Links to...cultural resource information

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Lichens almost obscure the names etched into this historic gravestone in the park.

NPS photo by Ben Zank.

Click on these links to find more information about the topics in this Dispatch:

Great Smoky Mountains Culture and People:

• People of the Smokies
• Brief history of the Cherokee people
• Biographies of park founders
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Books and information for sale from the Great Smoky Mountains Association
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

Archeology Information

• Society for American Archaeology (SAA)

National Historic Buildings & Information

• American Memory collections of Library of Congress photographs and images
• Built in America: for teachers
• Heritage Documentation Programs

To find more information about volunteering opportunities or internships with vegetation managers, visit these links:

• Volunteers in Parks (VIP) program
• Serve
• Student Conservation Association: high school conservation crews and college/post-college internships.

Return to Dispatches from the Field: Cultural Resources.