North Carolina, Swain County, near Cherokee
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The high, rounded mountain in front of you is Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet elevation), the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest in Tennessee, and the third highest in the eastern United States. It bears the name of Thomas Lanier Clingman, explorer, politician, promoter, and Civil War general, who measured mountains here in the mid-1800s.
Clingman, and scientists Arnold Guyot, Samuel Buckley, and John Le Conte, measured mountains using barometers considered crude by today's standards. They used the instruments to measure atmospheric pressure at the mountain summits. Later they would compare the measurement to pressure readings taken by colleagues at the exact same point in time from known lowland elevations.
Using complicated mathematical formulas, considering air temperature, humidity, latitude, and other variables, the scientists calculated a mountain's elevation. As you explore the park you might notice that the highest peaks bear these names—Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet), Mount Guyot (6,621 feet), and Mount Le Conte (6,593 feet).
Charles A. Webb
This overlook is named for Charles A. Webb, editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times in the early 1930s. Webb's strong and influential voice helped lead the fight to establish Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Top Six Eastern Peaks
All located in North Carolina and Tennessee
• Mt. Mitchell—6,684 feet (2037 m)
• Mt. Craig—6,647 ft (2026 m)
• Clingmans Dome*—6,643 ft (2025 m)
• Mt. Guyot*—6,621 ft (2018 m)
• Balsam Cone—6,611 ft (2015 m)
• Mt. Le Conte*—6,593 ft (2010 m)
(New Hampshire's Mt. Washington, at 6,288 feet (1917 m), is the 17th highest peak in the East)
(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The high, rounded mountain in front of you is Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet elevation), the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest in Tennessee, and the third highest in the eastern United States. It bears the name of Thomas Lanier Clingman, explorer, politician, promoter, and Civil War general, who measured mountains here in the mid-1800s.
Clingman, and scientists Arnold Guyot, Samuel Buckley, and John Le Conte, measured mountains using barometers considered crude by today's standards. They used the instruments to measure atmospheric pressure at the mountain summits. Later they would compare the measurement to pressure readings taken by colleagues at the exact same point in time from known lowland elevations.
Using complicated mathematical formulas, considering air temperature, humidity, latitude, and other variables, the scientists calculated a mountain's elevation. As you explore the park you might notice that the highest peaks bear these names—Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet), Mount Guyot (6,621 feet), and Mount Le Conte (6,593 feet).
Charles A. Webb
This overlook is named for Charles A. Webb, editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times in the early 1930s. Webb's strong and influential voice helped lead the fight to establish Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Top Six Eastern Peaks
All located in North Carolina and Tennessee
• Mt. Mitchell—6,684 feet (2037 m)
• Mt. Craig—6,647 ft (2026 m)
• Clingmans Dome*—6,643 ft (2025 m)
• Mt. Guyot*—6,621 ft (2018 m)
• Balsam Cone—6,611 ft (2015 m)
• Mt. Le Conte*—6,593 ft (2010 m)
(New Hampshire's Mt. Washington, at 6,288 feet (1917 m), is the 17th highest peak in the East)
(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Pennsylvania public official and lifelong Scranton resident, Casey served as State Senator, 1962-66; First Vice President of Pa. Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; Auditor General, 1969-77; and Governor, 1987-95. As governor he pioneered the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a national model, and landmark environmental reforms such as the PENNVEST clean water program. He achieved national stature for his ardent pro-life stance.
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The Dolphin Club, in cooperation with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, maintains this facility to accomodate it program of open water swimming and rowing in San Francisco Bay.
Henry Woodward played a vital role in the success of Charles Towne. He spoke several Indian languages, had lived with a Carolina tribe for almost two years and often acted as an ambassador for the colonists among the Native Americans.
March 30, 1863, USA force of 1,250 under General Q. A. Gillmore overtook 1,550 Confederate cavalry under Gen. John Pegram, here. Five hour battle resulted. CSA driven from one position to another, withdrew during night across Cumberland. Killed, wounded, missing, CSA 200 and USA 30. On nine day expedition into Ky., CSA had captured 750 cattle and took 537 across river.
First named Point Isabel. Settled about 1800 by pioneers from the Carolinas and Virginia. During the Civil War the Union army, in 1863, set up a troop rendezvous and supply base here as a prelude to East Tennessee campaign of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. The area became known as Camp Burnside in official dispatches and the name Burnside was retained after war.
