Forest Conditions Western North Carolina – Vintage Print
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Step back in time with Forest Conditions Western North Carolina, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Forest Conditions Western North Carolina
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Logging was reshaping the mountains of western North Carolina when this 1909 view of forest conditions was made, showing the cutover land that timber companies left behind. Stripped slopes and stumps like these were common across the region in the early 1900s, as railroads and band saws pushed lumber operations deep into coves that had once been difficult to reach. The scene helps explain why the land that would become Great Smoky Mountains National Park was so contested. Conservationists who later fought for the park were responding in part to images like this one, which recorded how much of the old forest had already been lost.
| Created / published | 1909 |
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| Original scan | 8,352 × 5,182 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | np000167 Forest conditions of western North Carolina. 1909 |
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