Cross Smokies in autos over rocky trails

Cross Smokies in autos over rocky trails

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

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Description and travel

Newfound Gap (N.C. and Tenn.)

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

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This short article, titled “Cross Smokies in autos over rocky trails” is about crossing over the Great Smoky Mountains via Newfound Gap in 1930 before there was much of a road constructed through the gap. In the mid-1920s, before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established, North Carolina and Tennessee agreed to build a road through the center of the proposed park. An old road topped the ridge through Indian Gap, but a new paved road was planned a few miles to the east, through Newfound Gap. Both states agreed that a through-road would immediately draw tourists and benefit local economies. At 5,048 feet, Newfound Gap is located near the geographic center of the park, becoming highway 441 as it passes through the gap.

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

Horace Kephart Collection

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

1930-02-19

United States. National Park Service

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2016-03-02

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Sevier County (Tenn.)

Swain County (N.C.)

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

10.5" x 8"(dimension)

2 pages(pages)

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