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_13
Transcript

he ha^Lasceaded ia 1888. The literature of this controversy ia extensive. Guyot*s final determination of ths height of Ht. hitahell as 8,707 feet, in coatreat with the 6,711 foot la current} use for so May years, is another in&icatiea of the extreme sccurooy of his surveys. It was Guyot who put an end to the latchell-Cliagmaa controversy by hi a letter to toe tehevlll* Ho»»® suggest lag that, whether or not ?r ©feasor Mitchell had ascended la 1885 the highest peak in the Black Mountain*, yet, as a messorlal to his pioneer services, this peak should bear the asms Mt. Mitchell rather than Glinpma** Boa®. CliMg^nn*s »»;*© waa then transferred to tho dominating P©ak of Saoky. Guyot** tetter aad other stet*mmt*ror**te the lapraaaloa that he felt that Professor fcitchell had climbed toe lower peak. This conclusion, however, seetsa hardly tenable ia too light of the analysis of toe con trove ray published ^>j Charles Phillip* la the University of Horth Carolina sagasin* of March, 18158* The Guyot manuscript affords to an outsider a remarkably clear outline of what appears to be a very complex mountain aystwa. Guyot** general description of the Southern Apymlaohlan aystwa may soil be repeated here. Be saysi *The vast raountala region of Western forth Carolina, aad northern Georgia (which has been the special subject ef ay iavesttgatlonsi sad the mp of «hioh ia before you,) is comprised ts*t»*»n two of the mlm chains of tho Appalachian System, ahien divide, In Virginia, near the Great Bead of #•« hlver, alsresdy mentioned, ©ad continue to diverge seath*e*tsardly, keeping ia Worth Carolina, at an average di stand ft, first of twenty aad then of forty miles apart, and oven of 80 ia toe basin of toe trench Broad Liver, "Tftla high, aountalaous region extends thro* the northern portion of Georgia, and then runs out, rather suddenly, losing Itself in toe general swell which forma the bass of to* Appalachian System la Jterth Alabama and Georgia. "The Eastern chain is on the whole the highest, aad the nsoat regular aad eoatiaaous of the two. it la to© true continuation of the Blue kidge of Virginia shieh border* the Great Central Valley under various name*, f rcsa the Groea Mt*. of Sew England to tho extremity of ths system, fhli chain takes toe mm of Iron and Stone 8t*. In Iterth*©»©torn Tennessee, Staoky Hts. la toe centre and farther South,—tout of Uaak* Mts, beyond the cut of the Little Teams****, and of Frog Mt*. South of the gorges of too Ulwaseee. 9. 'tor the Bl&ok Lots*-of Horth Car alias the culminating point of the Black Kounteln*, (lately called also Mitchell** High Peak but not toe forasr Hoant Mitchell;?}" • 10 -

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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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