Great Smoky Mountains 75th Anniversary

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline In 1940, the year that the park was dedicated the park played host to not only President Roosevelt on September 2, but it also saw almost million visitors throughout the year. Although that may not seem like many compared to our 9 million visitors a year that we get now, at the time it was more than any other national park in the country. The recent construction completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps throughout the park was serving this public well. But, just over a year...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline Smokies Announces Status of North Shore Road Environmental Impact Statement Date: May 25, 2007 Contact: Bob Miller, (865) 436-1207 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent, Dale A. Ditmanson, has announced that the National Park Service (NPS) has begun preparation of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which was undertaken to resolve the long-standing issues regarding the proposed North Shore Road in the Swain County, NC area of the Park. As currently drafted...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline In 1940, the year that the park was dedicated the park played host to not only President Roosevelt on September 2, but it also saw almost million visitors throughout the year. Although that may not seem like many compared to our 9 million visitors a year that we get now, at the time it was more than any other national park in the country. The recent construction completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps throughout the park was serving this public well. But, just over a year...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline by Edwin C. Bearss Arno Cammerer was born in Arapahoe, Nebraska, in 1893, son of a Lutheran pastor. At Georgetown University Law School, he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1911. When Horace Albright was named superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and field assistant to Director Stephen Mather in 1919, Cammerer, whom they both knew and respected, was their choice as assistant director to succeed Albright. In the spring of 1922, Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline by Marian Albright Schenck Horace Albright was born in Bishop, California, January 6,1890. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1912. While confidential secretary to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane, he attended night school at Georgetown University to attain his law degree, and was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and California. He was appointed assistant director of the National Park Service when it was established, but was...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline North Carolina's Clean Smokestacks Act Secretary William G. Ross, Jr. N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources North Carolina's General Assembly enacted legislation in 2002 that could provide a model for other states in controlling multiple air pollutants from old coal-fired power plants. The Clean Smokestacks Act, signed by Governor Mike Easley in June, requires power companies to reduce their smog- and haze-forming emissions by approximately three-fourths over the...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline Adelgid infestations are easily recognizable by the appearance of tiny “cotton balls” at the base of hemlock needles. Eastern hemlock trees are some of the largest and most common trees in the Great Smoky Mountains. Unfortunately, they are under attack from a non-native insect called the hemlock woolly adelgid. Without successful intervention, the hemlock woolly adelgid is likely to kill most of the hemlock trees in the park. Called the "redwood of the east,"...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline Research Information Seed Grants Teacher Workshops About Purchase Knob Field Trips DON MCGOWAN PHOTO Student researchers assist with Beetle inventory. About the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at Purchase Knob Located at 5000 feet in Haywood County on the North Carolina side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center is part of a network of what will be 32 research learning centers supporting research and education...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline "It's fun because you're learning about the area you live in, and I think it helps you love the mountains more because you understand them better." Katie, 7th grade student Pi Beta Phi Elementary School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Smoky Mountain Classrooms are environmental education programs available to area schools in North Carolina and Tennessee. The programs utilize park rangers as primary instructors with assistance from teachers. The park's outdoor "classrooms"...

Pre 1900's - 1920's | 1930's | 1940's | 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's Back to the Smokies Timeline Willfully approaching within 50 yards (150 feet), or any distance that disturbs or displaces elk, is illegal in the park. Violation of this federal regulation can result in fines and arrest. Do not enter fields to view elk—remain by the roadside and use binoculars, telephoto lens, or a spotting scope to view the animals. KEN WILSON PHOTO Radio collars allow the park to monitor the elk. The experimental release of elk into Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in February...