The west prong of the Little Pigeon at LeConte Crossing

The west prong of the Little Pigeon at LeConte Crossing

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

Streamflow

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

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

Paul M. Fink (1892-1980) of Jonesborough, Tennessee, was an early advocate for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This collection of photographs from 1914 through the 1930s was taken while Fink thoroughly explored the Great Smoky Mountains and surrounding area. A banker and a conservationist, Fink kept a journal of his explorations and published his entries in Backpacking Was the Only Way (1975). On the back of this undated photograph, Fink wrote: The west prong of the Little Pigeon at Le Conte Crossing. This is when the trail to LeConte leaves the road up to Indian Gap.

Paul Fink Collection

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

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2017-09-01

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

Little Pigeon River (Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

5" x 3.25"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America