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Yet Another Look Over the Mountains

Yet Another Look Over the Mountains Raymond F. Betts Appalachian Heritage, Volume 20, Number 4, Fall 1992, pp. 6-12 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1994.0006 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435982/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:18 GMT from JHU Libraries Yet Another Look Over the Mountains Raymond F. Betts Beyond the sea and behind the land lie the mountains. So it was in early American history, a physical arrangement that was a statement of fact, a subject of debate, a source of mystery. While every mountain chain has been enrobed with lore and has been crowned with metaphor, few ap- proach the Appalachians in attributes and significance. Only the adjec- tive "Alpine" is broader in connotation and more far-ranging in appeal than "Appalachian," which today connotes a region, a people, and a subculture. Unmatched historically even by the majestic Rockies, the naturally worn-down Appalachians stood in determination of the course of this nation's early expansion. Thomas Jefferson was among the first to recognize the rough parallel of this mountain chain to the coastland, a parallel which also served as a line of demarcation and of temporary delimitation. The mountains briefly stood as constraints to settlement: their heavy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Yet Another Look Over the Mountains

Betts, Raymond F.
Appalachian Review , Volume 20 (4) – Jan 8, 2014
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Raymond F. Betts Appalachian Heritage, Volume 20, Number 4, Fall 1992, pp. 6-12 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1994.0006 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435982/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:18 GMT from JHU Libraries Yet Another Look Over the Mountains Raymond F. Betts Beyond the sea and behind the land lie the mountains. So it was in early American history, a physical arrangement that was a statement of fact, a subject of debate, a source of mystery. While every mountain chain has been enrobed with lore and has been crowned with metaphor, few ap- proach the Appalachians in attributes and significance. Only the adjec- tive "Alpine" is broader in connotation and more far-ranging in appeal than "Appalachian," which today connotes a region, a people, and a subculture. Unmatched historically even by the majestic Rockies, the naturally worn-down Appalachians stood in determination of the course of this nation's early expansion. Thomas Jefferson was among the first to recognize the rough parallel of this mountain chain to the coastland, a parallel which also served as a line of demarcation and of temporary delimitation. The mountains briefly stood as constraints to settlement: their heavy

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