Picture News of Recreational America

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HL_MSS87_01_05_01_01

Picture News of Recreational America

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Picture News of Recreational America

HL_MSS87_01_05_01_04

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Details
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS87_01_05_01_04
Transcript

SEVERAL APPALACHIAN STATES OFFER REMARKABLE SCENIC OPPORTUNITIES GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MEET IN GLORIOUS MOUNTAINS ■ ""■■ ' ■ ■ ■ '■ ■ .......... AND THE VIRGINIAN BLUE RIDGE SUMMITS ARE LOFTY AND INSPIRING The Committee's problem is to choose that location which will best fulfill National Park conditions. Behind its expert decision the entire country, East, West, North and South, will stand united

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Description

This 4-page brochure, edited by Robert Sterling Yard, was issued in the fall of 1924 to members of the National Parks Association as a way to illustrate the progress and challenges facing the Appalachian National Park Committee. The committee, photographed on the front of the brochure, was tasked with advising Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work on the best placement for a national park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. From this brochure, one can see that other states were considered, including Georgia and South Carolina, and natural features, like Mount Mitchell and Linville Falls, as well. Ultimately, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park did not take in any of these places.
Details
- Creator
  - National Parks Association (U.S.)
- Contributor
  - Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1924
  - Date digitized: 2013-05-13
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8" x 9"
  - Pages: 4 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  - Mitchell County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Horace Kephart Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS87_01_05_01
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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