Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Stories about a special landscape close to home.
🎧 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
🎥 Stock footage I use for my videos (additional two months free): bit.ly/307JPqG
Bear footage shot by Jared Kreiss: instagram.com/j_kreiss
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
📧 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/aidinrobbins
Further Reading:
Britannica - Appalachian Mountains: britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains
Scott Weidensaul - Mountains of the Heart: scottweidensaul.com/mountains-of-the-heart
Paul B. Alaback - Comparative ecology of temperate rainforests of the Americas along analogous climatic gradients: https://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1991/3/Alaback_1991.pdf
Gaffin, David & Hotz, David. (2000). A Precipitation and Flood Climatology with Synoptic Features of Heavy Rainfall across the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 24. 3-15: weather.gov/mrx/heavyrainclimo
Jenkins, M. A. (2007). Vegetation Communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist, 6, 35–56: jstor.org/stable/4540998
WCU - Biodiversity of Highlands: highlandsbiological.org/biodiversity-of-highlands-2
FWS - Endangered Ecosystems: ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/downloadfile/101448?reference=61075
NPS: nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/index.htm
nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/natural/5/nh5e.htm
nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/black-bears.htm
nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/dff309-focuspartner1.htm
Elisha Mitchell: ncpedia.org/anchor/elisha-mitchell-and-his
Mount Mitchell State Park: bit.ly/45KeeeX
Brown, M. L. (1992). Captains of Tourism: Selling a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains. Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, 4, 42–49: jstor.org/stable/41445620
Pierce, D. (1998). The Barbarism of the Huns: Family and Community Remoal in the Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 57(1), 62–79: jstor.org/stable/42627398
Audubon - George Masa: bit.ly/4cjmMf9
Robert Moor - On Trails: bit.ly/3VFS2hj
French, L., & Hornbuckle, J. (Eds.). (1981). The Cherokees—Then And Now. In The Cherokee Perspective: Written by Eastern Cherokees (pp. 3–43). Appalachian State University: doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1xp3kws.7
Wild South - Cherokee Trails: bit.ly/4cjlvoi
James Mooney - Myths of the Cherokee: gutenberg.org/files/45634/45634-h/45634-h.htm#s15
Manen, Frank. (1994). Black bear habitat use in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: bit.ly/4cIma2J
Gloria Dickie - Eight Bears: gloriadickie.com/eight-bears
Maureen Enns: charlierussellbears.com/1997/Beauty.html
Maps/Graphics:
LOC - Southern States: loc.gov/item/99447122
Ice Age Migration: bit.ly/4cghbWY
Red Spruce range: bit.ly/45HPdkp
LOC - McConnell's historical maps of the United States: loc.gov/item/2009581130
LOC - Proposed Park Boundary: loc.gov/item/99446149
LOC - Great Smoky Map: loc.gov/item/81692179
LOC - Indigenous Groups Map: loc.gov/item/2002622260
Indian Land Cessions: bit.ly/3RLjyZU
Photos:
George Masa: georgemasaphotodatabase.com
NPS: bit.ly/4cHen4T
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center
Newspapers:
Clingman's Peak: newspapers.com/article/fayetteville-semi-weekly-observer/150166725
Elisha Mitchell: newspapers.com/article/semi-weekly-standard/150167502
Stock Market Crash: newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus/150166759
Mount Mitchell State Park: newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times/150167091
newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news/150167121
newspapers.com/article/the-daily-free-press/150167140
Great Smoky Park Establishment: newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal-and-tribune/150166888
newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel/150166947
newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/150166923
newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times/150167004
newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal/150167024
Bears: newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal/150166843
newspapers.com/article/terrace-standard/150166815
bit.ly/3xoRuVe
0:00 - Intro
2:31 - The Forest
4:57 - The Trees
8:10 - The Park
12:02 - The Trails
15:18 - The Bears
17:55 - Outro
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)e
Stories about a special landscape close to home.
🎧 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
🎥 Stock footage I use for my videos (additional two months free): bit.ly/307JPqG
Bear footage shot by Jared Kreiss: instagram.com/j_kreiss
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
📧 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/aidinrobbins
Further Reading:
Britannica - Appalachian Mountains: britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains
Scott Weidensaul - Mountains of the Heart: scottweidensaul.com/mountains-of-the-heart
Paul B. Alaback - Comparative ecology of temperate rainforests of the Americas along analogous climatic gradients: https://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1991/3/Alaback_1991.pdf
Gaffin, David & Hotz, David. (2000). A Precipitation and Flood Climatology with Synoptic Features of Heavy Rainfall across the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 24. 3-15: weather.gov/mrx/heavyrainclimo
Jenkins, M. A. (2007). Vegetation Communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist, 6, 35–56: jstor.org/stable/4540998
WCU - Biodiversity of Highlands: highlandsbiological.org/biodiversity-of-highlands-2
FWS - Endangered Ecosystems: ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/downloadfile/101448?reference=61075
NPS: nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/index.htm
nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/natural/5/nh5e.htm
nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/black-bears.htm
nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/dff309-focuspartner1.htm
Elisha Mitchell: ncpedia.org/anchor/elisha-mitchell-and-his
Mount Mitchell State Park: bit.ly/45KeeeX
Brown, M. L. (1992). Captains of Tourism: Selling a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains. Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, 4, 42–49: jstor.org/stable/41445620
Pierce, D. (1998). The Barbarism of the Huns: Family and Community Remoal in the Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 57(1), 62–79: jstor.org/stable/42627398
Audubon - George Masa: bit.ly/4cjmMf9
Robert Moor - On Trails: bit.ly/3VFS2hj
French, L., & Hornbuckle, J. (Eds.). (1981). The Cherokees—Then And Now. In The Cherokee Perspective: Written by Eastern Cherokees (pp. 3–43). Appalachian State University: doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1xp3kws.7
Wild South - Cherokee Trails: bit.ly/4cjlvoi
James Mooney - Myths of the Cherokee: gutenberg.org/files/45634/45634-h/45634-h.htm#s15
Manen, Frank. (1994). Black bear habitat use in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: bit.ly/4cIma2J
Gloria Dickie - Eight Bears: gloriadickie.com/eight-bears
Maureen Enns: charlierussellbears.com/1997/Beauty.html
Maps/Graphics:
LOC - Southern States: loc.gov/item/99447122
Ice Age Migration: bit.ly/4cghbWY
Red Spruce range: bit.ly/45HPdkp
LOC - McConnell's historical maps of the United States: loc.gov/item/2009581130
LOC - Proposed Park Boundary: loc.gov/item/99446149
LOC - Great Smoky Map: loc.gov/item/81692179
LOC - Indigenous Groups Map: loc.gov/item/2002622260
Indian Land Cessions: bit.ly/3RLjyZU
Photos:
George Masa: georgemasaphotodatabase.com
NPS: bit.ly/4cHen4T
Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center
Newspapers:
Clingman's Peak: newspapers.com/article/fayetteville-semi-weekly-observer/150166725
Elisha Mitchell: newspapers.com/article/semi-weekly-standard/150167502
Stock Market Crash: newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus/150166759
Mount Mitchell State Park: newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times/150167091
newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news/150167121
newspapers.com/article/the-daily-free-press/150167140
Great Smoky Park Establishment: newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal-and-tribune/150166888
newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel/150166947
newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/150166923
newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times/150167004
newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal/150167024
Bears: newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal/150166843
newspapers.com/article/terrace-standard/150166815
bit.ly/3xoRuVe
0:00 - Intro
2:31 - The Forest
4:57 - The Trees
8:10 - The Park
12:02 - The Trails
15:18 - The Bears
17:55 - Outro
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)e
