Lost Trails and Forgotten People

Jones Mountain and the adjacent ridges and valleys are rich in history, part of the great drama that has molded the American continent. Here, the story of human events spans more than 250 years of recorded time, from the first settlements of the 1720s to a trail-building era of the 1970s. Before the arrival of the Europeans, Indians occupied the Blue Ridge for 12,000 years. This book is the story of the mountain and the people who lived there, left their mark, and died there.