Origin of the name: Great Smoky Mountains
Dublin Core
Title
Origin of the name: Great Smoky Mountains
Subject
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Region, Southern
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Mountains
Reports
Description
This original manuscript, written by Horace Kephart around 1930, concerns the origin of the name “Great Smoky Mountains.” Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Throughout his life, Kephart wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as the books “Camping and Woodcraft” and “Our Southern Highlanders.”
Creator
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931
Source
Horace Kephart Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
circa 1930
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg;
manuscripts (documents)
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
26225
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/26225
Date Created
2016-03-02
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 37738;
Spatial Coverage
Swain County (N.C.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
North Carolina
Tennessee
Extent
11" x 8.5"(dimension)
4 pages(pages)
Is Part Of
Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America
Collection
Citation
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931, “Origin of the name: Great Smoky Mountains,” OAI, accessed May 11, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/26225.