Fifty Years of Mountain Logging

Fifty Years of Mountain Logging (HMD72)

Location: Bryson City, NC 28713 Swain County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 35.38', W 83° 23.959'

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Commercial logging became widespread in the Smokies around 1880, about fifty years before the establishment of the national park. Loggers using hand tools an animal teams took maple, poplar, cherry, walnut, and other choice woods.

Mechanized logging began in the early 1900s and often included clear cutting of all trees over ten inches in diameter. By the 1940s when the last large tracts had been bought, nearly 65 percent of the forest had been cut.

Logging is prohibited in the park. Today new stands of trees flourish in the logged sections.
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HM NumberHMD72
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Date Added Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 5:18am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 282619 N 3941087
Decimal Degrees35.58966667, -83.39931667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 35.38', W 83° 23.959'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 35' 22.80" N, 83° 23' 57.54" W
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Area Code(s)828
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 207 Unnamed Road, Bryson City NC 28713, US
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