GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS ASSOCIATION

Supporting the perpetual preservation of
Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Horace Kephart on the first Mount Kephart. Photo by George Masa.
Word from the Smokies

What Horace Kephart can teach us about solitude, simplicity, and stillness

This article was originally published in 2020. We are sharing again in honor of Horace Kephart’s birthday, September 8, 1862. “Mountains! Think of them; speak of them; look upon them!… Here they are in all their majesty and abundance.”  These words were written in 1905 by Isaiah Kephart, who supported

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