{"id":4427,"date":"2016-06-20T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T01:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/20\/vintage-photo-ops-from-tennessees-precarious-umbrella-rock\/"},"modified":"2016-06-20T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T01:31:11","slug":"vintage-photo-ops-from-tennessees-precarious-umbrella-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/20\/vintage-photo-ops-from-tennessees-precarious-umbrella-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage photo ops from Tennessee's precarious Umbrella Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image: Matthew Miller\/Picnooga<\/p>\n

Point Lookout, a rocky outcropping atop Lookout Mountain, commands a sweeping view of the Tennessee River and the city of Chattanooga<\/p>\n

The mountain was captured by Union forces in 1863, and shortly thereafter an enterprising photographer opened a summit studio, taking portraits of Union soldiers posing on the cliffs and on the distinctive formation known as Umbrella Rock.<\/p>\n

Soldiers returning home with photos of the magnificent view helped raise the profile of the scenic spot, which became a major tourist destination. Thousands of people climbed to the point to have their pictures taken on the precarious-looking stack of rocks, which was finally fenced off in 1940 over safety concerns. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image: Matthew Miller\/Picnooga Point Lookout, a rocky outcropping atop Lookout Mountain, commands a sweeping view of the Tennessee River and the city of Chattanooga The mountain was captured by Union forces in 1863, and shortly thereafter an enterprising photographer opened … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1589,874,1065,865,732],"class_list":["post-4427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-hiking","tag-history","tag-tennessee","tag-us","tag-us-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}