On this day in North Carolina History,

“At the urging of Governor Locke Craig, the legislature authorizes purchasing land for North Carolina’s first state park. Mount Mitchell State Park includes not only the highest peak in eastern America but also the state’s second-highest peak – which in 1947 will be named Mount Craig.” (1915)

Source: Powell, L. (1996). On This Day in North Carolina History.Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair, Publisher.