Smoky Mountain Explorers Gallery

Camp set up by Carlos Campbell. (Courtesy of Rebecca Campbell Arrants)
Sky-Line Profile of the mountain peaks by Harry Ijams, 1930. From a 1930s promotional brochure. (Paul James)
Peregrine Falcon nestlings photographed by Brockway Crouch, 1920s.
Map of the "Proposed" Smokies, drawn by Harry Ijams, 1930. From a 1930s promotional brochure. (Paul James)
Visitors to the first official campsite on Mt Le Conte, July, 1925. (Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archive)
Jim Thompson photograph from 1930s promotional brochure (Paul James)
Thompson Bros photograph from 1930s promotional brochure (Paul James)
Thompson Bros photograph from 1930s promotional brochure (Paul James)
Thompson Bros photograph from 1930s promotional brochure (Paul James)
"Grandpa Le Conte" by Carlos Campbell. (Courtesy of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archive)
Ramsey Cascades photographed by Carlos Campbell. (Courtesy of Rebecca Campbell Arrants)
Harry Ijams and friends in the Smokies, 1920s (Ijams family collection)
Great Smokies Map drawn by Harry Ijams, as featured in the Knoxville News-Sentinel's Golden Jubilee Edition in July, 1936. (Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains National park Archive.)
Indian Gap Highway Postcard (Courtesy of Brian and Heather Buckberry)
Myrtle Point Postcard (Courtesy of Brian and Heather Buckberry)
Huggins Hell Postcard (Courtesy of Brian and Heather Buckberry)
Strip 1 of Smoky Mountains Poster Stamps by Harry Ijams, circa 1937. (Courtesy of Paul James)
Strip 2 of Smoky Mountains Poster Stamps by Harry Ijams, circa 1937. (Courtesy of Paul James)
Strip 3 of Smoky Mountains Poster Stamps by Harry Ijams, circa 1937. (Courtesy of Paul James)
Strip 4 of Smoky Mountains Poster Stamps by Harry Ijams, circa 1937. (Courtesy of Paul James)
Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, hiking party to Mt. Harrison, 1927. (Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archive)