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Big Tom plaque
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- Creator
- Emily Jack
- Date created
- October 13, 2007
- Location
- North Carolina
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- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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This plaque in honor of Thomas David (”Big Tom”) Wilson is set into the rock at the summit of Big Tom, a mountain in the Black Mountain range named after Wilson. The plaque reads:
Big Tom
Altitude 6580 feet
Named after Thomas David (”Big Tom”) Wilson (1825-1909)
Famous guide and bear hunter of the Black Mountains who found the body of Dr. Elisha Mitchell July 7, 1857.
