The subtitle of National Parks Bulletin (No. 46), edited by Robert Sterling Yard, reads: “To Conserve Nature and Win All America to its Appreciation and Study” and includes a cover caption indicating its focus on the “Proposed Great Smoky Mountains…
The “Great Smoky Mountains National Park” brochure was created to showcase “the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina.” Within its 24-pages, the commission provided an update on the status of the future park and promoted its…
Cades Cove is a quiet valley on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Once populated, today, the area is popular with tourists visiting the park. This photograph is in the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, a…
This unidentified mountain landscape in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was photographed by Jim Thompson. This image is from the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, a group formed in the fall of 1924 after a group of outdoor…
On the reverse of this image is written, "From Barnet's Knob (Jackson-Swain N.C County line) we see Balsam Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The foreground and over approximately to the cloud shadows is in the Cherokee Indian…
On the reverse of this image is written, "From the western tip of Yellow Creek Mtn. we see: Tapoco Lodge and store (thru trees in the left foreground); part of the Cheoah Power plant (right, center); bridge across Little Tennessee River, for N.C.…
On the reverse of this image is written, "Thunderhead Appalachian Trail and neighboring ranges of Great Smokies - as seen from Appalachian Trail north of Cheoah Bald. - Roth - May 27, 1933." The photograph is included in the records of the Smoky…
On the reverse of this image is written, "Nantahala Gorge - from crest of ridge between Swim Bald and Grassy Gap on Appalachian Trail. A.G. Roth May 27, 1933." The photograph is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club which was…
On the reverse of this image is written, "Clingmans Dome (center background [dim]), Silers Bald (at extreme left background) and Andrews Bald (right of Clingmans), as seen from Tommies Knob on Yellow Creek Mountain. The Deals Gap- Bryson City road,…
On the reverse of this image is written, "N.C. Highway #108 along the Cheoah River between Tapoco and Santeetlah - as seen from west end of Yellow Creek Mountain Appalachian Trail. A.G. Roth May 29,1933." The photograph is included in the records of…