Record #:

2583

Author(s):

Paysour, Buck

Abstract:

Elisha Mitchell, scientist, minister, and University of North Carolina professor, lost his life trying to prove that Black Dome, now called Mount Mitchell, was the highest peak in the Eastern United States.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 6, Nov 1995, p33-35, il

Subject(s):

Mount Mitchell; Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857