![]() ![]() “It’s one thing to do an exhibit and have it all text-based,” says Jeff Futch, regional supervisor at the NCDCR. Other camping items in the exhibit include shoes, fishing lures, a lantern and map-making equipment. Some of the gear he used during his explorations is on display at NCDCR, including the prototype for the Kephart Sheath Knife, a design still used in the outdoors. He’s also the subject of an exhibit at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources that opens Wednesday.īest known for his books “Camping and Woodcraft” and “Our Southern Highlanders,” Kephart meticulously cataloged his adventures in the forests near Asheville with tips from people he met there in the early 1900s. ![]() Next time you hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, thank Horace Kephart, advocate for the park, avid outdoorsman and student of Appalachian customs. ![]()
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