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In the spring of 1867, after recovering from a serious eye injury, John Muir was trekking across western North Carolina. He was a young man of twenty-nine, and his great fame as a conservationist lay years ahead of him. He recorded his travel experiences across the postwar South in THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF, published in 1916. Nickens retraces Muir's journey through what is now the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
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40463
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Hugh MacRae Morton, famed photographer, had an appreciation of the area around Grandfather Mountain perhaps more akin to individuals like John Muir, co-founder of the Sierra Club. As for Morton's grandfather and former owner of Grandfather Mountain, Hugh McRae, his appreciation of the region leaned more toward development than conservation, as demonstrated by his ownership of Linville Improvement Company.
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Morton family; Morton, Hugh MacRae, 1921-2006; MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951; Linville Improvement Company--Hugh MacRae; Muir, John, 1838-1914; Grandfather Mountain State Park--History; Grandfather Mountain--history; Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (Linville); Linville Gorge; Logging railroads--History; Sierra Club--North Carolina; MacRae Meadows (Avery County); Linville Company--see also Linville Improvement Company ; Highlands--Description and travel; Highlands--history