This article titled, “Early Explorers in the Great Smokies” was written by Paul Fink and published in the East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications. Fink signed, dated, and inscribed this copy to George Masa (1885-1933). Born in Japan and…
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often…
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often…
Edge of Skyland, VA and east end of Shenandoah Valley as seen from Skyland. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains…
Portrait of Ebb Whaley at Hotel Le Conte in Greenbrier. He and his wife Cordia were the proprietors of the hotel until 1935. They gave a pioneer water-driven sawmill blade as the second gift, from the Tennessee side, for a museum in the Great Smoky…
In promoting a national park in the southern Appalachians, Chase Ambler wrote dozens of editorials and submitted them to newspapers and magazines throughout the east coast. After the editorials were published, the Appalachian National Park…
In promoting a national park in the southern Appalachians, Chase Ambler wrote dozens of editorials and submitted them to newspapers and magazines throughout the east coast. After they were published, the Appalachian National Park Association often…
This short article, “The Appalachian Forest Reserve” was written for the “Manufacturers’ Record.” The article argues for support of Senate bill 5228, which “provides for the purchase of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian…
In promoting a national park in the southern Appalachians, Chase Ambler wrote dozens of editorials and submitted them to newspapers and magazines throughout the east coast. After the editorials were published, the Appalachian National Park…
In this series of letters, the Appalachian National Park movement requests various people and organizations to write articles about their cause. In promoting a national park in the southern Appalachians, Chase Ambler wrote dozens of editorials,…