Trivia 1-11-17 Mountain Man

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The mountain is Clingman's Dome, named after NC Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman

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From:
The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes
by Victoria Logue,Frank Logue,Leonard Adkins
https://books.google.de/books?id=W4...Hd8DChwQ6AEIMjAD#v=onepage&q=clingman&f=false

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Lanier_Clingman&oldid=724052781
 
For some reason, most of the Clingman's Dome sites (including the NPS) either don't mention who is honored by the name or merely say he was a Senator. (I don't include Wiki as a source even though it does give the correct info).

Fortunately, North Carolina is able to use the dirty word "Confederate" without shame

This is what used to cover Clingman's Dome:
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Clingman, Thomas Lanier
by H. Thomas Kearney, Jr., 1979
27 July 1812–3 Nov. 1897
Thomas Lanier Clingman, antebellum political leader, Civil War general, and propagandist for Western North Carolina development, was born at Huntsville in Surry (now Yadkin) County...... After the war, Clingman was prohibited from returning to politics by the amnesty provisions. Consequently, he turned to a career as a propagandist for Western North Carolina development. He lectured and wrote extensively about the mountain region and continued scientific studies of the area begun before the war. In the 1850s he had engaged in a running dispute with Dr. Elisha Mitchell of The University of North Carolina about the location of the highest peak in the Black Mountain range. Ultimately, Mitchell's name was given to the highest mountain in the range and Clingman's was given to another peak on the same ridge. The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains was also named for him (Clingman's Dome).
http://www.visitmysmokies.com/blog/smoky-mountains/mountains-get-names/
http://www.ncpedia.org/biography/clingman-thomas-lanier

NCpedia highlights North Carolina's unique resources, people, and culture to enrich, educate and inform.It is coordinated and managed by the North Carolina Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina, a part of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
 
Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman CSA

The peak is Clingman's Dome, At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest mountain east of the Mississippi. Only Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. Craig (6,647), both located in Mt. Mitchell State Park in western North Carolina, rise higher. The observation tower on the summit of Clingmans Dome offers spectacular 360° views of the Smokies and beyond for visitors willing to climb the steep half-mile walk to the tower at the top.
 
Per http://www.ncpedia.org/biography/clingman-thomas-lanier:
Thomas Lanier Clingman
"Though he had no military experience, he was commissioned in September 1861 as colonel and head of the Twenty-fifth North Carolina Regiment; in August 1862 he was made a brigadier general. He served without special distinction in Eastern North Carolina and Virginia, taking part in the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia near the end of the war."

"The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains was also named for him (Clingman's Dome)."
 
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