Also had the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the resting place of Horace Kephart, the man who cataloged so many of pur customs and culture in his excellent book 'Our Southern Highlanders', which brought Appalachia into the living rooms of thousand of Americans and shed light on a dark, mysterious, unknown and forgotten land. Mr Kephart was also instrumental in the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, allowing our most rugged and wild spaces to be preserved for many generations to come.