1957 Map of Whiteoak Flats

About this map

Pleasant Grove Ch and the surrounding mountain ridges define this borderland between Tennessee and North Carolina in the late 1950s. The landscape is dominated by the dense protected lands of the Cherokee National Forest and the Nantahala National Forest, where conservation and management efforts are evidenced by the Citico Warden Station and the Cold Spring Lookout Tower. The terrain is famously steep, featuring the ominous Jeffrey Hell and the high peaks of the Unicoi Mountains.