This photograph taken by Walter Berry, is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. The club was formed after a group of outdoor enthusiasts hiked up to Mount LeConte in October 1924. The picture is of White Rock and Low Gap in the…
On the reverse of this image is written, "From the tower of Mt. Guyot we look northeastwardly and see (left to right) White Rock, Low Gap, Ross View and just a bit of Hell Ridge. Walter Berry 8-10-32." Today, White Rock is known as Mount Cammerer.The…
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927) was an American historian and U.S. Senator from Indiana. In 1901, Beveridge authored this report suggesting passage of Senate bill 5518. Previously, the Senate had passed a bill authorizing a study, taking the…
Early on, the Appalachian National Park Association met with legislative success. In 1900, a bill passed authorizing funds to investigate the possibility of a national park in the eastern U.S. and, in December 1901, Congress introduced a bill to…
Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky…
This copy of a 1934 correspondence, from W. E. Bird to J. Ross Eakin, concerns the Horace Kephart collection. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.…
This 1940s correspondence between Arthur Stupka, Chas E. Ray, W. E. Bird, Blair Ross and Thurman Leatherwood concerns the Kephart collection. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left his…
This 1934 correspondence, from William Bird of Western Carolina Teachers College to North Carolina congressman Zebulon Weaver, advocates for congressional support of a museum in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In the 1950s, William Ernest…
Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky…
Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky…