Horace Kephart Days
Date and Time
Thursday May 14, 2015
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Friday, May 14, 2015
12 Noon-5PM
Saturday, May 15, 2015
9 AM-5PM
Location
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 E. Garrison Blvd.
Gastonia, NC 28054
Fees/Admission
Contact 704-866-6908 for fees.
Website
Description
Join with us in a celebration of the life and works of Horace Kephart - author, outdoorsman, and a founding father of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Kephart wrote the classic study of Appalachian mountain culture. (Our Southern Highlanders, 1913) and the encyclopedic guide to outdoor living (Camping and Woodcraft, 1906). Explore an on-site living history demonstration of camping in the early 20th century style. Saturday's activities include presentations by researchers and scholars, including the author's great granddaughter Libby Kephart Hargrave.
