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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • HORSES MAY BE RIDDEN FOR MILES ALONG BRIDLE PATHS IN THE PARK Bridle Paths and Hiking Trails ALTHOUGH there are vast stretches of wilderness that have never been penetrated by human footsteps in the Great Smoky Mountains, and there are cliffs that defy the experienced climber, almost every section of the Park is traversed by bridle paths and hiking trails. These winding passageways lead the nature-lover far afield into the wonderland of the Smokies, along streams that tumble down the rocky creekbeds, through gorges and ravines and over knobs and ridges, sometimes completely belting a mountain in an upward direction in order to reach its summit. Horses are ridden to high altitudes and for miles along the crest or the side of a ridge, affording the rider an ever-changing view of lowlands below, cloud-piercing peaks above, and great waves of rugged hills to the right or left. Some of the most advantageous outlooks can be reached on horseback. The sport and recreation of hiking and climbing have attracted thousands of people to the Smokies. Even before the area was mentioned as logical territory for a great national park, the native mountaineer and the visitor from below followed the trail of the Indian, who for many scores of years tramped the great highlands in search of game and in his passage from camp to camp, in the days when the Red Man was lord and master of this realm of primitive man and untamed beast. Hunters came to seek black bear, deer and wild turkey. Fishermen plied the streams for trout. Then came the summer vacationist from the towns and cities, who roamed the forests in bewilderment and wonder. Thus for years the Smokies have lured a few who began to blaze the way for the thousands that now are coming to see this great
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