Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Camping

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Hiking

Promotional materials

Appalachians (People) -- Social life and customs

Cherokee Indians

Construction projects

Fishing

Trails -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Wild flowers

This 146-page “Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park” was published in 1933, a year before the park was formally established. In spite of this oddity, the guide does carry the approval of the National Park Service, stated on its cover. The book was printed in a small format as a field guide that could be carried on a hike. Topics covered in the guide include tours and trails, notes on camping and fishing, and sections on flowers and fauna. Separate sections deal with local culture, including “The Highlanders” and “The Cherokee Indians.” The guide was written by George McCoy and George Masa. McCoy was a staff writer for the Asheville Citizen and native of Dillsboro, North Carolina. Photographer George Masa, a native of Japan, was active in the Appalachian Trail Club and in the movement to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Masa, George, 1885-1933

McCoy, George W. (George William), 1901-1962

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Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1933

Inland Press (Asheville, N.C.)

United States. National Park Service

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

146 pages(pages)

6.75" x 5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America