Jackson County Genealogical Society Meeting

Description

Paul Adams and the First Permanent Camp on Mount Le Conte is the name of the Jackson County Genealogical Society’s October program.  The presenter will be author and University of Tennessee professor, Ken Wise, who is also co-director of the Great Smoky Mountain Regional Project.  His books include Terra Incognita: An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934 (co-editor), Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains, and A Natural History of Mount Le Conte.  Wise will describe Paul Adams, his appointment as custodian of Mount Le Conte in 1925, and how he began the Basin Spring camp, now known as LeConte Lodge.


The program will begin at 7pm in the Community Room in the courthouse wing of Jackson County Library on Thursday, October 13^th.  All JCGS events are free of charge and the public is welcome.  For more information see us on Facebook or call 631-2646.