Paul Fink at Professor Mitchell's grave

Paul Fink at Professor Mitchell's grave

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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). This photograph was taken during a ten-day trip in 1920 to explore the Black Mountains. Present were lifelong friends Walter S. Diehl and Paul M. Fink. On the back of this photograph Fink wrote: Myself, unshaven and unwashed, holding down the grave of Prof. Mitchell. Paul Fink, Jonesboro, Tennessee.

Paul Fink Collection

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

1920-06-21;

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2017-09-01

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Yancey County (N.C.)

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

5" x 3"(dimension)

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