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Horace Kephart: Camping and Woodcraft Presentation

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Next month author George Ellison will offer a slideshow presentation on the life and career of Horace Kephart at the REI in Asheville.

Horace Kephart left his family and professional career to live alone from 1904 - 1907 in a cabin in what is today the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kephart, who is often referred to as the John Muir of the East, took all he learned in the years he spent living in the wilderness and wrote Camping and Woodcraft. George Ellison's presentation will talk about the making of Camping and Woodcraft, why it has become such a highly esteemed outdoor book, and Kephart's pivotal role in the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The free presentation will be held on 4/13/2012, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. at the REI in Asheville. For more information, and to register, please click here.


Jeff
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Horace Kephart Books Added To NPS History E-Library

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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The NPS History e-Library announced today that they have added 48 new reports to its ever expanding collection of electronic publications. The National Park Service history program will continue to provide on-line electronic editions of studies covering a wide array of new, rare, and hard-to-find materials about our parks and the National Park Service.

Included in this latest expansion are two books by Horace Kephart; Camping and Woodcraft, and Our Southern Highlanders.

To see the entire list of the new additions, please click here.

The NPS History e-Library now has four search engines available for use in finding historical materials. If you cannot locate a specific study you can use one of the following search engines.

History e-Library in the IRMA Portal: https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Search

History e-Library in NPS Focus: http://npsfocus.nps.gov/npshome.do?searchtype=npshome

Quick Links to additional NPS Library and Database sites: http://www.library.nps.gov/

Search the text of publications: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/index.htm

Another 100 new park brochures have also been added to the National Park Service park brochures web site, including this guidebook from 1941. Inside the cover, just below the title, it reads:

"ASTRIDE the Tennessee-North Carolina border, the Great Smoky Mountains, greatest mountain mass east of the Black Hills of South Dakota, cast a spell of mystery and enchantment."


If you have any brochures that are dated prior to 1980 that you do not see on the site, you can send them to Harry_Butowsky@nps.gov for inclusion.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
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Free Programs on Masa and Kephart

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Presentations on George Masa and Horace Kephart will be given at the Sugarlands Visitor Center Auditorium on Saturday, November 21. These two men were pivotal in bringing the grandeur of the Smokies to the attention of the public.

Japanese born, George Masa (1881-1933) captured the essence of the mountains through the lens of his camera. His friend and one of the principal supporters for the establishment of a national park, Horace Kephart (1862-1931), eloquently captured the heart and soul of the Smokies in Our Southern Highlanders and other books about the area.

10 a.m.
George Masa: A Perspective on His Life and Works
Presented by GSMA board chairman William A. Hart, Jr.

1 p.m.
The Back of Beyond: Horace Kephart in the Smokies
Presented by retired park ranger Butch McDade

For more information please call the Visitor Center at 865-436-1291.

Speaking of George Masa, Bonesteel Films loaned a short snippet of rare National Archives footage of Masa to the Great Smoky Mountains Association. The snippet is featured in their documentary The Mystery of George Masa. You can view the snippet by clicking here.


Jeff
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Horace Kephart's Smoky Mountain Magic

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Smoky Mountain Magic is the previously unpublished adventure novel by Horace Kephart, outdoorsman, writer, and champion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The manuscript has been passed down through the generations to Kephart's great-granddaughter, Libby Kephart Hargrave, and has now been published by Great Smoky Mountains Association, the park's nonprofit partner.

Here's a nice a nice biographical overview of Kephart and a discussion about the new book from the Great Smoky Mountains Association:



Jeff
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Our Southern Highlanders

Monday, October 6, 2008

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Originally published in 1913, Our Southern Highlanders is a true classic written by the man most responsible for the existence of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Although he wasn’t a native of Appalachia, Horace Kephart was recognized as an authority on the cultural and natural history of the region. Using his abilities and reputation, Kephart was instrumental in convincing individuals on both the local and national levels of the need for the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kephart’s arguments on behalf of the park were thoughtful and pragmatic, as well as appealing to the love and appreciation of nature. Describing the economic potential of a national park, he campaigned vigorously to preserve the last major stands of forests in the East.

Our Southern Highlanders is a collection of first-hand observations of the mountains and people during Kephart’s first 10 years of travels throughout the Southern Appalachians. The book provides an in-depth look at mountain customs, beliefs, and the vernacular of the region. Kephart argued that little had been written of the Southern mountaineer and that the rest of America knew almost nothing of a people set apart “from all other folks by dialect, by customs, by character, by self-conscious isolation”

He describes in detail what gave the mountaineers their character and their fierce individualism, and relates many stories, both tragic and humorous.

A contemporary review from the New York Times reported that the book was the first serious and comprehensive study of the region.

Two months before his life was cut short by an automobile accident in 1931, the U.S. Geological Board recognized Kephart’s contribution by naming a peak within the park Mount Kephart. This was an honor that had been previously bestowed only after an individual’s death.

If you would like more information on Our Southern Highlanders, please click here.

If you're interested in seeing our full selection of outdoor, hiking, and Smoky Mountain history books, please visit: The Smoky Mountain Day Hikers Store.


Jeff
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