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... re-enactor at the Mountain Farm Museum at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "There have been several books published (about Appalachia history) that tell how each guest would bring a cake layer and the ... Comment?
Perdue visiting western NC more than predecessor
... staff cited travel expenses in skipping an April event for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But Perdue did attend September's rededication of the park. ------ Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, ... Comment?
'Mountain Wave' Winds Described By Researcher
... Service's Morristown office, Gaffin said, "It was found that the Cove Mountain (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) and Camp Creek (in southern Greene County) observation sites reported the fastest winds of all the available data." It is ... Comment?
Perdue visiting western NC more than her predecessor did
... staff cited travel expenses in skipping an April event for the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But Perdue did attend September's rededication of the park. ___ Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, ... Comment?
Smokies traffic increases after rock slide closes I-40
Scenes such as visitors arriving in the middle of the night or behind the wheel of a loaded U-Haul truck have Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers convinced that the recent spike in traffic isn't entirely intentional. Comment?
Gov. Bev Perdue makes herself at home in Western North Carolina
... Perdue did raise eyebrows by skipping an April event marking the 75th anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, leaving Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen as the only gubernatorial attendee at the Governors' Proclamation Ceremony. Her staff ... Comment?
The top 10 stories, No. 10: The Smokies turn 75
... park's 75th anniversary, and the Blue Ridge Parkway will do the same in 2010. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in 1934 and began as an idea in the 1920s. Congress passed a bill in 1926 authorizing the park's creation, provided ... Comment?
Historical events from the decade
... government. A Sevier County teacher out for a hike was fatally mauled by a bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One of the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory scorched at least 32,000 acres in East Tennessee counties. n 2001: ... Comment?
Detoured traffic from Interstate 40 rockslide still surging in Smokies
Scenes such as visitors arriving in the middle of the night or behind the wheel of a loaded U-Haul truck have Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers convinced that the recent spike in traffic isn't entirely intentional. Comment?
Winds knock out power for dozens in Sevier County
... up water levels in the Little Pigeon River as leftover snow in higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park melted, but there was no flooding reported by any of Sevier County's law-enforcement agencies. Nearby Blount County had ... Comment?
High winds causes scattered Sevier power outages
... up water levels in the Little Pigeon River as leftover snow in higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park melted, but there was no flooding reported by any of Sevier County's law enforcement agencies. Nearby Blount County had ... Comment?
Taking the Kids -- And Seeing Some Holiday Lights
... buildings. Dollywood ( www.dollywood.com ) in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., just a few miles from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, draws 300,000 people to their annual Smoky Mountain Christmas Spectacular, many returning for the lights (they begin ... Comment?
Official says traffic rate in Smokies takes a hike
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Traffic climbs U.S. Highway 441 on Thursday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Comment?
U.S. 64 closure in Tenn. to continue
... is blocked in northern Haywood County, N.C., because of a slide there, U.S. 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park is often closed because of snow and U.S. 129 on the park's southwestern edge is so windy that it has become something of a ... Comment?
... the problem. Click here for all recent updates>> Headlines Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has reopened four days after being closed because of heavy snow. More Serena Williams named female athlete of the year Playing ... Comment?
High winds expected through Christmas day
... Weather Service has issued a high wind watch for northwest Blount County and The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong and damaging winds are expected to develop across the mountains of East Tennessee and their adjacent foothills beginning ... Comment?
Knoxville man collapses on trail
... Summary An 84-year-old Knoxville man had to be carried off the Middle Prong Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after collapsing Tuesday. Share Comment?
For Great Smoky Mountains National Park streams, suggested hatch patterns are No. Comment?
Should national parks be marketed like Disney?
... on Baxter Creek Trail? Sign up for your Smokies fitness classes now. "Learn about a Great Smoky Mountains National Park vacation from a very special panel of advisers - everyday hikers and visitors who've been to the park often." A month before: ... Comment?
A Howard County neighborhood is in shock after the death of a woman in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Comment?