This photograph taken along the Appalachian Trail between Ekaneetlee Gap and Gregory Bald is in the collection 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…
The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club was formed after a group of outdoor enthusiasts hiked up to Mount LeConte in October 1924. Enjoying the spectacular views, the group returned to establish a formal hiking club to sponsor hikes into the Great Smoky…
This photograph, documenting trail clearing on the Appalachian Trail between Yellow Creek Gap and Stekoah Gap, shows the trail before work has started. The picture, in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, was taken by Guy E. Frizzell, a…
This photograph, taken "after the trail clearers had done their work,” is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. The picture was taken by Guy E. Frizzell, a member of the hiking club. The back of the picture is stamped “Jim…
Appalachian Trail Conference delegates at a barbecue in Whiteoak Canyon in Shenandoah National Park. G. Freeman Pollock, operator of the Resort at Skyland, Virginia, is seen in front of tree in center. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell…
In 1930, the Carolina Appalachian Trail Club was organized for the purpose of completing the western North Carolina segment of the Appalachian Trail. Its home was in Asheville. In 1931, the group merged with the Carolina Mountain Club, an…
Created around 1934, this unsigned manuscript titled, “The Appalachian Trail in the Unaka and the Pisgah National Forests,” is most likely by Myron Haliburton Avery (1899–1952), who was president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and chairman of…
This photograph of a snow covered Appalachian Trail in in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was made by Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), a founding member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association and author of “Birth of a National…
This photograph shows markers indicating the Appalachian Trail at the North Carolina-Tennessee state line along Hughes Ridge. The photograph was made in 1926 by Albert Gordon "Dutch" Roth (1890-1974), an avid photographer and one of the founders of…
This photograph of hikers working on the Appalachian Trail is included in the records of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, formed after a group of outdoor enthusiasts hiked up to Mount LeConte in October 1924. The image was made by hiking club member,…