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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDG3_wiley-oakley_Gatlinburg-TN.html
1885 - 1954Mountain Guide....PhilosopherNaturalist....WriterWiley loved his Mountains and all God's Creatures Therein.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7R_the-chimney-tops_Gatlinburg-TN.html
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, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7Q_chimney-tops-trail_Gatlinburg-TN.html
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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7P_lifeblood-of-the-mountains_Gatlinburg-TN.html
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 blank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6J_to-the-free-people-of-america_Gatlinburg-TN.html
"We meet today to dedicate the mountains, streams, and forests to the service of the American People."President Franklin Delano RooseveltSeptember 2, 1940 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The Rockefeller Memorial commemorates the efforts of those who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCR2_martha-jane-ogle-cabin_Gatlinburg-TN.html
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 brin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCR0_baskins-creek_Gatlinburg-TN.html
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 ab…