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Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • was drawn to the rivers of the Southern Appalachians and he reasoned that between the parallels of 35 degrees and 36 'legrecs and 3D minutes, north latitude, would be found the highest plateau and mountains of the eastern part of the I nited States. A number of the peaks in the Great Smokies were named by Guyot in honor of scientific friends. Samuel Botsford Buckley, who aided Guyot in his explorations, named Mt. Otivot in honor of the Princeton professor. Mt. LeConte, the highest peak above its immediate base eastol the Mississippi River, was mimed by Guyot in honor of Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), a native of Georgia and a professor of chemistry and geology. 'There is no record i.et onte ever saw the peak named for him. Guyot held great admiration for him, however, and LeConte aided him in his oDservations, remaining in various places in North and South Mountains in the Great Smokies perpetuate the ftames of these men. 1. Samuel Leonidas hove 2. James Archibald Hardison 3. General Tho-mas ff.anicr CUngmon 4. Joseph LeConte 5. Jesse Richardson SH>r 6. Col. David C. Chapman 7. Dr. Chase P. Aniblcr 8. Sequoyah 9. A mold Guyot 10. Cot. William Holland Thomas 74
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