the topographic atlas prepared by the United State® Geological Survey and that most of these peaks are not even named locally, do hereby state: that, inasmuch as Horace Eephart, Author of »0ur Southern Highlanders8, "Gashing and Woodcraft■ and innumerable articles and stories descriptive of this region, has performed a service which we can mf%T repay, has won our esteem, gratitude and affection throughout the years spent in our midst and has done much to further the cause of outdoor life in America, we . are desirous of extending to Mr. Kephart some public recognition of a permanent nature. Therefore we respectfully request that the peak northeast of Glingmans Dose at head of left prong of Deep Creek, elevation 8255 feet, location marked on enclosed section of Sit. §uyot Quadrangle of the 3.S.Q.3., be known from this date as: MT. KSPHAIT and be so designated on all future editions of the above mentioned map and any others issued with your authority. Also that all persona or sap making concerns, deriving such information from the tr.S.Ct.S. be informed of this action. The reason for selecting this peak is that it is closest to the camp where Mr. Kephart did much of Ms writing and is more accessible to residents and tourists. Respectfully yours, (Signatures on sheets attached)
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  • Mount Kephart was named for author and woodsman, Horace Kephart in 1928, in a rare act of honoring a living person. Originally, a mountain known as Mount Collins was the site of Kephart’s namesake, but in the early 1930s, the name Mount Collins was restored and a different peak was given the name Mount Kephart. This new peak, the current Mount Kephart, is north of Clingmans Dome. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) first published “Camping and Woodcraft” in 1906 and “Our Southern Highlanders” in 1913. Throughout his life, he wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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