Mount Mitchell / Jonathan Howard Bennett and David Biddix.
aThe highest peak in the eastern United States, Mount Mitchell towers 6,684 feet over its home in Yancey County, North Carolina. It has borne silent witness to great scientific and personal achievements, tragic loss of life, heated debates, and a host of controversies both great and small. Once considered forbidding and remote, it claimed the life of its namesake, Elisha Mitchell, when he fell to his death in an attempt to firmly establish the mountains height. In the early 1900s, entrepreneurs constructed a railroad, opening its old-growth forests to massive deforestation. This devastation stirred some of the earliest notions of environmentalism that led to Mount Mitchells establishment as North Carolinas first state park. Today, it is a playground for tourists from around the world, offering some of the best hiking and views in the nation. Mount Mitchell showcases the rich history of the mountain along with the events and colorful characters that have shaped its story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781467133692
- ISBN: 1467133698
- ISBN: 9781531677947
- ISBN: 1531677940
- Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 127). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The black dome -- Mitchell's mountain -- "Every stick of it" -- The Old North State's first state park -- Towers and monuments -- "Making the apex of Appalachia accessible" -- Mountaintop memories. |
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| Subject: | Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857. Parks > North Carolina > Mitchell, Mount (Mountain) Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) > History. Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) > Pictorial works. |
| Genre: | Illustrated works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | NC REF 975.6873 BEN (Text) | 37810435269658 | Local History Reference | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | 975.6873 BEN (Text) | 37810435284327 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
