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Hiker discovers abandoned Tennessee town untouched and over 100 years old
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| october 3, 2014
Posted on 10/05/2014 8:14:26 PM PDT by lowbridge
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Full title: Hiker discovers abandoned Tennessee town untouched and over 100 years old while trekking through Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:14:26 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:16:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Haha! That was my thought, too...
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:19:10 PM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: lowbridge
I’m only surprised it wasn’t inhabited by zombies who voted for Obama.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:19:37 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: lowbridge
Looks in better shape than Detroit.
To: goldstategop
If they were in East Tennessee and voted for Obama, they certainly wouldn’t be alive.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:20:57 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: lowbridge
It was so long ago, that back then the Volunteers actually beat Florida in football.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:21:34 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:22:00 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: goldstategop
Im only surprised it wasnt inhabited by zombies who voted for Obama. It was, but not even they could exist without jobs.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:22:34 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: lowbridge
If the Ebola gets really bad, I know where I’m going ...
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:24:03 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: lowbridge
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:24:17 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: lowbridge
Not knowing the exact location of the abandoned town, I would speculate that it was one of the towns that were to be flooded by the TVA and for some reason it never happened.
OR some politician wanted the land for some scheme that did not or has not panned out.
Either way, I suspect the town was swindled away from the former residents and owners.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:24:27 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
To: lowbridge
When I see this kind of thing it really saddens me.
Real people worked with their hands to build something — a whole town in this case (it saddens me even more when I see 2/3 completed projects in Mexico that stay uncompleted for years).
Someone designed this, workers built it, people used it, then it is abandoned and all that effort gone, like tears in the rain.
Maybe I am maudlin old fool...
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:24:52 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Zimmerman, Brown, Fast & Furious, IRS harassment, Philly ignorance: holdering in 1st degree)
To: lowbridge
There are not too many places in the lower 48 that are not visited regularly. This is NOT one of them according to the comments on the article.
In NEw England there are not too many places where you can hike 20 miles without coming across a decent road. Exceptions would be in the Northern parts of Maine.
I’m sure it’s similar most everywhere east of the Mississippi.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:25:22 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: dfwgator
That game was embarrassing on every level. God help either team if Mississippi looms.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:25:23 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: cdcdawg
Still has glass panes in the windows of the “hotel”
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:25:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: lowbridge
Incidentally, it’s hardly a discovery. It’s part of the park, and is an abandoned resort. It’s not untouched at all. The entire story is absurd.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:26:12 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: eyedigress
It set college football back 20 years.
And our game with LSU might be even uglier than that. Sorry people are actually going to pay to watch it.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:26:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: lowbridge; a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:26:33 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: freedumb2003
It’s in the GSMNP. It’s not unknown, its just left alone.
A lot of the original window frames and other things were stolen last year.
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posted on
10/05/2014 8:27:33 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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