Where Man Is Only a Visitor

Where Man Is Only a Visitor. . In front of you is a very special place - part of the park's "backcountry," a place without roads, wires, houses..., Here you - or your children, or theirs - may walk for days, largely free of the sights, sounds, and smells of the everyday world., There are few such places left in America, and none in the East matches the wildlands of the Smokies. A beautiful scene, a great scientific resource. But perhaps the most profound value of the park lies in its quality as Sanctuary - for people, as well as plants and wildlife., "Man has erected some lovely dwellings - some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not, in his cities, created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wild flower." From Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies By Harvey Broome