This picture from the book "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region," issued by the United...
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...
One of two photographs labeled as "Attempted Views from Summit" at Hall Cabin, on the North Carolina / Tennessee state line in the Great Smoky Mountains.
"Views from Summit of Smokies, near Hall Cabin (The perpetual haze from which the Smoky Mts. derive their name makes long-range photography difficult.)"
"Views from Summit of Smokies, near Hall Cabin (The perpetual haze from which the Smoky Mts. derive their name makes long-range photography difficult.)"
This picture from the book 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region,' issued by the United States...
The front page of "The Ruralite" (Sylva, N.C.) newspaper for April 7, 1931 featured two articles that, combined, expressed both optimism and loss. The page contained articles about Sylva’s potential as a gateway to the new Great Smoky...
This photograph of the Smoky Mountain Power Plant at Ela, North Carolina, near Bryson City, N.C., by R.A. Romanes (1896–1978) was dated October 18, 1937. The dam, which is on the Oconaluftee River near its confluence with the Tuckasegee River,...
This photographic color postcard depicts a winding road through the Great Smoky Mountains. The title of the card appears on the reverse along with a June 14, 1939 postmark. The image was taken by Bayard Wootten.
This photograph has a handwritten caption that states, "This is the the [sic] Passenger Train from Proctor to Ritter with Charley Wilson, Engineer, G.J. Calhoun, Conductor." Granville Calhoun, seen at the rear of the train in this...
Letter from Kephart to Will C. Barnes, Secreatary, United States Geographic Board, Wahsington, D.C., commenting on the naming of "Mt. Kephart" in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Letter from Kephart to U.S. Representative Zebulon Weaver, Washington, D.C., addressing concerns of "water-power interests" and "lumber interests" in the regionn of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kephart...
Letter from Kephart to U.S. Representative Zebulon Weaver, Washington, D.C., addressing concerns of hydroelectric developments in the region of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Two-page cover letter from U.S. Representative Zebulon Weaver, Washington, D.C., accompanying a bill for the propoed Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Album caption for this photograph reads, "Medlin, N.C. Blockhouse (cloud-capped) in the distance." The caption on the reverse of the picture notes, "Medlin, N.C. Every building shows. Block House Mt. in distance is shrouded in...
The Album caption for the Granville Calhoun store in Medlin, North Carolina, states simply, "(Same) Bear skins and Summer Sled." The caption on the reverse of the picture elaborates by noting that this is, "Granville Calhoun's store,...
