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Big Tom Wilson
Record #:
3560
Author(s):
Silver, Tim
Abstract:
The state's most famous mountain man was Big Tom Wilson, who was a noted guide, tracker, bear hunter, and master story teller. However, it was leading a search party to find Elisha Mitchell's body in 1857 that brought him nationwide fame.
Source:
Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x),
Vol. 61 Issue 11, Nov 1997
,
p
18-23, il, por
Subject(s):
Mountain people
;
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
;
Mountain life
;
Wilson, Thomas David, 1825-1909
Full Text:
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/wildlife-in-north-carolina-1997-november/1201747?item=1201809