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  • Also taken from the Jackson County Journal-April 9, 1931s KEPHART In the tragic death of Horace Kephart, Western North Carolina lost one of her most valuable citizens, a man who loved the mountain country and the mountain people and who was doing more than any other to attract the attention of the world to this delightful and beautiful region lying within the shadows of the Great Smokey Mountains. (cut from microfilm) ...world's goods. He cared for little of them. His wealth lay within his own mind and in his rapacity for appropriating to the use of his soul the beautiful gifts of nature to be found in the mountains, upon which he could ever feast. He was a simple, humble, kindly man; and one of the most striking things about his funeral was the great numbers of humbler people who loved, whom he loved and who came to pay their tribute of respect. Truly a great soul has gone from among us, for it is the humble who are the truly great.
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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.

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