From the road, Mount Toxaway

From the road, Mount Toxaway

Dirt roads

Gravel roads

Mountains

This photograph of an unpaved mountain road with Mt. Toxaway in the distance was taken by R. Henry Scadin (1861-1923). Scadin moved to Western North Carolina in 1889 and was a prolific photographer of the region--especially the people and scenery of Brevard, Tyron, Saluda, Sapphire, and Highlands. 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.

Scadin, R. Henry, (Rupert Henry), 1861-1923

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

Appalachian National Park Association

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2013-10-03

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

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

Jackson County (N.C.)

Transylvania County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

North Carolina, Western

11" x 14"(dimension)

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