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Horace Kephart

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  • death of- Kephart, let them resolve in loyalty to his memory, that there shall be a park—that he shall not have lived and worked and fought in vain. It is no mere fancy to say that visitors to the Smokies will find always there the spirit of Kephart. For his mind and spirit were literally in harmony with the primeval forest which he found when he pitched his solitary camo on the headwaters of Hazel Creek nearly 30'years ago. What more fitting resting place for his boay, therefore, than a grave on the summit of Mt. Kephart, the peak named for the greatest explorer and interpreter of the Smokies, one of the .peaks standing sentinel over the rich domain which Kephart did so much to make a heritage for the American people?
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  • This article is a memorial to Horace Kephart (1862-1931), a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left his work as a librarian in St. Louis and permanently moved to western North Carolina. His popular book, “Camping and Woodcraft” was first published 1906; the 1916/1917 edition is considered a standard manual for campers after almost a century of use. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains, producing “Our Southern Highlanders” in 1913. Throughout his life, Kephart wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.