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America\u2019s first National Parks were created out West.\u00a0 By the early 20th<\/sup> century, Easterners who feared the loss of nature in their rapidly industrializing region wanted their own park.\u00a0 Businessmen and outdoorsmen in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, led by the well-known author Horace Kephart, pushed their region for its location.\u00a0 Funds provided by the Federal government, the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, the Rockefeller Family Foundation, and a children\u2019s penny crusade made the dream come true in 1940 when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated.\u00a0 Over a half million beautiful mountain acres containing an extraordinary range of plant and animal life were preserved for the enjoyment of future generations of hiker, campers, and fishermen.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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America\u2019s first National Parks were created out West.\u00a0 By the early 20th<\/sup> century, Easterners who feared the loss of nature in their rapidly industrializing region wanted their own park.\u00a0 Businessmen and outdoorsmen in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, led by the well-known author Horace Kephart, pushed their region for its location.\u00a0 Funds provided by the Federal government, the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, the Rockefeller Family Foundation, and a children\u2019s penny crusade made the dream come true in 1940 when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated.\u00a0 Over a half million beautiful mountain acres containing an extraordinary range of plant and animal life were preserved for the enjoyment of future generations of hiker, campers, and fishermen.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>

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