Record #:

41248

Author(s):

Perko, Gary V.

Abstract:

The claim for ownership of a mountain was waged for over a century and involved locals, state and federal authorities, and private interest groups. Officially, much of the land around Mount Mitchell currently belongs to the government. Continuing conservation efforts suggest, though, that ownership, as defined by a sense of responsibility, is still the province of the public.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 95 Issue 1, January 2018, p47-88

Subject(s):

Mount Mitchell--History; Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857; Conservation of natural resources--Mount Mitchell; Blount, John Gray, 1752-1833; Strother, John, d. 1815; Love, Robert, 1760-1845; Swain, David Lowry, 1801-1868; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--Wilson Library--North Carolina Collection; Wilson, Thomas David, 1825-1909--see also Big Tom Wilson ; Clingman, T.L. (Thomas Lanier), 1812-1897; Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894; Bailey, John Lancaster, 1785-1874; Craig, Locke, 1860-1924; Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy