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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

George Grant accompanied a survey team to the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1931. Leading the team was J. Ross Eakin, superintendent of Glacier National Park, who would become first superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains.
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GRSM_1931 Preliminary Survey Team

Conducting a preliminary survey of Great Smoky Mountains National Park's boundaries in 1931 are (l-r) Arthur P. Miller, John Needham, Superintendent J. Ross Eakin, O.J. Taylor and Charles E. Peterson. The survey party is shown looking at a map while stopped along Bradley Fork in North Carolina, November 16, 1931. National Park Service photograph by George A. Grant; Negative #57x.

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  • Rhododendron along Deep Creek. Planned Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1931.
  • Mountain View Hotel near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Planned Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1931.
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