Recreating Appalachia: Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, 1922-1972
Sirna AR. 2015. Recreating Appalachia: Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, 1922-1972. Middle Tennessee State University
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) is situated at the intersection of three states—Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia—at the narrow pass in the mountains used by eighteenth-century pioneers travelling along the Wilderness Road. This dissertation examines the development of the park from 1922 to 1972 and reveals how the National Park Service sought to remake the Appalachian region by reshaping the landscape. The dissertation offers a critical framework for interpreting national park landscapes by examining the relationships between and among Cumberland Gap NHP's natural, historical, and recreational qualities and how they have changed over time. It is critical to understand these relationships, because they shape how a park looks, feels, and functions and often reveal larger cultural values embedded in a park's landscape.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Sirna, Angela
- Date of Issue
- 2015-05
- Publisher
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Units
- CUGA , HIST
- Keywords
- CCC, Ciivil Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Dissertation, Farm Security Administration, Great Society, HABS, HAER, HALS, Job Corps, New Deal, Park History, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, VISTA, Works Progress Administration, WPA