Question: What was the first state park established in North Carolina?
Answer: Mount Mitchell State Park, created via a $20,000 land purchase by the General Assembly on March 3, 1915, was the first state park established in North Carolina. During the early 1900s, extensive settlement and logging operations threatened to devastate western North Carolina’s landscape.
Bonus info: Gov. Locke Craig advocated for the purchase of Mount Mitchell to preserve it from economic exploitation. His efforts led to the park’s creation.
