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Mount LeConte panorama number 2 of 4

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  • Paul M. Fink (1892-1980) of Jonesborough, Tennessee, was an early advocate for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This collection of photographs from 1914 through the 1930s was taken while Fink thoroughly explored the Great Smoky Mountains and surrounding area. A banker and a conservationist, Fink kept a journal of his explorations and published his entries in Backpacking Was the Only Way (1975). This is number 2 of a four piece panorama from the cliff top of LeConte when fitted properly together these give a faint idea of what one may see from this outlook. On the back of this undated photograph, Fink wrote: No 2 of LeConte Panorama.