Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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

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

Maps

This topographical 1926 map indicates tracts of land owned by various lumber and mining companies that would later be included within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With the coming of the railroad in the 1890s, lumber companies and other speculators came to extract natural resources, in particular the virgin timber of North Carolina’s mountains. Clear-cutting and splash dams caused massive erosion and destruction to native habitat. Such environmental degradation led to a concern for conservation, one of leading factors contributing to the establishment of the park. On its northern boundary, black and blue lines indicate changes proposed in 1927.

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Map Collection

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

1926

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maps (documents)

eng

StillImage

20283

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2015-06-30

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

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

27.5" x 31.75"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America