Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Trips in the Smokies, 1930

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Details
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS87_01_04_02_04
Transcript

Virgin Forest of unexampled variety rovers 100,000 aeres of the Smoky Mountains National Park. Nowhere else in the temperate zones can be found so many species of trees, shrubs and plants growing native to the soil, and in such luxuriance, as in the Smokies. Botanists are still making new discoveries here. In climbing a few miles from the Tuckaseegee River to the high mountain tops, one passes through a succession of floral belts, from Mid-South to Sub-Arctic climes, each with its characteristic vegetation and animal life. Along the main divide we are in the home of the black spruce and the balsam, the eagle, the raven and the black bear. From gaps in the great forest, here and there, we can look out over endless vistas of floral beauty, wild gardens where hundreds of acres are abloom with azalea, rhododendron, laurel, and innumerable other flowering shrubs and plants. Line-up of Teams in the Cherokee Indian "Ball-play.

Object

Description

“Trips in the Smokies” is an 8-page brochure written by Horace Kephart (1862-1931), author of “Camping and Woodcraft” (1906) and “Our Southern Highlanders” (1913). The 1930 brochure, published by the Bryson City Drug Co., follows one with the same name printed in 1929. The two brochures demonstrate changes in travel opportunities, with Kephart suggesting Bryson City as a jumping off point for Smokies exploration, including a map and directions for traveling from Atlanta to Asheville. This brochure also includes mention of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Like the 1929 brochure, the one from 1930 was the personal property of Kephart and is stamped as such.
Details
- Creator
  - Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931
- Contributor
  - Bryson City Drug Co.
- Format
  - Publications (documents)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1930
  - Date digitized: 2013-05-13
- Extent
  - Dimension: 9" x 4"
  - Pages: 8 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  - Swain County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Horace Kephart Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS87_01_04_02
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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