UPDATE: Started as a private endeavor, Chimney Rock was a tourist attraction for most of the 20th Century (more history here). In 1963 a Jeep Trail was added to the Chimney Rock and a tour jeep began ferrying tour groups up the mountain. The tour company had three modified CJ-6 tour jeeps. This photo was likely taken between 1963 and 1977, when the jeep trail became a walking trail. In 2006 Chimney Rock became a North Carolina State Park.
The photo below was taken from the website, but no longer appears on the history page itself.
![chimney-rock-jeep-trail-tour-jeep](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/08/chimney-rock-jeep-trail-tour-jeep.jpg)
This same photo is available on eBay
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Forest Jeep Trail Chimney Rock Park North Carolina. Photo measures 8 x 10 inches and is not dated.”
![chimney-rock-jeep-trail-tour-jeep2](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/08/chimney-rock-jeep-trail-tour-jeep2-526x650.jpg)
There’s another press photo that is also available on eBay which shows a tour jeep at Hickory Nut Falls, a stop on the way to Chimney Rock:
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“You are bidding on an original press photo of Hickory Nut Falls Tourist Jeep Chimney Rock Prk North Carolina. Photo has creases right corners & slight waving top edge due to too much glue being used to attach the information sheet onto the back of the photo. Photo measures 8 x 10 inches and is dated 8/5/1969.”
![1969-08-05-chimney-park-tour-jeep-hickory-falls1](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/08/1969-08-05-chimney-park-tour-jeep-hickory-falls1-523x650.jpg)
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