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Guyot and the Great Smokies

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  • aad Srieomer Knob, the kaebsbesrin.; tho characterless: namesiof thermometer (8,167 ft.) and Haven (8,230 ft.). ?her* is a nameless knob, 0,120 ft. la height, a i&lle west of luftee, oa the Balsam Kldge, which amy well be Guyot** "Thermometer Knob". Baven Khob Is probably the function of Hyatt sad Balsam Hidgoe, ^iloh has an elevation of 6180-90 ft. Hext in order on the list is Guyot*s Trioorner Kaob with an elevation of 6,188 ft. This knob is on the State Line et the Jluaotioa of Balaam Eidge end Sesoky. Proa f rieoraer Knob Guyot undoubtedly proceeded to the then urasrasd Ht. Guyot1' ani beyond to Mt. Henry. Here, unless prevented by the dense balaaa growth, he should have soon that w«st from Big Pigeon Klvor, the range Jed oa the north side of Big Creek iato Kt* Henry t>xt&. not into his frlcoraer Kaob, further south. Sharp Topf oa the State Line, Is clearly visible from Old Black (Mt. Alexaader) aad 1* the dietiactlve peak at the beginning of Smoky, la the Ceo at and Geodetic Survey $&auaoript, Guyot refers to "a remarkable conical peak called Luftee Knob"' a* the Mt.; castera"beglaaiag of the Saoky ^oowtaiaxsChaia proper". Guyot*s error as to the locution of Mts. Guyot and Heary may be explaiaod by a two fold supposition, that hio observatioa from both lite. Heary sal Guyot was so restricted by denes timber as not to reveal tho true topography of the range and further that he understood that the State Line followed the range oa the south side of Big Crock J through lit. Sterling, Balsam Comer and Luftee Kaob, 7. Possibly originally kaowa as Balsam Cone. See isjericaa Journal of Arts aad Science, Vol. S4, Had* Tories, page £77. 8. Perhaps such a misapprehension was then very current. Mr, George rase of Ashovills, H.C. advance* the interesting information that rmay old settlers la thl* region still believe that the Stat* Liae runs through bloomer fftiob, Balaam Coraer fflaob (Guyot** Big Catalache, at the head of Falser Cxeek, formerly Balsam Corner Crook) ami Kt. Sterling. Guyot list* Big Catoluche as 6,189 ft.| Its ^Balsam Coraer) elevotloa Is 6,180 ft. - 7a *
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