A 25-elk reintroduction in 2001 has grown into a herd of more than 250 recorded elk…
Tag: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In 1964, a couple bought 535 acres in North Carolina and built a summer home there; decades later, they donated the entire property to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in its largest land gift since the park was created
The Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center A high-altitude property first bought as a private family retreat…
In 1940, the Walker sisters sold their 122-acre Tennessee homestead for $4,750; a lifetime lease let them keep living there inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges…
In 1929, a Tennessee farmer refused $20 an acre for 375 acres wanted for Great Smoky Mountains National Park; after years in court, he received $17,000 and lost the farm
In 1929, Tennessee farmer John W. Oliver refused to sell his 375-acre Cades Cove farm for…