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  • Collection: Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection

A small hotel rests against the rock face of a mountainside. A sign reading "The Cliff Dwelling" is at the top of the stairs leading to the building. Donor note: "Cliff Dwellers Inn--for reference, current elevator tunnel would be in lower right…

Cabins with stairs leading up to them are visible next to a cliff. Donor note: "Photo taken after Cliff Dwellers opening, but before main club room was built- note rock wall foundation under construction." A handwritten note reads, "Glimpse of Cliff…

A view of the lounge in the Cliff Dweller Hotel. Donor note: "Club House looking towards cottages."

Mountains, a rock face with stairs, and parked cars are visible from the porch of the Cliff Dweller Inn. Donor note: "Left side shows old furnicular that brought supplies up to the Pavilion. Love the craftsmanship of the old railing."

Devil's Head Rock sits on a ledge on the mountainside above the Broad River. Donor note: "Note the gash in the mountain across the way--remnant of the 1916 flood." A handwritten note reads, "Devil's Head."

People sit in chairs and stroll on the deck of a pavilion, with the Broad River visible below. Donor note: "Panorama, looking east away from the Blue Ridge Mountains- 1200 feet above river; These two photos belong together." Half of panorama--pairs…

A hiker stands on a next to a tree on the ledge of a rock face. Donor note: "Terminus of Eagles Nest Trail- spur off of Cliff Trail, accessible by ladder. This trail was open from 1910s until 1930s? Remnants still exist--below Exclamation Point; Old…

Two photographs depict waterfalls. Donor note: "Left Photo: Eagles Nest Trail, railing broken by falling ice in late winter; Right Photo: Series of falls of Chimney Rock Creek above main falls."

View of the Broad River and surrounding mountains from atop Chimney Rock. Donor note: "Views looking east before creation of Lake Lure."

Hikers stand on a sloping rock face with a view of the landscape below in the distance. Donor note: "Appian Way, looking east. This is Groundhog Slide--there were chain handholds put in the most dangerous part of this crossing by JB Freeman."
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