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The Tsali legend
Published: 2013-06-06 17:08:49Since the mid-1980s, I’ve been researching and writing about events surrounding the Cherokee removal of 1838, especially those pertaining to the capture and execution of Tsali — who thereby became a Cherokee martyr — and three of his sons. . A rece...
Read MoreGuyot’s Smokies
Published: 2013-06-05 18:53:52Paul Fink and Myron H. Avery were two of the foremost explorers of the Southern Appalachians — especially the Great Smoky Mountains — during the first half of the 20th century. In a paper they coauthored for “Appalachia” magazine in 1936, Fink an...
Read MoreBartram’s early accounts of Cowee
Published: 2013-06-05 18:18:44The preservation of the Cowee mound and village site alongside the Little Tennessee River in Macon County is truly significant in regard to this region’s cultural history. The Hall and Porter families are to be commended for making this possible throug...
Read MorePersecution of the dandelion
Published: 2013-06-05 16:59:45It seems that every lawn care commercial on TV or radio these days is aimed at touting a product which eradicates that obnoxious “weed” known as dandelion. What’s wrong with a few dandelions? Does everyone want a yard that looks like the putting gr...
Read MoreCherokee language and zoology
Published: 2013-06-05 16:06:41Doctoral dissertations don’t usually make for exciting reading. There are, however, exceptions. . Arlene Fradkin’s Cherokee Folk Zoology: The Animal World of a Native American People, 1700-1838 published in 1990 by Garland Publishing of New York and ...
Read MoreAudobon Society, here I come
Published: 2013-06-05 13:42:08Maybe someone heard my plea. For the last two weekends, the rain, for the most part, has stayed away, giving us at least one nice day without a drop to enjoy some time outdoors. And after having my first attempt to go birding cancelled because of the wea...
Read More“Tunnel-phobia” has gotten worse as years go by
Published: 2013-05-29 13:39:22Leading a field trip isn’t complicated. But there may be more to it than you suppose. It helps if you know ahead of time where you’re going to make stops; where to eat lunch; and where the bathrooms are situated. . On a scale of one-to-10 I’d give ...
Read MorePlants hitch a ride to the sun
Published: 2013-05-21 20:54:53A book I read about the Suwannee River featured numerous photographs of trees overhanging the waterway festooned with Spanish moss. Spanish moss isn’t, by the way, a true moss at all but a vascular plant that reproduces via tiny flowers. But it is an e...
Read MoreIdentifying birds
Published: 2013-05-15 14:28:59Although bird identification can be perplexing — baffling at times for even the most accomplished birders — the principles of identification are relatively simple. We recognize birds by their visual appearances and by their vocalizations. . Birds hav...
Read MoreA record-breaking weekend (part one)
Published: 2013-05-15 14:17:45What could be more fun than a weekend of fellowship and great birding? Maybe setting a new record for total number of species recorded during the annual Great Smoky Mountains Birding Expedition? . This year was the 29th installment of the Great Smoky Mou...
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