Log Cabins and Buildings of the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains

Backcountry Notes ^ | March 2, 2010 | Jay Henderson

[jay1949]

Tennesseans are proud of their frontier heritage and have preserved quite a few vintage log cabins and farm buildings. After the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in the 1930s, mountain communities were displaced but some of their habitations were preserved. This article presents an archive of monochrome photographs which documented these historic structures.

[Lokibob]

This has nothing to do with politics or FR, simply spam.

....Bob

[sticker]

Thanks for reminding me how badly I need a mountain trip

[Tijeras_Slim]

Great pics... a hard life in a beautiful place.

[TexasNative2000]

This has nothing to do with politics (true) or FR (false), simply spam (false).

Which is why JimRob established a "Blogger & Personal" category.

Thanks for the post jay1949. Love the photos.

[jay1949]

*ping*

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[gardengirl]

Disagree, heartily.

Families run off their land by the govt? That’s pretty political, no mater what year/century.

Love your posts, Jay. What a great reminder of the strength and temerity of our ancestors. Can’t imagine the wherewithal to cut down the trees in that schoolhouse, much less what it took to move them and then plank and plane them and get them horizontal.

[Boonie]

I can’t open here at work...You got pictures of Cherokee Orchard and Sugarlands???

[Nea Wood]

Wonderful photos! Thanks for posting this.

[from occupied ga]

What does this have to do with conservatism?

[jay1949]

Alas, no; there was nothing I could find in the Library of Congress archives on those areas. What is covered: Roaring Fork, Junglebrook, Little Greenbrier. If I do run across vintage pictures from Sugarlands or Cherokee Orchard, I will post them.

[MamaB]

Are any of these from the Cade’s Cove area? I really enjoy that area with the old churches and cemeteries.

[I Buried My Guns]

"...What does this have to do with conservatism? ..."

It has to do with our shared history and our culture.

Although I have never even been to that state, I consider those remaining structures to be partly mine and yours; they belong to all of us as part and parcel of our American experience.

I see in that article a window into the struggles and tribulations of our pioneer ancestors, and that is an epic and inspiring story, as well as the byline of big gov't forcing folks off their land.

If you don't like the content, feel free to refrain from rendering a post. It's that easy.

[jay1949]

Not in this article, but as it happens . . .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2460562/posts

[Semper Mark]

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[rightly_dividing]

Thanks for the post. Went there in 2007 and planning to go back next month.

[kalee]

Thanks for posting these. I really enjoyed the one on VA which is where my family were from the before the time of the Revolution. My grandfather told me that when he was a young boy the family’s original log cabin was still standing on his grandfather’s farm.

[Boonie]

OK, thanks.....

[Boonie]

I was raised in Townsend and am part Scots/Irish and Tsalagi....

[TADSLOS]

Nice blog and interesting old photos. This is an old CCC cabin still in use at Pickett State Park, TN. This is not in the Smokies but on the western slope of the Cumberland Plateau.