horace kephart
Horace Kephart is best-known for his role in raising public support for what became the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and as the author of two non-fiction books that have become classics. [1]
Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma is presented by Hunter Library Special Collections and the Mountain Heritage Center. [2]
Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was an American travel writer and librarian, best known as the author of Our Southern Highlanders, about his life in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. [3]
Horace Kephart, a pivotal figure in the history of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is featured in Ken Burns’ new PBS series about the national parks, America’s Best Idea. [4]
Since my great-grandfather, Horace Kephart, played a pivotal role in the creation of the Greak Smoky Mountains National Park, he, along with his good friend, photographer George Masa, will be featured in the stories told. [5]
Trained as a librarian, Kephart achieved national recognition during his years as director of the Mercantile Library in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1890 to 1903. [2]
The photograph here is of Horace Kephart’s son, George Kephart, my father’s late father. [5]
Later in life Kephart campaigned for the establishment of a national park in the Great Smoky Mountains, and lived long enough to know that the park would be created. [3]
When he reached the Smokies, Kephart moved into an abandoned cabin on a tributary of Hazel Creek in North Carolina. [...] It was a remote area even by local standards of the time, but it fit his love for hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, and living off the land. [1]
Although completed in 1929, two years before the author’s death, the novel was never published until now. [...] There Kephart befriended his independent and self-reliant neighbors and pursued his passions for hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, and generally living off the land. [...] Smoky Mountain Magic’s fictional story takes place during the summer of 1925, mostly along the Deep Creek watershed in the Great Smoky Mountains, but also in a thinly-disguised Bryson City (called Kittuwa) and the Cherokee Indian Reservation. [4]
While living in what was already one of the largest cities in the nation, Kephart began indulging in outdoor life through camping and hunting trips. [...] Kephart, who was personally modest and rarely sought the limelight, nevertheless used his abilities and reputation on behalf of the movement to create a Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [2]
Sources:
[1] Lost in Time: A Manuscript From Horace Kephart, A Driver …
[2] Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma
[3] Horace Kephart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] Horace Kephart | Great Smoky Mountains National Park Official …
[5] Beth Kephart Books: Ken Burns, Horace Kephart, and an …