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Last of the Eastern Wilderness: An Article on the Proposed Great Smoky National Park
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V 622 THE LAST OF THE EASTERN WILDERNESS . PRIMITIVE GRIST MILL ON MILL CREEK NEAR MOUNT LE CONTE and not many of them exceed in visual .height the chief peaks of the Smokies: TJlIngman Dome, Mt. Guyot, and Mt. Le Conte, which tower a mile in air above base level. The scenery of the Smoky Mountains is typically Appalachian: steep-sided ridges gradually rounding off toward their crests, the tops gently undulating in outline like billows of the sea, and every
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This 16-page article, “The Last of the Eastern Wilderness: An Article on the Proposed Great Smoky National Park,” is a classic piece by Horace Kephart. The article appeared in the 1926 edition of the magazine “World’s Work.” The article includes photographs by James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Throughout his life, Kephart wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The article is shown here along with several versions of the original typed manuscript.
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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America
