Large chestnut on Lynn Camp Prong, 1926Great Smoky Mountains National ParkOriginal Captions: Large chestnut on Lynn Camp Prong. See also III-P-4266 - Shelton family standing by this tree. Chestnut Tree; I-F-Tree-17364.Large chestnut on Lynn Camp Prong. See also III-P-4266 - Shelton family standing by this tree.Chestnut Tree, I-F-Tree-17364
Chestnut trees, Big MeadowsKings Mountain National Military ParkSND Trees 46-2-1 Ghsot Chestnut Trees 8/29/65 D. Black Big Meadows
American chestnut barkKings Mountain National Military Park46-2-1 Pastanea Dentata HH 346 6-28-64 Am. Chestnut Bark MB Overflow Campground
American chestnut fruitKings Mountain National Military Park46-2-1 Castamea Dentata HH 505 9/13/64 AM-Chestnut Trees B.M. Overflow Camp
Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935Great Smoky Mountains National ParkBoth dead and living chestnut were cut here. The living chestnut was all diseased and would be dead in three years or less...Cuting to thick for a slope as thick with chestnut and on as steep a slope...Area logged about 1927. Only dead chestnut should be cut to hold down sprouting...Debris not scattered. SE exposure...Cut in January 1935. X" painted on oak stump from which picture was taken.", Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4369, Miscellaneous
Dead Chestnut, Grassy Gap trail, 1935Great Smoky Mountains National ParkGrassy Gap trail. Chestnut, Dead, I-F-Tree-1066, Natural Features - Flora - Trees.
1935-01-29
Dead chestnut treesGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkThe chestnut blight killed chestnut trees. One CCC project was Fire Hazard reduction in which the dead chestnuts were removed to cut down the possibility of lightning striking them and starting forest fires. Collection of CCC negatives donated by John H. Horne, Greenville, NC who was in CCC during summer of 1936.Dead Chestnut Trees, III-C-CCC-16845, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp
Dead chestnut tree field, Black Camp Gap, North Carolina, 1959Great Smoky Mountains National ParkBlack Camp Gap. Taken for use in Exhibit #7 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Chestnut, one dead Chestnut tree against the sky, I-F-Tree-5728, Natural Features - Flora - Trees