François André Michaux
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François André Michaux was a French botanist, son of André Michaux and the namesake of Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania. Michaux père botanized in North America for nearly a dozen years as royal c
Quercus palustris, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté for François André Michaux, 1801
Roan Mountain is a 6,277 ft mountain straddling the North Carolina/Tennessee state line in the Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States. The range's highpoin
François André Michaux
…indigenous peoples' trails and one military trail, Braddock Road, built in 1751. He travelled with friend and botanist John Fraser to the summit of the Great Roan. Under the title The North American Sylva Michaux's work was translated by Augustus Lucas Hillhouse. The work was reissued in 1852 by Robert Smith of…
Roan Mountain, looking northwest from Grassy Ridge Bald
The Appalachian Trail crossing Round Bald with Jane Bald and Grassy Ridge Bald in the distance.
Eastward view from Round Bald.
Roan High Knob, looking east from Tollhouse Gap.