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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Grandfather Mountain Nature Park
2050 Blowing Rock Hwy Linville
Grandfather Mountain State Park
  • Lodging
  • US NC SP
9872 Hwy 105 S E side of Grandfather Mountain

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

Places »

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Grandfather Golf and Country Club

Geography »

Physiography
Physiographic feature Mountain

Data »

Particulars for Grandfather Mountain:
Historic Use Natural Feature
Sight Category Terrestrial Feature




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