Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most pristine natural areas in the eastern United States. Breathtaking mountain scenery, rushing mountain streams, and mature hardwood forests that stretch to the horizon are protected for you and . . . — — Map (db m63440) HM
The Appalachian Clubhouse was once the heart of a resort community that grew up here, one of many southern Appalachian resorts that thrived in the early 20th century. The Little River Lumber Company began promoting this area for development even as . . . — — Map (db m173945) HM
In this small valley, where the Little River and Jakes Creek converge, lie the vestiges of Daisy Town, one of several resort enclaves established in the early 20th century by urban dwellers who craved the natural beauty and refreshing climate of . . . — — Map (db m173943) HM
As the story goes..."a party of hunters come up from Knoxville an' kilt 'em a load o' bear an' drug ‘em down to the head o' the creek an' skinned ‘em. They tuk the meat but lef' the skins 'till they could come back atter 'em. Folk begun to talk . . . — — Map (db m19386) HM
This land was home to several farming families who arrived here in the 1830s. Some fifty years later, logging companies began to selectively gut timber from easily accessible areas and haul it out using animal power. Large scale, mechanized logging . . . — — Map (db m261564) HM
Original owner: First owner was Weston Miller Fulton (1871-1946) was a meteorologist, inventor, and entrepreneur owned Fulton industry in Knoxville. Became vice-mayor of Knoxville for one term. Fulton high School in Knoxville named in honor of him. . . . — — Map (db m261660) HM
Original Owner: James Joseph (JJ) Ashe (1861-1946) was president and manager of Ashe Hosiery Mill was a sponsor and delegate to the three Appalachian Expos. In October 1919, the underwear and hosiery southern knitting manufactures met in Knoxville, . . . — — Map (db m261624) HM
Original Owner: There is some question if Daniel Brisco Sr. (1843-1918) or Daniel Brisco Jr. (1878-1945) owned the cabin first. It is listed as the "Brisco Cabin" in a 1911 newspaper article. David Jr. did acquire the deed for the cabin in 1919 . . . — — Map (db m261623) HM
Original Owner: William Thomas Kennedy (1865 - d?) was vice-president of a dry goods company in Knoxville. In 1928, he transferred ownership to his wife, Maude, but she died in 1929.
Other owners: William and Maude's daughter, Kathleen, and . . . — — Map (db m261622) HM
Original owner: According to a newspaper article in 1911, Joshua L. "Bud" Deaver (b 1870) of Knoxville was the first owner of the cabin. He originally had an apartment in the Appalachian Clubhouse. he owned Deaver Dry Goods on Commerce Street. His . . . — — Map (db m261639) HM
Original owner: David Campbell Boykin (1875 TN - 1925 TN) in 1910 was an passenger agent for Little River Railroad, but by 1920 became a car salesman.
Other owners: In 1927 Edward Vernan Ferrell (1888-1960) bought the cabin. He developed, named . . . — — Map (db m261636) HM
Original owner: John Wylie Brownlee (1870-1944). He married Emma Griffin (1890-1964). He was president of the Knoxville Board of Trade as well as serving on the City Council (1901-1907). He became involved in the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation . . . — — Map (db m261635) HM
Original owner: William Ed Ijams (1870-1930) was an accountant for Little River Railroad. In 1904, he married Mabel Townsend, daughter of Wilson B. Townsend. They had two children. One child, Margaret, was born 1914 another died in 1917 and was 1 . . . — — Map (db m261632) HM
James Avent (1895-1995) son of Frank Avent (1858-1941) (assistant Secretary of State of Tennessee and worked with the Tenn State Railroad Commission) and Maya Treanor Avent (1868-1959) (artist). Although it has been known as the Avent Cabin since . . . — — Map (db m261662) HM
Original owner: According to sources, Dr. Samuel Harvey Keener (1858-1929) was the first owner in 1911. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and was a dentist in Knoxville.
Other owners: By 1919 Walter Van Gilder (1870-1943) was listed as . . . — — Map (db m261630) HM
Original owner: Wilson Bailey Townsend was president of Little River Railroad and Lumber Company. The town of "Townsend" is named after him. He leased the land to the Appalachian Club in Knoxville to build a clubhouse and cabins for its members. The . . . — — Map (db m261631) HM
Original owner: Prof Charles Henry Gordon (1857-1937) head of the geology department at the University of Tennessee was noted as being the first owner in 1911. He was involved with the 1910 and 1913 national expos in Knoxville.
Other owners: . . . — — Map (db m261628) HM
Original owner: Cabin was built by R.W. Farr of Knoxville. Other than a newspaper article in 1911 on Elkmont stating he was the owner, no more information is known about the Farr family.
Other owners: Eugene Galyon Sr (1882-1936) president of . . . — — Map (db m261626) HM
Can you imagine smoke wafting from the chimney-like formations on this ridge? Nearly vertical holes in the tops of these jutting rocks make them look like natural chimney flues, and mountain people named them so—Chimney Tops. The Cherokees . . . — — Map (db m71926)
This popular trail climbs to the unique summit formations the Cherokees called "Duniskwalguni," meaning forked antlers.
Mountain people thought the twin pinnacles of quartzite and slate resembled the tops of chimneys breaking through the trees. . . . — — Map (db m20069) HM
The buildings you see along this shaded street are a hodgepodge of designs. These rustic cabins were built by city dwellers inspired by the “back-to-nature” movement. Influenced by the craftsman style of architecture, which emphasized simplicity . . . — — Map (db m173944) HM
The first store in Gatlinburg was Noah Ogle's store built in 1850. In approximately 1910, the store was moved to this site at the corner of the old River Road and the Elkmont Highway, and in 1916 or 1917 Noah's son, Ephriam, took over the store . . . — — Map (db m274500) HM
European Americans first settled along Little River in the 1830s. They grew corn and apples and kept bees for honey. With the advent of mechanized industrial logging, Elkmont grew into a small town to support the Little River Lumber Company in the . . . — — Map (db m261566) HM
What Is Elkmont? These vacant buildings were once part of the "Appalachian Club" vacation community. This community grew up adjacent to the former logging town of Elkmont when the Little River Lumber Company sold land to individuals to create a . . . — — Map (db m169196) HM
The Mill was build in the 1920s by Andrew Jefferson Ely. A.J. Ely known as "Old Man Ely" was a Yale law school graduate, a practicing Tennessee lawyer and a printer. Disenchanted with city life after the death of his wife, he bought this 30 acre . . . — — Map (db m260342) HM
Designed by Todd Domeck
Built by Experiential Resources "ERi"
General Contractor MCW Construction
Owner Boyne Resorts
"Fewer Walls, More Bridges." — — Map (db m177092) HM
The trail ascends gradually for 1⅓ miles to Laurel Falls. It is an easy and delightful walk through a forest which was logged and ravaged by wildfire long before the park was established in 1934. For these reasons, big trees are scarce. With . . . — — Map (db m105287) HM
More precipitation falls in the Great Smoky Mountains than anywhere else in the eastern United States. The yearly average is about 890 billion gallons - over 60 inches. Forty-four percent of it is absorbed by the atmosphere and the luxuriant blanket . . . — — Map (db m20067) HM
This cabin is the first house built in what is now Gatlinburg. About 1802, William Ogle selected a building site near here, in what he called "The Land of Paradise." Ogle cut and hewed the logs for the house then returned to South Carolina to bring . . . — — Map (db m19389) HM
Here on top of Mount Le Conte you are standing more than one vertical mile above the valley below. Although other peaks in the park rise higher, Mount Le Conte boasts the tallest face (distance from base to summit) of any mountain east of the . . . — — Map (db m137898) HM
"...tourists by the thousands would pass through Knoxville to reach [this] veritable paradise of beauty." Col. David Chapman
The house before you was once leased by Col. David Chapman. A successful Knoxville businessman and a member of . . . — — Map (db m261563) HM
With axe, plow, and gun, the first settlers changed the mountains, cutting into forests that were centuries old.
They called this place "Junglebrook" after the dense growths of rhododendron and magnolia that bordered the streams.
Between 1883 and . . . — — Map (db m187420) HM
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Centennial Plaza
Dedicated on November 3, 2012, this Plaza commemorates 100 years of Pi Beta Phi philanthropy and service to the greater good of society through education. The first National Panhellenic Conference member . . . — — Map (db m197065) HM
This landmark building graced the Parkway (US 441) in Gatlinburg from 1933 until it was moved here in 1907. It was designed and constructed by Louis Jones, whose impressionist and realist paintings have captured the imagination of tourists and art . . . — — Map (db m286695) HM
It was quite a social place… people lived there and they took their fine clothes… they served food down at the Appalachian Club three times a day, but a night, and especially on Saturday night… they would dress up and have dinner and a dance. . . . — — Map (db m173951) HM
The Great Smoky Mountains region is rich in natural resources and biodiversity. A variety of different forest types cloak the slopes and valleys. Among them is the globally rare montane alluvial forest — a woodland area that is subject to periodic . . . — — Map (db m173941) HM
Among the most well-known bluegrass songs of all time, “Rocky Top” was written in room 388 of the Gatlinburg Inn in August 1967. Originally recorded by the Osborne Brothers, it has become a standard. It was inducted as one of Tennessee's official . . . — — Map (db m194784) HM
The cabins constructed in this area of Elkmont, called Millionaire’s Row, were developed toward the end of the lumbering boom on prime real estate along the river. Somewhat removed from the more densely populated Daisy Town, these cabins offered . . . — — Map (db m173942) HM
Between 400 and 600 black bears live in the park, and you could see one almost anywhere. Most bears stay in the backcountry where they feed on grass, leaves, and acorns, fruits, berries, rodents, and carrion. Only a few visit roadsides and . . . — — Map (db m99830) HM
The Appalachian Club was established in 1910 by a group of local and regional business and civic leaders who had hunted and fished in Elkmont for many years. Although the area had been home to several families since the 1830s, it was relatively . . . — — Map (db m173950) HM
These twin summits of quartzite and hard slate are familiar landmarks. The peak on the right has a hole like a flue. Mountain people thought these formations looked like chimneys rising above the trees. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, blueberry, and . . . — — Map (db m20070) HM
It would be difficult to find a better place to imagine mountain life than this. Picture yourself growing up here as one of Ephraim and Minerva Bales' nine children. Look around. This was your world. Imagine yourself and 10 others living in this . . . — — Map (db m20423) HM
The Greystone Hotel was built in 1941 by Austin (Dick) Whaley. Whaley was half owner in the Riverside Hotel with his father, Stephen Whaley, and obtained this field and mountain from his father via an exchange of his Riverside interest. The 46-room . . . — — Map (db m274488) HM
The road you traveled today to the reach The Sinks follows an abandoned railroad bed. In the early 1900s, large mechanized logging companies used trains to move timber from the forests to saw mills.
The Little River Lumber Company laid tracks . . . — — Map (db m261845) HM
To Tsali the Cherokee and his two sons who gave their lives in 1836 so that their people might remain in the Land of of the Great Smokies. — — Map (db m203380) HM WM
This archway is built from bricks made by the slaves of William Rober McCroskey in 1842. They are believed to be the oldest bricks in this area having been used in the first brick building erected in Sevier County. The slate roof came from the . . . — — Map (db m70486) HM
The Wonderland Hotel that once stood at the top of this road was the social center of the Wonderland Club. The hotel was originally built in 1912 to attract tourists seeking a mountain getaway, but by 1919 it had become a private, members-only club. . . . — — Map (db m173940) HM
Traffic of all sorts once passed through here—Indians, explorers, Confederate soldiers, farmers with livestock herds, merchants, and families traveling for varied reasons. This is Indian Gap. The road trace that descends the hill in front of . . . — — Map (db m99069) HM
Knox County Established 1792; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox Washington's Chief of Artillery in the Revolutionary War. Secretary of War in Washington's Cabinet. One of the founders and first Secretery of the Society of Cincinnati.Sevier . . . — — Map (db m100507) HM
About 2 mi. E., at mouth of Dumplin Creek, was Henry's Station, founded by Maj. Hugh Henry. Here, the state of Franklin, represented by John Sevier, and the Cherokee Nation, represented by Ancoo, Chief of Chota, signed, on June 10, 1785, the treaty . . . — — Map (db m82598) HM
Founded by Maj. Hugh Henry, it was 300 yards from here. On June 10, 1785, the Treaty of Dumplin Creek was signed here by commissioners of the State of Franklin and the chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. Blount, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and Sevier . . . — — Map (db m32782) HM
A member of Watauga Association 1772, he served with Bledsoe in 1777. In 1778 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the state in Washington District Court of N.C. He joined the Mountain Men of John Sevier at King's Mountain and was later at the Battle . . . — — Map (db m195429) HM
Prior to the creation of Seven Islands State Birding Park, several generations of the Kelly family farmed and lived on this land.
The French Broad River's "Kelly Bend" name comes from the family, however, the Kellys called it "Seclusion Bend". . . . — — Map (db m110595) HM
The only treaty made by the state of Franklin was signed here after some negotiation. Commissioners were John Sevier, Alexander Outlaw, and Daniel Kennedy. Signatory Cherokee chiefs were the King of the Cherokees, Ancoo of Chota, Abraham of . . . — — Map (db m33197) HM
Few places in North America sustain a greater variety of life than the Great Smoky Mountains. The forests, streams, and meadows here support more than 100 types of native trees, some 50 kinds of fish, some 1,500 flowering plants, more than 240 bird . . . — — Map (db m58920) HM
I do not . . . favor the scarring of a wonderful mountainside just so we can say we have a skyline drive. It sounds poetical, but it may be an atrocity. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, 1935 It’s not easy to travel through the . . . — — Map (db m58919) HM
For the permanent enjoyment of the people. This park was given one-half by the peoples and states of North Carolina and Tennessee and by the United States of America, and one-half in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller by the Laura Spelman . . . — — Map (db m3268) HM
Dr. Robert A. Broady, a practicing Sevier County physician from 1937 to 1983, began a dairy at this site around the 1940s with one half-breed Jersey cow. A family whose child was suffering from diphtheria needed money for treatment in Knoxville . . . — — Map (db m72720) HM
Colonel Samuel Wear -
Born 1753 Died - April 3, 1817 -
Pioneer -
Soldier of four wars -
Colonial, Revolution, Indian, 1812 -
One of the heroes of Kings Mountain and a founder of the State of Franklin — — Map (db m258263) HM WM
This cabin is a replica of the Parton home place where Lee and Avie Lee Parton raised Dolly and her 10 brothers and sisters. The replica cabin was constructed by Dolly's brother Bobby, and the interior was reproduced by her mother Avie Lee. Most . . . — — Map (db m14634) HM
Pulling a fallen tree out of the woods is no small task. The Donkey Engine, or Steam Donkey, was a steam-powered winch strong enough to move thousands of pounds of lumber from the felling site to the railcars. This "work horse" of the . . . — — Map (db m281477) HM
In the lumber camps of the early 20th century, a conveyance system was used to carry large timbers down steep mountain sides. To erect this conveyance, the "high climber" (also known as a tree topper) used iron climbing hooks and rope to ascend very . . . — — Map (db m275011) HM
In the lumber camps of the early 20th century, a conveyance system was used to carry large timbers down steep mountain sides. To erect this conveyance, the "high climber" (also known as a tree topper) used iron climbing hooks and rope to ascend . . . — — Map (db m281455) HM
Dollywood proudly presents the world's largest exhibit of non-releasable
American Bald Eagles
Project Description
● This multi-faceted eagle preservation, education, and entertainment complex includes an aviary that . . . — — Map (db m281481) HM
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Pigeon Forge was a busy farming community. Merchants, millers, blacksmiths, and other businesses clustered around the Pigeon Forge Mills to support local agriculture. J.A. Householder and Son advertised in . . . — — Map (db m95993) HM
Memories of First Baptist Church Pigeon Forge bring to mind a congregation whose fellowship was warm and rich, like an old homecoming and so much at ease, recalled one former pastor, Dr. William W. Cope. Baptists began meeting on River Road at a . . . — — Map (db m95995) HM
First United Methodist Church of Pigeon Forge was initially part of the Pigeon Forge circuit in the Knoxville District of Holston Conference. Circuit riding preachers served this church, Huskey’s Grove, Pleasant Hill, Walden’s Creek and Wear’s . . . — — Map (db m134046) HM
Col. Samuel Wear built Fort Wear in this vicinity about 1781, the year that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Fort Wear was one of nearly a dozen forts built in the 1780s in Sevier County. Its blockhouse was made from sturdy hand-hewn logs and . . . — — Map (db m258265) HM
People know how to have fun in Pigeon Forge!
For earlier generations, The Old Mill was
often the center of entertainment as well
as commerce. Take a look:
"Swimming in the mill pond was always a favorite
on a hot summer day... One . . . — — Map (db m276836) HM
The Old Mill operates using an ancient technology - the
grist mill - and the power of falling water, an energy
resource as old as time. Amazingly, the water-powered
grist mill technique is just as effective today as it was in ancient
Rome 2,000 . . . — — Map (db m276723) HM
Henderson’s Spring, as listed in early post office records, was a place name in the Pigeon Forge area as early as 1858, just before the Civil War. Elijah Henderson, son of William H. and Mary Catherine Cannon Henderson, and his family developed a . . . — — Map (db m74835) HM
The Church
By 1787, Methodist Circuit Riding Preachers were traveling throughout this vast wilderness region with a Bible and a saddlebag, ministering in frontier settlements. At Middle Creek, open-air revivals known as camp meetings were . . . — — Map (db m134045) HM
Did you know…*Our National bird is of the order falconiformes and first appeared 25 million years ago. It is the only native American eagle & the only eagle species living strictly in North America.
*This regal-looking bird is a superb hunter. . . . — — Map (db m99829) HM
About 3/4 mile southeast, Isaac Love
operated a forge on the site of
the flour mill on Pigeon River
in 1820, making bar iron. Ore came
from an orebank about 3 miles
east, later, pig-iron came from
Sweden Furnace, 5 miles east. Forge
hammer . . . — — Map (db m82600) HM
When Pigeon Forge began transforming itself from a quiet farming community into one focused on tourism, the town adopted the slogan “Action-Packed.” It’s an appropriate description evidenced by the diversity and sheer number of . . . — — Map (db m134050) HM
The Sevier County School Board purchased a piece of land on the old James L. Gobble farm for a brand new Pigeon Forge schoolhouse on September 1, 1917 and paid five hundred dollars. It was located on a knoll northeast of this marker between Middle . . . — — Map (db m74838) HM
Before white settlers arrived, Native Americans called this river “Pigeon” or “woyi.”
Countless numbers of wild passenger pigeons gathered at this natural habitat of abundant beech and oak trees. Their sheer numbers . . . — — Map (db m66133) HM
Pictured is locomotive # 20. It ran along Smoky Mountain Railroad tracks and possibly traveled into Pigeon Forge on the Pigeon River Railroad line just before the line was abandoned about 1929. The Pigeon River Railroad was incorporated in August . . . — — Map (db m65919) HM
How did Pigeon Forge get its name?
Before Pigeon Forge had a mill- or a name - this
remote Smoky Mountains settlement had thousands
of wild passenger pigeons, a handful of pioneer families,
and an iron forge. There are no photographs of the . . . — — Map (db m276522) HM
If the American Eagle Foundation has an elder statesman, it is indeed Pilgrim. The facility's oldest Bald Eagle, Pilgrim celebrates his 40th birthday in 2008.
Pilgrim's life story begins in New England, where he was born into the wild in 1968. . . . — — Map (db m179299) HM
Pine Grove was once a rural community of sprawling farmlands before it was enveloped by the rapidly expanding vacation city of Pigeon Forge in the early 1980s. The frontier settlement first became known as Fort Wear in the 1780s when Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m123730) HM
This memorial
is dedicated to
the memory of
the veterans of Sevier County
who gave their lives
to defend our country
World War I
United States Army
Allen, Lavator L. ∙ Atchley, Amos ∙ Blazer, Victor ∙ Cate, Ashley J. . . . — — Map (db m82939) HM
Circa 1922, the two story brick building at 212 Court Avenue was originally The Davis Hotel. Having managed two other hotels in town, Margaret Bowers Davis, a widow, had knowledge of the hospitality business and decided to purchase the lot and build . . . — — Map (db m274858) HM
in 1802 Methodist Bishop Francis
Asbury preached in the home
of Mitchel Porter, Revolutionary
Veteran, who lived 2 miles north
of Sevier County and preached
in the newly built log chapel,
400 yards west of here. Shiloh
Cemetery grew up around . . . — — Map (db m17197) HM
in 1802 Methodist Bishop Francis
Asbury preached in the home
of Mitchel Porter, Revolutionary
Veteran, who lived 2 miles north
of Sevier County and preached
in the newly built log chapel,
400 yards west of here. Shiloh
Cemetery grew up around . . . — — Map (db m17199) HM
Was the first full-fledged production mine that helped spawn the settlement of this region in the early 1800's. But the legendary Tennessee tornado came through and uprooted the mining railway system and carried off every bit of coal to West . . . — — Map (db m179298) HM
The center anchor weighed 16.8 US tons, almost twice the weight of the standard port and starboard anchors which weighed 8.84 US tons each. The replica of this anchor will give you an idea how massive the center anchor was on the Titanic. — — Map (db m58478) HM
The beautiful natural surroundings of Pigeon Forge have been attracting tourists for a very long time. Located along an Indian trail, this valley has hosted travelers and traders for hundreds of years.
Modern tourism in the region got a huge . . . — — Map (db m276827) HM
When the Civil War began, Sevier County Unionists at first operated quietly in secessionist Tennessee. In 1861, they set up a secret garment factory in the second floor of this mill and made cloth for uniforms. They also made shoes for Federal . . . — — Map (db m65704) HM
Col. Samuel Wear settled near the Mouth of Waldens Creek in 1783. He fought at Kings Mountain and later in Indian Wars, was first county court clerk of Sevier County. State of Franklin, and held the same office later under the territorial government . . . — — Map (db m17201) HM
If you like good biscuits and hot corn bread-mixed
with friendly conversation-you've come to the right
place. People have been coming to The Old Mil
for stone ground flour, meal, and conversation for nearly
200 years!
Long ago, Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m276526) HM
Shhhh! Please don't tell anybody what's going on upstairs!
If you worked at The Old Mill during the Civil War, you would probably be asked to keep a big secret.
On the upper floors of this well-known manufacturing site in the new . . . — — Map (db m279501) HM
In the decades leading up to the bloody, four-year U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), the people and activities at The Old Mill embodied many of the conflicts of a divided nation.
The farmers who relied on the mill and other Pigeon Forge businesses . . . — — Map (db m276642) HM
The Old Mill today...
Carrying on the tradition!
The Old Mill and The Old Mill Square historic
village are a vibrant part of modern Pigeon Forge.
Since it's start in 1830 as a grain mill and
community gathering place, The Old Mill . . . — — Map (db m276634) HM
When The Old Mill opened for business back in 1830,
I was the newest addition to the thriving Appalachian
community of Pigeon Forge.
Local resident William Love built the mill near the iron forge
run by his father, Isaac. A grist mill in . . . — — Map (db m276649) HM
The people of the Smoky Mountains have a long
tradition of artful, well-made mountain crafts.
Appalachian handicrafts are prized around the world.
In Pigeon Forge, ceramic artist Douglas Ferguson and
his wife, Ruth Wilson Ferguson, opened . . . — — Map (db m276725) HM
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