It is home to the second-highest EPA air monitoring station in North America. Standing 6643 feet tall, it was named after a local politician and brigadier general for the Confederacy. Although he originally had hoped to have another nearby mountain named after him, after Dr. Elisha Mitchell fell off of it and died while trying to measure it, he agreed that Dr. Mitchell should be given the honors. For 10 points, name this Tennessee mountain, the highest mountain on the Appalachian Trail and the s
It is home to the second-highest EPA air monitoring station in North America. Standing 6643 feet tall, it was named after a local politician and brigadier general for the Confederacy. Although he originally had hoped to have another nearby mountain named after him, after Dr. Elisha Mitchell fell off of it and died while trying to measure it, he agreed that Dr. Mitchell should be given the honors. For 10 points, name this Tennessee mountain, the highest mountain on the Appalachian Trail and the second-highest east of the Mississippi river.
It is home to the second-highest EPA air monitoring station in North America.
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