Guyot and the Great Smokies

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Details
- Creator
  - Avery, Myron H. (Myron Haliburton), 1899-1952
  - Fink, Paul M.
- Format
  - Manuscripts (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - GSMNP_13150_26_1066_10
Transcript

thus paralleling to the south the true State Line. Guyot's stats* v not on meat that Mt. Alexander waa/xsSfe the State Line xazMiezsmp must be regarded as having been inadvertently iaade. la view of the feet that the State Lias was run la 1821, It would be rether unusual that such a misapprehension should ho current only four decades later, Guyot*o saap isaker, Sandos, was aot under the ease misapprehension as to which side of Big Creek-the State Line followed. Ssadoa does fall, however, Into the error of failing to place Kt. Henry oa the State Line. Guyot's ccmeats oa Buckley ladleste the origin of the name ISt. Guyot- a compliment from one scientist to another. Samuel B, Buckley, later State Geologist of Saxes, had done preliminary work on the elevations in this regioa aad had published his results 9 ia "isSountains ia Horth Carolina and Tennessee". Eesulting partly froa the use of faulty instruments aad partly from too high bas* levels, the Buckley observations were found by Guyot to be of little value. Guyot reciprocated the compliment by designating as Kt, Buckley the peak (6,899 ft.) immediately west of Clingman's Dome. Shis natoe, however, has not survived. Buckley*s determination of the height of at. Guyot was published as 6,734 ft., although 7 on hi* second visit he hod obtained an elevation of 6,994 ft. Berhapa the aost difficult of all the Guyot name* to ideatify is the peak marked "Brother**, designated a* "fhe Three Brother*, highest or eeatral peak" oa the list, as "Brothers (Central)" oa the map aad as "fhe True Brothers, highest or central peak-8,907 ft." 8, American Journal of Science, Tol. 27, 2nd Series, 1869. a* 6 —

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Description

This 27-page manuscript recounts the involvement of Arnold Guyot in the Great Smoky Mountains. A geologist and geographer, Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884), began his exploration of the Appalachians in 1849. His purpose was to record the elevations of various peaks and develop a systematic geographic outline of the mountain systems of the eastern United States. The manuscript was collected by George Masa. Born Masahara Iizuka and raised in Japan, George Masa (1881-1933) emigrated to the U.S. when he was 20 years old and, in 1915, came to Asheville, where he lived the rest of his life. Masa was active in the Appalachian Trail Club and in the movement to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Myron Haliburton Avery (1899–1952), was president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and chairman of the board of the Appalachian Trail Conference.
Details
- Creator
  - Avery, Myron H. (Myron Haliburton), 1899-1952
  - Fink, Paul M.
- Format
  - Manuscripts (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2015-11-02
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11.75" x 8"
  - Pages: 27 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - George Masa Collection
- Identifier
  - GSMNP_13150_21_1068
- Repository
  - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Guyot and the Great Smokies

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