Storia: After losing his savings in the Great Depression, Japanese immigrant George Masa kept hiking the Smokies with a homemade measuring wheel; his photographs helped build support for a national park — Warptech Lab News
After losing his savings in the Great Depression, Japanese immigrant George Masa kept hiking the Smokies with a homemade measuring wheel; his photographs helped build support for a national park
George Masa never held elected office, owned vast tracts of land, or led a government agency. Yet one of America’s most visited national parks might look very different without him.