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Photographer: Duane and Tracy Marsteller
Taken: April 2, 2022
Caption:
The Gatlinburg Inn | Additional Description: Rel Maples. Sr. built the hotel on a family corn patch in 1937, coinciding with the creation of the nearby Smoky Mountains National Park. Since then, famous guests have included Liberace, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dinah Shore and Lady Bird Johnson. It also was home of the chamber of commerce, the local newspaper, the town’s first bank, its first dentist, and the offices of the City of Gatlinburg.
Submitted: April 3, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p646229
File Size: 2.746 Megabytes
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