Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | Area | |
Grandfather Mountain Nature Park |
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2050 | Blowing Rock Hwy | Linville | |
Grandfather Mountain State Park |
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9872 | Hwy 105 S | E side of Grandfather Mountain |
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1794/08/30 | Andre Michaux | Visitor | French botanist Andre Michaux climbs Grandfather Mountain, believing he has ascended the highest peak in North America. | |||
1898/09/25 | John Muir | Visitor | Charles S Sargent, William M Canby and John Muir climb Grandfather Mountain "covered with very fine flowers, shrubs and trees". "I couldn't hold in, and began to jump about and sing and glory in it all." JM | |||
1898/09/25 | William M Canby | Visitor | Naturalist John Muir coaxes botanist Charles Sprague Sargent and banker William M Canby to join him in a climb to the ridge of Grandfather Mountain. | |||
1898/09/25 | Charles Sprague Sargent | Visitor | Sixty year old John Muir persuades Charles S Sargent and William M Canby to hike to the ridge of Grandfather Mountain. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
Grandfather Golf and Country Club |
Physiography | |
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Physiographic feature | Mountain |
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Historic Use | Natural Feature |
Sight Category | Terrestrial Feature |
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