Wooden marker (grave marker) with routed script "HORACE KEPHART 9.8.'62 - 4.2.'31"; on back "KEP PROPHET OF THE SMOKIES" - "KEP" is in script and the "S" in smokies is hidden; varnished oak; has 2 steel...
Weather observations collected by Kephart in 1904, including observations about the weather during Kephart's months on Dicks Creek, near Dillsboro, North Carolina, and at Medlin, in the Hazel Creek region of Swain County, North Carolina. These...
Waterproof metal container - Shaving stick case; aluminum cylinder that opens on both ends by unscrewing in the middle; with "The JB Williams Co - Pat 8-15-16 Willams' Double Cap shaving stick Large size Regd. Nos. 419742 684613 Gastonbury,...
Typed copy of an act from the state records of North Carolina. Washington County, North Carolina, was located in present day Tennessee. Kephart includes typed notes in red ink that this is the earliest reference to the name Great Iron Mountain that...
Two-page letter from Kephart to "Bob" describing the killing of Hol Rose. This account was later incorporated into the revised and expanded edition of "Our Southern Highlanders."
Two-page cover letter from U.S. Representative Zebulon Weaver, Washington, D.C., accompanying a bill for the propoed Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Trunk; One canvas covered wooden packing trunk; black metal hardware and leather handles; metal parts rusted; lock broken; on lock "EAGLE LOCK CO. U.S.A. TERRYVILLE, CT."; some tears to canvas; Reinforced with wooden slats, four on top,...
Trunk; One canvas covered wooden packing trunk; black metal hardware and leather handles; metal parts rusted; lock broken; on lock "EAGLE LOCK CO. U.S.A. TERRYVILLE, CT."; some tears to canvas; Reinforced with wooden slats, four on top,...
Tomlinson gun cleaner kit (for a 20 gauge shotgun); a red cardboard box with a yellow label which contains a metal holder (length 3 3/4") with two brass patches (length 3 1/4") and 2 separate patches; with "TOMLINSON GUN...
Tin collapsible reflector oven; stamped "THE 'STONEBRIDGE' FOLDING BAKER PAT'D FEB. 13 1917"; with two wire handles on upper back panel; with galvanized metal hinges on left and right sides; condition good.
Three-page letter Kephart to Albert Britt, editor of "Outing" magazine, describing Kephart's participation in a "man-hunt" in the Sugarlands of Tennessee. These details were later incorporated into chapter 10 of the revised and...
Three-page letter Kephart to Albert Britt, editor of "Outing" magazine, describing Kephart's participation in a "man-hunt" in the Sugarlands of Tennessee. These details were later incorporated into chapter 10 of the revised and...
Three-page letter from Kephart to Albert Britt, editor of "Outing Magazine," New York, concerning publication of "Highland Dixie" (an earlier title for "Our Southern Highlanders") in serial form. Kephart describes his...
