Online Exhibit: Maps and Mapping: Masked Camp

Original Sketch and published version of a hidden encampment.

Kephart mapped areas on a small scale as well. Above, a basic map sketch from Kephart's research journals becomes one of the illustrations published in the revised edition of Camping and Woodcraft. Kephart's notes on the subject continue on subsequent pages. These pages continue below with pieces of preliminary text that was also incorporated into the final published work. Further pages may point to future writings.

Research Journal notes and sketch for a hide-out.

Towards the end of Kephart's notes concerning "Masked Camps" for Camping and Woodcraft is this sketch for a hide out location with several notes. The curious notation "New kind of detective story" may be connected with the later work "The Trail of a Bullet."

Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma is presented by Hunter Library Special and Digital Collections and the Mountain Heritage Center. This project was supported in whole or in part by NC ECHO and the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Disclaimer: These items are presented as part of the historical record and not meant to be advisory in “how-to” methods of camping, or other activities. This site includes historical materials that may contain negative stereotypes or language reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place including terminology that may not be deemed appropriate today.