Add to ORKGThis topographical 1926 map indicates tracts of land owned by various lumber and mining companies that would later be included within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With the coming of the railroad in the 1890s, lumber companies and other speculators came to extract natural resources, in particular the virgin timber of North Carolina’s mountains. Clear-cutting and splash dams caused massive erosion and destruction to native habitat. Such environmental degradation led to a concern for conservation, one of leading factors contributing to the establishment of the park. On its northern boundary, black and blue lines indicate changes proposed in 1927
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
Today’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over 500,000 acres, almost evenly divided be...
This 32-page booklet, simply titled, “Great Smoky National Park” was produced between 1935 and 1945....
This topographical U.S. Geological Survey Map of 1926 indicates the proposed boundaries of the Great...
In 1926, Congress enacted a bill to authorize three southeastern parks in four states: Great Smoky M...
This 1931 map of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park was drawn up by the U.S. Department of Inter...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
This 1931 topographic map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows the eastern half of the p...
This 1934 topographic map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows the western half of the p...
This map from 1930 shows part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ironically, the park was n...
By 1927, the probable date of this publication, the move to create the Great Smoky Mountains Nationa...
This paper will focus on the unsuccessful efforts of the Appalachian National Park Association on th...
This map shows the proposed boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a dotted line...
This 1949 map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes both North Carolina and Tennessee ...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
Today’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over 500,000 acres, almost evenly divided be...
This 32-page booklet, simply titled, “Great Smoky National Park” was produced between 1935 and 1945....
This topographical U.S. Geological Survey Map of 1926 indicates the proposed boundaries of the Great...
In 1926, Congress enacted a bill to authorize three southeastern parks in four states: Great Smoky M...
This 1931 map of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park was drawn up by the U.S. Department of Inter...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
This 1931 topographic map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows the eastern half of the p...
This 1934 topographic map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows the western half of the p...
This map from 1930 shows part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ironically, the park was n...
By 1927, the probable date of this publication, the move to create the Great Smoky Mountains Nationa...
This paper will focus on the unsuccessful efforts of the Appalachian National Park Association on th...
This map shows the proposed boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a dotted line...
This 1949 map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes both North Carolina and Tennessee ...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became a major industry in the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
Today’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over 500,000 acres, almost evenly divided be...
This 32-page booklet, simply titled, “Great Smoky National Park” was produced between 1935 and 1945....