Unaka Kanoos

Unaka Kanoos

Appalachian Mountains

This illustration from Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup's late 19th century travel narrative, 'Heart of the Alleghanies,'� is captioned, 'Unaka Kanoos' (p. 13). This mountain, known as Whiteside Mountain, is located in Jackson County, N.C. In explanation of the caption, the authors state, '. . . we came out before the massive front of a peculiar mountain. Whiteside, or in literal translation of the Cherokee title, Unaka-kanoos, White-mountain, is the largest exposure of perpendicular, bare rock east of the Rockies. It is connected, without deeply-marked intervening gaps, with its neighboring peaks of the Blue Ridge, but from some points of observation it appears isolated - a majestic, solitary, dome-shaped monument, different from all others mountains of the Alleghanies in its aspect and form' (pp. 321 - 322).

Grosscup, Ben S.

Zeigler, Wilbur G.

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

1883

Alfred Williams and Co.

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2006-01-23

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