Measuring the Mountain
Season 1 Episode 3 | 27m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
The life and tragic death of Elisha Mitchell the man who measured Mt. Mitchell.
One of the greatest teachers in the history of the University of North Carolina was Elisha Mitchell. Mitchell was no “ivory tower” guy! Three decades before the Civil War he was teaching math, science, botany, and geology at Chapel Hill. He will forever be remembered, however, as the man who measured the mountain that later bore his name, Mt. Mitchell.
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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Measuring the Mountain
Season 1 Episode 3 | 27m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the greatest teachers in the history of the University of North Carolina was Elisha Mitchell. Mitchell was no “ivory tower” guy! Three decades before the Civil War he was teaching math, science, botany, and geology at Chapel Hill. He will forever be remembered, however, as the man who measured the mountain that later bore his name, Mt. Mitchell.
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