Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Great Smoky Mountains

Stalking game with his slingshot

Jim Gasque, NC sportsman, proved that the ordinary slingshot, when properly made and used, can be an adult weapon of deadly accuracy.

On June 15, 1934 it all officially came together at long last. An area of 400,000 acres within the boundary of the park had been acquired.

Home of synchronous fireflies. But in the early 30s Elkmont, TN’s nature display was outshone by political sparks flying in all directions.

Horace Kephart became especially renowned for his classic works ‘Our Southern Highlanders’ and ‘Camping and Woodcraft.’

Playwright Lisa Soland discusses the Walker Sisters, last inhabitants of what was to become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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