Ghost Towns in Tennessee
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Cades Cove
Cades Cove was home to 700 Appalachian settlers before the national park forced them out. John Oliver settled here in 1818—before any treaty with the ...
Elkmont
Elkmont was a logging town that became a summer resort. When the national park was created, residents got lifetime leases. The last lease expired in 1...
Elkmont
Elkmont was a logging town that became an exclusive resort for Knoxville's wealthy—the Appalachian Club and Wonderland Club built summer cottages here...
Old Stone Fort
In the 1850s, entrepreneurs built a paper mill inside the walls of a 2,000-year-old Native American ceremonial site. The mill village grew, then faded...
Proctor
Proctor was headquarters for the Little River Lumber Company's Hazel Creek operation. For decades, loggers harvested the virgin Smoky Mountain forests...