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The men who measured it, and the camps that built the paths

Elisha Mitchell, the CCC, and what a survey settles.

Young men with hand tools built most of the paths — Civilian Conservation Corps camps of the 1930s cut the trails, built the shelters and planted the slopes.

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Young men with hand tools built most of the pathsHISTORIESCivilian Conservation Corps camps of the 1930s cut the trails, built the shelters and planted the slopes. Much of what feels ancient is ninety years old.
A number ended the argument about the mountainHISTORIESBarometric measurement in the 1830s and 1840s was contested, personal and finally decisive.

MOUNTAINS THE GORGES THE COAST RIVERS WHAT LIVES HERE