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Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • It was found, by this commission, that the Great Smokies fulfilled the national park requirements of: 1. Mountain scenery with inspiring perspectives and delightful details. 2. Areas sufficiently extensive and adaptable so that annually millions of visitors might enjoy the benefits of outdoor life and communion with nature without the confusion of overcrowding. 3. A substantial part to contain forests, shrubs, and flowers, and mountain streams, with picturesque cascades and waterfalls overhung with foliage, all untouched by the hand of man. 4. Abundant springs and streams available for camps and fishing. 5. Opportunities for protecting and developing the wild life of the area, and the whole to be a natural museum, preserving outstanding features of the Southern Appalachians as they appeared in the early pioneer days. 6. Accessibility by rail and road. "The Great Smokies," said Robert Sterling Yard, executive secretary of the National Parks Association, "have one quality that is unique—charm. The Smokies are natural wonders; but they are more than that. One can see a stupendous phenomenon of nature that awes one with its majesty; but when he has seen it once—well, he has seen it. But the Smoky Mountains have enduring charm. Having seen them once, they lure you back to them again and again." Mr. Yard also said that the contribution of the Great Smokies to the Nation's world-famous exhibit will be large since they will represent Appalachian land forms and primitive forests in their highest splendor and perfection. This, "the most massive uplift" in the East, is a recreational center of the first magnitude and is accessible within a two-day ride to one-half the population of the United States. It lies halfway between the Mississippi River and 10
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