Fort Harry ford on west prong of Little Pigeon River

Fort Harry ford on west prong of Little Pigeon River

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

Rocks -- 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). This photograph was taken on August 8, 1925 during a seven-day exploratory trip through the Great Smoky Mountains with Milton Ailes, Jr., Morgan Gilbert, Walter S. Diehl, and Paul M. Fink. On the back of this photograph Fink wrote: The Fort Harry ford, on the west prong of the Little Pigeon. The road leading into Tennessee from Indian Gap passes through this ford.

Paul Fink Collection

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

1925-08-07;

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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.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America