Camp east of Mount Collins

Camp east of Mount Collins

Camping

Hikers

Camp sites, facilities, etc.

Tents

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 1919 to explore the Eastern end of the Great Smokies. Present were lifelong friends Walter S. Diehl and Paul M. Fink. On the back of this photograph Fink wrote: "Our camp just east of Mt. Collins, with Diehl in charge. You will notice we were using the Compac tent. It's not the best tent in the world, but isn't so bad on a go-light trip. We have a model of our own in mind that will beat it, though will be possibly slightly heavier."

Paul Fink Collection

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

1919-06;

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photographs

eng

StillImage

30237

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/30237

https://wncln.wncln.org/record=b1264458~S4

2017-09-01

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Mount Collins (N.C.)

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

Swain County (N.C.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America