Monument on top of Mount Mitchell, elevation 6711 ft

Monument on top of Mount Mitchell, elevation 6711 ft

Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)

Monuments

This photograph depicting Elisha Mitchell's memorial plaque on Mitchell's Monument on top of Mt. Mitchell----the highest peak in eastern United States--was taken by Herbert W. Pelton (1879-1961). Pelton, a photographer active in Asheville, North Carolina, in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, produced landscapes of the region including panoramic shots. The photograph is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for the establishment of a national park in the Southern Appalachians. George S. Powell was the Association’s first president and Asheville physician Dr. Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) was the secretary. Ambler deposited this collection in 1929 to the State Archives of North Carolina at Raleigh from where they were moved in 2012 to the Western Regional Archives located in Asheville.

Pelton, Herbert W., 1879-1961

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

circa 1911

Appalachian National Park Association

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19508

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/19508

2013-10-01

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Yancey County (N.C.)

6.75" x 4.5"(dimension)

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