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Last of the Eastern Wilderness: An Article on the Proposed Great Smoky National Park
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are among the oldest mountains in the world and the erosion of untold ages has worn off the sharp pinnacles that originally rose above the rounded tops that now remain. Because of this peculiarity it will bo no great engineering feat to build along the top of the main divide a skyline highway from the Indian Gap to th© Tennessee River, about thirty-five miles, most of which would be from four thousand to five thousand feet above the adjoining country. It is the inten- tion of the Appalachian Park Commission to have this road construotod and to connect it with three transmontane roads running from the Tennessee border to the Carolina border of the park. From many points on the skyline road there will bo vistas of a hundred miles out over the Appalaohian Valley to the blue Cumborlands on the western horizon, while to the eastward the visitors will behold a sea of wooded mountains as far as the eye oan reaoh. At times the touring parties will be above the cloud3j at times they may witness the strange phenomena of thunderstorms or rainbows far below them in the mountain gulfs* East of the Indian Gap, on the way from Mt. Collins to Mt* Guyot, there Is a different formation. Here is the roughest and wildest mountain region in all eastern America. The divide here is saw-toothed and so sharp-edged that an adventurous mountaineer is dizzily poised above slopes so steep on either hand that a misstep might plunge him down hundreds of feet into Tennessee or North Carolina, aocording to which way he slipped. So rugged is this part of the Smokies fthat no road will ever be built over it, nor even a bridle path. It is better so. Let its crags and peaks remain forever inviolate for the enjoyment of those hardy and daring olimbors who wield the alpenstock and carry their bed and board upon their own backs. -5-
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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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