Horace Kephart

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Horace Kephart

American naturalist

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Appalachian Mountains
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It remained for Horace Kephart, a St. Louis, Missouri, librarian turned naturalist who came to the southern mountains in 1904, to bring the isolated and scenic region to national attention. From his writings grew the interest and impetus that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains…
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It remained for Horace Kephart, a St. Louis, Missouri, librarian turned naturalist who came to the southern mountains in 1904, to bring the isolated and scenic region to national attention. From his writings grew the interest and impetus that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains…
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