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Further Reading:
Britannica - Appalachian Mountains: https://www.britannica.com/place/Appa...
Scott Weidensaul - Mountains of the Heart: http://www.scottweidensaul.com/mounta...
Paul B. Alaback - Comparative ecology of temperate rainforests of the Americas along analogous climatic gradients: https://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/19...
Gaffin, David & Hotz, David. (2000). A Precipitation and Flood Climatology with Synoptic Features of Heavy Rainfall across the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 24. 3-15: https://www.weather.gov/mrx/heavyrain...
Jenkins, M. A. (2007). Vegetation Communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist, 6, 35–56: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4540998
WCU - Biodiversity of Highlands: https://highlandsbiological.org/biodi...
FWS - Endangered Ecosystems: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/download...
NPS: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature...
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/onlin...
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature...
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature...
Elisha Mitchell: https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/elisha...
Mount Mitchell State Park: https://bit.ly/45KeeeX
Brown, M. L. (1992). Captains of Tourism: Selling a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains. Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, 4, 42–49: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41445620
Pierce, D. (1998). The Barbarism of the Huns: Family and Community Remoal in the Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 57(1), 62–79: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42627398
Audubon - George Masa: https://bit.ly/4cjmMf9
Robert Moor - On Trails: https://bit.ly/3VFS2hj
French, L., & Hornbuckle, J. (Eds.). (1981). The Cherokees—Then And Now. In The Cherokee Perspective: Written by Eastern Cherokees (pp. 3–43). Appalachian State University: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1xp3kws.7
Wild South - Cherokee Trails: https://bit.ly/4cjlvoi
James Mooney - Myths of the Cherokee: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45634...
Manen, Frank. (1994). Black bear habitat use in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: https://bit.ly/4cIma2J
Gloria Dickie - Eight Bears: https://www.gloriadickie.com/eight-bears
Maureen Enns: https://charlierussellbears.com/1997/...

Maps/Graphics:
LOC - Southern States: https://www.loc.gov/item/99447122/
Ice Age Migration: https://bit.ly/4cghbWY
Red Spruce range: https://bit.ly/45HPdkp
LOC - McConnell's historical maps of the United States: https://www.loc.gov/item/2009581130/
LOC - Proposed Park Boundary: https://www.loc.gov/item/99446149/
LOC - Great Smoky Map: https://www.loc.gov/item/81692179/
LOC - Indigenous Groups Map: https://www.loc.gov/item/2002622260/
Indian Land Cessions: https://bit.ly/3RLjyZU

Photos:
George Masa: https://georgemasaphotodatabase.com/
NPS: https://bit.ly/4cHen4T
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center

Newspapers:
Clingman's Peak: https://www.newspapers.com/article/fa...
Elisha Mitchell: https://www.newspapers.com/article/se...
Stock Market Crash: https://www.newspapers.com/article/mo...
Mount Mitchell State Park: https://www.newspapers.com/article/as...
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Great Smoky Park Establishment: https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
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Bears: https://www.newspapers.com/article/wi...
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0:00 - Intro
2:31 - The Forest
4:57 - The Trees
8:10 - The Park
12:02 - The Trails
15:18 - The Bears
17:55 - Outro

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