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Online Exhibit: Dick's Creek: Visiting Camp Toco

Photographs of Camp Toco

Horace Kephart added these photographs of his first camp in western North Carolina to the first page of his personal album. This semi-permanent camp served as his home for nearly three months before he relocated to Hazel Creek. Here, Kephart began his observations of the region and its people in preparation for future publications.

The upper right photograph was used in Our Southern Highlanders with the caption "The Author's First Camp in the Smokies." This can be found on page 16 of the 1922 revised edition.

Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma is presented by Hunter Library Special Collections and the Mountain Heritage Center. This project was supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Disclaimer: These items are presented as part of the historical record and not meant to be advisory in “how-to” methods of camping, or other activities. This site includes historical materials that may contain negative stereotypes or language reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place including terminology that may not be deemed appropriate today.