View from Newfound Gap

View from Newfound Gap

Landscapes

Mountain roads

Mountains

Scenic overlooks

Trees -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Mountain view looking southwest from Newfound Gap with old NC 107 roadway visible. The photographer, “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

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

Newfound Gap (N.C. and Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia