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Hundreds of friends pay final tribute to Kephart and Tarleton

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  • BRYSON CITY, "TOE GATEWAY" TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK —— , BRYSON CITY TIMES VOL. XVIII- No. 17 BRYSON CITY, N. C, APRIL 10. 1931 81,50 A YEAR WHJL KKVERI.Y BILLS.—T/«1I all 1 knew 11 fast arfiat 1 I3>sd iii the ','t.pbm, Well i:r. Hoover f;ct back tram a part of , , v . tliti esuatry lie bad I ~= ©J never. li;'«a i'.i I HI n * !<•> ii!:- K"" i,^-'i<l!"it- S|| Wallls awf.il hard *">' U|,«. 'Mr. Hoover I , On I r™ -'-' Uffjj. elation, i--r i he ti$S traveled s:> *"C;-,'1<>s. i mBdl' ls'" !'* """" t£ -, / I They w»a going f-i ?*' try is S&ttlesbtii to . Wifil (VOtlH Wall! ft'" !' "" ' t&snisssius^Qfc j, renovated, bo he jest say*. "Here Is tiio time Ml- me ie i.-e; uWay traitl ail t!':is titer .e" Ho ha Disked him ml a bimoti «f t-.-.niScBial frlemi.t. mostly ttandiXM Re- lublk-suii and Joined tile Uavy and tuirtcil sec-lag the V.'otvi. It ,;w<->it (ist-d tJ be bard (n find smite place Cor csoliise to s« wh'ero iie bad never been, ill you fed c> do was jn.«t w stts- f.-jet any ciio u£ tlie forty eiglit States cnalde ot Vermont mid Massachusetts, and ho was all set s«r stew territory. SVht-n be sot *all tor fsheic feooUi of SoBtS IMtotft, why that eciuiiavetl IB importance to him to Itoaver leaves far Mary Bird Land in the An- ftrtie. fir. Coollfeo' <!i,l make Cuba tBfl lilt-.';, I was Inerc at the tint-*. ai><! saw It and lie fiot « r;re»t welcome t-ra. Bat Mr. Hoover v.f-uL to (lad found lis* V!r;:!!! Islalttts. A ey.si.l fflany i>eo- p!« ttiOtiftil! »t!ft!l A tllBCO Bfl iliat V.-.1S ,'i Myth, but lie went then- :.»<! foimd it really. People iiotfa'tlays rail those "Good will tmirs" But yon <-.a::t net peotiies Bootl wilt iiowftdays niiieoa yon i,r!uK em something, lie- took eni a speech but nu donations. SJ ie.itii-.lc'; of what fiali he got «» the ti'ifi. Its l;lc«9r haw! to lis. are oat last the exact benf-Uiary rSmifc. He *-jM oaj that ha \yanted to give every one of KAKIN PLANS TO STOCK PARK Wffil NAWEGAME j WILL PROMOTE I'tSHlKG IV. PARK WHEN SI REAMS ABK< IiESTOCKtD, POB^fK¥ ANbj TWENTY MILE CREEKS TO R«5 CLOSEO THIS VEA8. V7hik the Grsat smoky Mountaie - National Parts will not bs ft gciitn ccnc;m until the entire area is a--1 quired by the States of North Carolina and Tennesse« and In turn cs-d- - eci to the Government, plans hav:.. been made fa restock the pari v."^'! native ssecies of same animals, Ktav birds and fish«s, aecorditse to super- i intendent J. R. Etikln. The efcfte! BarK will bJ a gams pi'esti'v* Ui". fishing will be encouraged. Plane- nave bean made ta sccurt surplus Virginia deer from the Pr--' gfth National Forest Came iireser.-<; As methods cf trapping and faaMi- j Uig svild deer have not yet been per*1 fected a relatively small start will';. ■ made the flr$t year restccktog is undertaken. The number wtu ba increased each year until ample breeding stock is established. A colony of beavers will 'us. tt tnblised on eacls watershed. TS«- ■< will be seeured from surplus beaver- - in the National Parks o? the Wtsfc eEpeolaliy from Glacier National Glacier National park where beavev are particularly plentiful, it- is b - lleved that if bears are givea absolute protection there are motion foi. resc-ckmg left in the park. Native, ground nesting bird* tueh as wi»S] turkeys, srauss, etc., «^'ill also be liberated in the park. Non-native animals and birds will not bs introduced. Forney and Twenty Mile Crttta' have been closed to fishing, Thess creeks are fished out, They will iw restocked with Ramos* trout tivs-, .vear a':d w-her rsopw-c^ to fish *h a daily limit of ten fteh per persais- KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK mm Horace Kephart, noted Writer and distinetiished citizen of Bryson Cit/ who was instantly killed last Thursday ntyht vhen the ear In wnlfch he was ridinx with Fiswoode Tarleton and II. P. Brown left- the road near Ela, N. C. Tarleton, a very popular fiction writer, was felso killed and Brown was seriously Injured, ^_____ ^HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO KEPHART AND TARLETON OUR FRIEND—MR. KEPUART-IIAS CONE CAMPING (fiditorai) - "Quaintly- there i-awte to'my. V.inU those iints familiar to my boyhood; •Get you up this way southvm-d. .and go Uo ihto the mountains; and set the land what '.t >o- o«rf ►»>« ^,—in t---.« j—.«."- t«st Thursday evenins a majority c,( the eitteens of this- liitio city retired feelirifs that everything was ntj it should be, and that the morron afottld bring the usual duties, probably a few pleasures, and that lire would £o on as usual. Imagine, then if you can. the treat shock, the horror and the sadness that came to eac.:-. of them as they casually glanced at she raom!n« paper which had be»i! it»!«eed at their door at an early hou-- and were infermed by bla?ing heftd- !!:'iHS that one of their best loved, and kfs-fasniy their 'most renowned clti- (y.ta, along with a friend and fellow I writer, had lost his life the night before. ! This is the manner in which a ma- (JC'rity of the citizens of Bryson City ; Seamed of the accidental death of \Hctioe Kephart and Fiswoode Tarie- l&m, who were instantly killed Thursday evening about 10:30 o'clock when '■thrown from an automobile which j!«ft Ore hiphway at- Eia whils travelling at an excessive rate of speed. The victims were found a few min- jtttes after the fatal accident by per- isoriK who lived near where tho ;ivt-ia,-it occurred, the word wa« l Sifta»ed here, and an ambulance was ; ftttsnedlately dt*patc!sed to the scene -,<i tho tragedy. The bodies of the . two victims we« brottplit to the El- inlcre Funeral Home and prepared 'for burial, I Just how and why the wreck occurred may never bi fully expiain- jed, tor tho driver, ft, P. Brown, re- jeelved savere injuries about the head, ;and has been at the Sylva Hospital ; since a short time after the accident 'His condition is very critical, but fdo^oirX' under whose 'care He was (placed, have stated that he has e realized the many sacrifices he maw M order that itis fond_est dreams .night be realized, and that the beauties of the Great Smokies might He preserved for posterity. Soon after the movement to establish (he park was started Mr, Kephart- received a letter asking him t-s take charge of the Outdoor Department cf the Saturday Evening Pos'. This was a cplsndid offer, and pleas- Mi hint very much. He replied that he would be glad to accept the offer, and his first article dealt with the Great Smokies and the effort that was beimt made to establish a National Park to these mountains Mr. Kephart was informed by retuKi mail that the article would not be published since the Post would net give (iio Smoky Park any publiei'y until it was established Mr. Kephart immediately informed the company that he was devoting his time and enerpy to a work which he deemed very important, and that mid.! the circumstances would have to d - cline the offer made him. In turnin -, down this handsome offer Kephar* robbed himself of a comfortable existence, for we all know how hand- ssmely he would have been rewarded, but jie was Willing to make this and many other sacrifices in ordit that the park might beconw a reality, For fotif vears or more ho worked, turning down many offers, and in spite cf the faet- that he was penniless, gave the best that was in him, won out, but did not live toses the Park completed. While he lived, Kephart Was honored in many ways ta return for his (Continued on \«t_pe.ge> ,> ..
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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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