Elkmont S Uncle Lem Ownby
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Elkmont S Uncle Lem Ownby
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Author : F. Carroll McMahan
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Elkmont S Uncle Lem Ownby written by F. Carroll McMahan and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Photography categories.
Born in 1889 in the Smoky Mountains, Lem Ownby became one of the region's most recognized figures. Sight-impaired from an early age, Lem spent his life logging, bear hunting, farming and tending his beehives. He welcomed the arrival of logging operations into the pristine wilderness but became an eyewitness to the devastation it brought to land, streams and wildlife. As the last leaseholder living within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lem became a legend, selling his honey and offering pearls of wisdom to hikers, writers and even the governor. Lem's principles remained solid, his opinions so unwavering that he once refused to entertain two Supreme Court justices. Enter the forest with author F. Carroll McMahan as he tells dramatic, fascinating and sometimes humorous stories of a man who lived truly on his own terms.
Elkmont S Uncle Lem Ownby
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Author : F. Carroll McMahan
language : en
Publisher: American Heritage
Release Date : 2013
Elkmont S Uncle Lem Ownby written by F. Carroll McMahan and has been published by American Heritage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
"A history of the life of Lem Ownby"--
Smoky Mountain Clans
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Author : Donald B. Reagan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Smoky Mountain Clans written by Donald B. Reagan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with North Carolina categories.
V. 1. Reagan, Huskey, and Ogle families-v.2. Shultz, McCarter, Trentham, Bradley, Watson, Conner, Swearingen, Oakley, and Clabaugh families-v.3. Whaley, Ownby, Bohannon, Maples, and King families.
Lost Elkmont
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Author : Daniel L. Paulin
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015
Lost Elkmont written by Daniel L. Paulin and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
The story of Elkmont from small logging community to exclusive summer resort and GSMNP site. Prior to the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) in 1934, the small community of Elkmont was established as a logging camp by Col. Wilson B. Townsend's Little River Lumber Company around 1908. This was after he purchased 86,000 acres of mostly virgin forest. The area that was previously inhabited by various American Indian groups, and later by European-American settlers beginning around 1830, was to become for a time the second largest town in Sevier County, Tennessee. Colonel Townsend's business ventures proved successful beyond expectation, as he skillfully exploited the area's valuable hardwood forests. His logging company and railroad provided a mountain population with jobs and steady wages. Once all the valuable timber was harvested, Townsend sold land to private citizens who established what was to become an exclusive summer community that included both the Appalachian and Wonderland Clubs. These coexisted inside the GSMNP until 1992. This is the story of Elkmont.
Hog Outlook
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Hog Outlook written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Animal industry categories.
The Economic Cottage Builder
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Author : Charles P. Dwyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
The Economic Cottage Builder written by Charles P. Dwyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
Last Train To Elkmont
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Author : Vic Weals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Last Train To Elkmont written by Vic Weals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Purchase Knob
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Author : Kathryn K. McNeil
language : en
Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Purchase Knob written by Kathryn K. McNeil and has been published by Daniel & Daniel Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Appalachian Region, Southern categories.
A memoir of the woods, meadows, animals, neighbors, and wildflowers of the southern Appalachian Mountains, by a contemporary writer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Our Southern Highlanders
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Author : Horace Kephart
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Our Southern Highlanders written by Horace Kephart and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Travel categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Great Smokies
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Author : Daniel S. Pierce
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2000
The Great Smokies written by Daniel S. Pierce and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Seeking a taste of unspoiled wilderness, more than eight million people visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Yet few probably realize what makes the park unusual: it was the result of efforts to reclaim wilderness rather than to protect undeveloped land. The Smokies have, in fact, been a human habitat for 8,000 years, and that contact has molded the landscape as surely as natural forces have. In this book, Daniel S. Pierce examines land use in the Smokies over the centuries, describing the pageant of peoples who have inhabited these mountains and then focusing on the twentieth-century movement to create a national park. Drawing on previously unexplored archival materials, Pierce presents the most balanced account available of the development of the park. He tells how park supporters set about raising money to buy the land--often from resistant timber companies--and describes the fierce infighting between wilderness advocates and tourism boosters over the shape the park would take. He also discloses the unfortunate human cost of the park's creation: the displacement of the area's inhabitants. Pierce is especially insightful regarding the often-neglected history of the park since 1945. He looks at the problems caused by roadbuilding, tree blight, and air pollution that becomes trapped in the mountains' natural haze. He also provides astute assessments of the Cades Cove restoration, the Fontana Lake road construction, and other recent developments involving the park. Full of outstanding photographs and boasting a breadth of coverage unmatched in other books of its kind, The Great Smokies will help visitors better appreciate the wilderness experience they have sought. Pierce's account makes us more aware of humanity's long interaction with the land while capturing the spirit of those idealistic environmentalists who realized their vision to protect it. The Author: Daniel S. Pierce teaches in the department of history and the humanities program at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and is a contributor to The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.