Download or read book Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains written by Timothy Silver and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned geologist and University of North Carolina professor for whom Mount Mitchell is named, who fell to his death there in 1857. But nature's stories--of forest fires, chestnut blight, competition among plants and animals, insect invasions, and, most recently, airborne toxins and acid rain--are also part of Silver's narrative, making it the first history of the Appalachians in which the natural world gets equal time with human history. It is only by understanding the dynamic between these two forces, Silver says, that we can begin to protect the Black Mountains for future generations.
Download or read book Mount Mitchell written by Jonathan Howard Bennett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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 mountain's 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 Mitchell's establishment as North Carolina's 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.
Download or read book Mount Mitchell written by Jeff Lovelace and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short line mountain railroads are often miracles of construction. Built primarily for shipping logs, the Mount Mitchell Railroad was no exception. Within a span of 21 miles, the road climbed 3,500 feet, but utilized only three trestles and nine switchbacks, while maintaining a grade of five and a half percent. In this richly illustrated work the author brings to life a time when Mount Mitchell was dressed in virgin timber. Access to the mountain, located in Western North Carolina, was slow and difficult; but after completion of the railroad, a timbering industry was born. The railroad also provided tourists with scenic trips along its rugged contours.
Download or read book Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains written by Timothy Silver and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the natural and human history of North Carolina's Mount Mitchell, part of the Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the United States. It chronicles the geological forces that created this landscape, traces its environmental change and human intervention.
Download or read book A History of Mt Mitchell and the Black Mountains written by S. Kent Schwarzkopf and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1985 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Mountain range of the Appalachians is the highest mountain range in the eastern United States and has a diverse ecology with plants and animals usually found much further north. Heavily deforested in the late nineteenth century, the range was the site of the nation's first natural resources preservation movement in the early 20th century. Subjects discussed include intitial habitations by scientist Elisha Mitchell's exploration of the range, developing tourism in the 1850s, the Clingman-Mitchell highest peak controversy, and geographic explorations of Arnold Guyot, exploitation and preservation at the turn of the 20th century, and the return of tourism.
Download or read book Mount Mitchell Black Mountains Craggy Mountains Feasibility and Suitability Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mitchell s Peak and Dr Mitchell written by Locke Craig and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memories of Table Rock to Mount Mitchell written by William F. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of five "epic" trips taken between 1973 and 1990. The route from Table Rock to Mount Mitchell is a 50 mile hike through the mountains of Western North Carolina that traverses the Linville Gorge, crosses the Linville River, and finishes on the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in Eastern America. Two of these trips were taken with the author's nine and six year old sons. If you enjoy outdoor adventure stories, then this book is for you.
Download or read book Mount Mitchell State Park and Vicinity written by North Carolina. Division of Forestry and published by . This book was released on 193? with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mount Mitchell Region of Western North Carolina written by and published by . This book was released on 1915* with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rescue on Mount Mitchell written by Frank J. Talley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Super Scenic Motorway written by Anne Mitchell Whisnant and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most visited site in the National Park system, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. According to most accounts, the Parkway was a New Deal "Godsend for the needy," built without conflict or opposition by landscape architects and planners who traced their vision along a scenic, isolated southern landscape. The historical archives relating to this massive public project, however, tell a different and much more complicated story, which Anne Mitchell Whisnant relates in this revealing history of the beloved roadway.
Download or read book Little Mitchell written by Margaret Warner Morley and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little Mitchell written by Margaret W. Morley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Little Mitchell by Margaret W. Morley
Download or read book 100 Classic Hikes in North Carolina written by Joe Miller and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Carolina's classic hikes are described in this guidebook to the state's best trails
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
