Views in the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary

Title: Views in the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary
Date Created: 1945 – 1958
Description: Two different views in the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary (now Audubon Acres) Chattanooga, Tennessee: 1. Log cabin home of Cherokee naturalist Spring Frog (b. 1754). Cabin may have been built as early as ca. 1748; it was restored in 1945 and then changed extensviely 1972. Some sources suggest Spring Frog came to the Chattanooga area in 1776 and built the cabin then. Spring Frog was also known as Tooan Tuh (or Tooantuh) and died at Briartown, Indian Territory. 2. Naturalist Robert Sparks Walker (1878-1960) and Burton Jones (on right) (1879?-1964) christening a tree. Sanctuary wsa named for the wife of E. Y. Chapin who gave the land for it in 1945.
Extent: 2 photographs (1 sheet), b&w, 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Collection: Picture File
Subject: Naturlists -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Wildlife refuges -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Log cabins -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Trees -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Dedication services.
Rights: Copyright Undetermined
Citation: Picture File. Chattanooga Public Library.
Identifier: 00004823
Type: Still image

Position: 3461 (20 views)