Woman reading and man holding hat and paper in front of large tree, Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Poplar on; Big Locust Nature Trail, II-Tn-5434, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Entrance sign to Spruce-Fir Nature Trail, North Carolina, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Entrance sign to Spruce Fir Nature Trail.Spruce fir Nature Trail, II-Tn-5430, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Pine Oak Trail Sign
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Pine Oak Trail Sign, II-A-Sign-3314, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Signs
Profile of Grandfather mountain trails, Section 2H, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
Stack rock creek bridge survey, Section 2H, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
The Buckeye Trail sign surrounded by shrubs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Buckeye Trail Sign, II-A-Sign-3316, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Signs
The Spruce-Fir Trail sign surrounded by shrubs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Spruce-Fir Trail Sign, II-A-Sign-3317, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Signs
view of men working on construction of trail, Smokemont, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trail under construction by APW 1963.Smokemont Horse Concession, II-HC-Sm-7587, Physical Facilities - Horse Concession Facilities - Smokemont Stables
Trail site, Gillespie gap, Section 2L, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2L.
Tanawha trail, Price park to Grandfather mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
Tanawha trail, Calloway peak overlook to Rough ridge parking area, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
Work on Elliott Key Trail after Hurricane Andrew, September 1992
Biscayne National Park; National Park Service
Elliott Key Trail.
Development plan from Linn cove to Stock rock, Section 2H, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
Entrance sign to Buckeye Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Buckeye Nature Trail; entrance sign, II-Tn-5448, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Profile of Grandfather mountain showing proposed Blue Ridge Parkway, Section 2H, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina Section 2H.
View of trail, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7935, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Man and young boy looking at large tree on Ramsey Cascades Trail, Tennessee, 1958
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ramsey Cascades Trail.Yellow Poplar, I-F-Tree-5490, Natural Features - Flora - Trees
Dark image of shrubs around broken tree, Big Locust Nature Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust Nature Trail; Broken basswood, II-Tn-5444, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Spruce trees with horizontal limbs along Boulevard Trail, 1958
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
12 upright spruce seedlings. Along Boulevard Trail, with horizontal limb on which several spruce trees are growing.Yellow Birch, I-F-Tree-5491, Natural Features - Flora - Trees
1958-08
Dark view of many thin trees surrounding larger tree, Big Locust Nature Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust Nature Trail; Basswood clump, II-Tn-5445, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Lighter view of many thin trees surrounding larger tree, Big Locust Nature Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust Nature Trail; Basswood clump, II-Tn-5446, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Entrance sign to Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust Nature Trail; Entrance Sign, II-Tn-5436, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Aerial view, parking area at proposed nature trail, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1966
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Ocracoke Island parking area at start of proposed nature trail; 66SN/NT. Ocracoke Island parking area at start of proposed nature trail.
Distant view of entrance sign to Spruce-Fir Trail, Spruce-Fir Nature Trail, North Carolina, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Spruce fir Nature Trail; Entrance sign, II-Tn-5447, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Rocky path through trees, Bradley Fork, North Carolina, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bradley Fork OCO-145,Flood Damage; Flood of January 22, 1959, IV-D-3447, Miscellaneous - Disasters (Fires; floods; accidents; plane crashes; landslides; snow storm damage)
Entrance Sign to Pine-Oak Trail, Tennessee, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Pine Oak Nature Trail; Entrance sign, II-Tn-5450, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Informational sign at beginning of Smokemont Nature Trail, North Carolina, 1960
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Information sign at start of the Smokemont nature trail.Smokemont Nature Trail Sign, II-A-Sign-3671, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Signs
Darker image of Cades Cove Vista Nature Trail sign, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Polaroid print of sign enclosed- numbered II-A-Sign3315a-no neg.Cades Cove Vista Nature Trail Sign, II-A-Sign-3315, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Signs
View of trail and small bridge, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trail and small bridge. Of interest is the means of handrail support of the footbridge. At this point the trail follows an abandoned roadbed, and branches in the background.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7938, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of large fallen stump, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Large fallen stump of scenic value alongside trail. Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Cosby Nature Trail, Work Order No. R-15 GRSM. Completion report photo.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7939, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Bottom of a cut down tree marked 4 on top, Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust Nature Trail; Point #4, II-Tn-5432, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Three people signing register at entrance to Big Locust Nature Trail, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
3 persons signing register at nature trail entrance, Nature Trail, II-Tn-5443, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
1959-06-08
Trail sign at the start of the loop, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trail sign at the start of the loop. Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Cosby nature trail, Work Order No. R-15 GRSM. Completion report photo.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7936, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Entrance sign to Cades Cove Vista Nature Trail, Tennessee, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Entrance sign.Cades Cove Vista Nature Trail, II-Tn-5449, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Base of large tree surrounded by rocks and other smaller trees, Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Poplar on Big Locust; Nature Trail, II-Tn-5431, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Bottom of cut down tree marked 8 in front of large tree, Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Locust on; Big Locust Nature Trail, II-Tn-5433, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Couple standing with brochure next to entrance sign for Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Entrance sign with couple standing by it.Big Locust Nature Trail, II-Tn-5440, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
Wood sign and leaflet box for Mids Branch Nature Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1975
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mids Branch Nature Trail sign and leaflet box. Routed wood with white leathers.Nature trail leaflet box, II-A-Sign-17696
Man and woman holding brochure next to entrance sign for Big Locust Nature Trail, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Couple standing by entrance sign of Big Locust Nature Trail. Big Locust Nature Trail, II-Tn-5442, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
1959-06-08
Group of six stands at bottom of trail with brochure in hand, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing leaflet in hands. Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Vertical.Family Group using Self-Guided Nature Trail, II-Tn-5633, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
1959-06-08
Group of four stands at bottom of trail with brochure in hand, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing leaflet in hands. Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Vertical.Family Group using Self-Guided Nature Trail, II-Tn-5632, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
1959-06-08
Couple in shorts standing with brochure next to entrance sign for Big Locust Nature Trail, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Entrance sign with couple (in shorts) standing by it.Big Locust Nature Trail, II-Tn-5441, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
1959-06-08
Two adults reading paper while two children rest on log, Big Locust Nature Trail, circa 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Visitors using nature trail. Two resting on log at side of trail.Nature trail, II-Tn-5435, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Circa 1959
View of rocks and tree bottom, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7924, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of nature trail path, Elkmont Campground, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Elkmont campground. Word Order No. R-11 GRSM. Connecting trail between the Elkmont campground and the nature trail. View looking at incline towards the road crossing and start of the nature trail.Elkmont Nature Trail; Mids. Branch Nature Trail, II-T-Tn-7517, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Small footbridge crossing for intermittent stream, Cosby Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7931, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of nature trail through a stand of small native trees, Elkmont campground, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Elkmont campground. Work Order No. R-11 GRSM. Nature trail winds through a stand of small native trees. The wood stake and large rock on extreme right of photo shows location of an interpretive marker. The routed plastic marker was removed by vandals.0, II-T-Tn-7509, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of stream through tree leaves, Cosby Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7930, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of foot bridge at start of trail, Elkmont campground, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Elkmont campground. Work Order No. R-11-GSM. Footlong bridge at start of trail. Improvements made to steps and rock wall.Elkmont Nature Trail; Mids. Branch Nature Trail, II-T-Tn-7504, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
view of parking area and road with two cars parked, Elkmont campground, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Elkmont campground. Work Order No. R-11 GRSM. Parking area in foreground and road, Route 4, in background. Connecting trail to Elkmont campground to the right of the photo.Elkmont Nature Trail; Mids. Branch Nature Trail, II-T-Tn-7506, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Combination name sign and pamphlet box at start of nature trail, Elkmont campground, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Elkmont Campground Work Order No. R-11 GRSM. Combination name sign and pamphlet box at start of nature trail.Elkmont Nature Trail; Mids. Branch Nature Trail, II-T-Tn-7503, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Name sign and pamphlet box at beginning of Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Combination name sign and pamphlet box at beginning of nature trail. Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Cosby Nature Trail, Cosby campground, Work Order No. R-15 GRSM.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7923, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
View of a major stream crossing along the Cosby nature trail, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Major stream crossing along the Cosby nature trail. Note size of man on footbridge. Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers. Cosby nature trail, Work order No. R-15 GRSM. Completion report photo.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7937, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
Detail of small footbridge crossing intermittent stream, Cosby nature trail, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of small footbridge crossing intermittent stream. Self-guided nature trail with signs and markers, Cosby Nature Trail, Work Order No. R-15 GRSM. Completion report photo.Cosby Nature Trail, II-Tn-7927, Physical Facilities - Trails - Nature trails, Spruce Fir, Big Locust, Buckeye, Cades Cove Vista, Pine Oak, Junglebrook, Sugarlands, Cosby; Elkmont (Mids Branch)
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