Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

We're in Smoky Mountain National Park outside of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It's so beautiful here. We went to Cades Cove and drove through it, it was a farming community and by 1850 Cades Cove supported 685 members of 137 households. Distilleries, both legal and illegal operated in Cades Cove. The national park was established in 1934, moving most of the remaining families out.

John P. Cable built this house in 1879

Too bad the traffic bothers him so much

That's a bear way up there

Inside the Baptist church

John Oliver arrived in the Cove prior to 1820 and bought this land in 1826. It remained in the family until the park was established more than 100 years later.

Grist Mill

Our campsite in Yogi Bears Jellystone Park