Lori explores the history of the Great Smoky Mountains Civilian Conservation Corp Camps including a quick review of Kephart Prong Trail and the CCC camp relics found there.

See Lori's Kephart Prong trail video here.

She also interviews Liz Skene of Western Carolina University's Hunter Library about their digital archives and how the archives are enabling people to learn about the rich history of Western North Carolina. Explore the WCU digital archives here.

Dig into the collection of Kephart Prong digital artifacts and the Great Smoky Mountains collection.


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Music track "Two Mountains at a Time" from Live at the Fillmore by Pachyderm, used under the Creative Commons license. 

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