This photograph taken along the Ramsey Prong Trail is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. The photograph was made by Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968), a Knoxville attorney, avid conservationist, and advocate for the Great…
This photograph of the Ramsey Cascades is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. The photograph was made by Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968), a Knoxville attorney, avid conservationist, and advocate for the Great Smoky…
On the reverse of this image is written, "Looking southwestward through one of the holes in "Duck Hawk Peaks" (near Alum Cave Bluff), we see the Indian Gap Highway at Grassy Patch. Note the drapery of icicles. Feb. 1932 Harvey Broome; March 1934…
Swim "Bald" (left) and Cheoah Bald as seen from Wauchecha Bald, all located on the Appalachian Trail between the Great Smokies and the Nantahala Gorge. The photograph is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club which was formed…
This photograph, looking eastward from Appalachian Trail south of Wauchecha Bald, is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Bushnell and Bryson City are in this general direction. The picture was taken by Harvey Benjamin Broome…
Margaret Broome and Harriett Fowlkes in Stecoah Gap between Wauchecha Bald and Cheoah Bald. The photograph is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club which was formed after a group of outdoor enthusiasts hiked up to Mount LeConte…
This photograph of Mount LeConte, taken by Harvey Broome, is in the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Club member Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968) was a Knoxville attorney and avid conservationist who advocated for the Great Smoky…
This photograph of hikers on Myrtle Point, taken by Harvey Broome, is in the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Club member Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968) was a Knoxville attorney and avid conservationist who advocated for the Great…
Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) was a politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives. In December 1901, Brownlow submitted a bill to purchase lands for the “National Park and Forest Reserve,” naming it for…
Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) was a politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives. By November 1903, when this bill was proposed, the Congressional tide had turned from the creation of a national park to the creation…