It is named for a clergyman and geologist who fell to his death in a gorge two miles from its summit.
It is named for a clergyman and geologist who fell to his death in a gorge two miles from its summit. Fraser fir and red spruce gives its crest a decidedly Canadian feel, although the first have been damaged extensively by the woolly aphid and acide rain. Part of the 1 billion year-old black mountain chain, it is also part of the oldest state park in North Carolina. FTP, identify this highest American mountain east of the Mississippi.
It is named for a clergyman and geologist who fell to his death in a gorge two miles from its summit.
{Mount Mitchell}