Tag Archive: log cabin

Cades Cove: the Tipton Place

Miss Lucy and Miss Lizzy were daughters of Colonel Hamp Tipton, a veteran of the revolutionary war, who ...

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Miles Away on Monday: Summer Evenings

The day is drawing to a close, time to grab a chair on the porch and relax, watch the evening sky descend on the mountains. Listen to the crickets, ...

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Bear Essentials

I take a lot of photographs log cabins for resort rental companies. And I've seen every cute little thing related to bears in these cabins. Many of ...

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Miles Away on Monday: Clouds Floating By

It's  a blue-sky morning, clouds floating by. The Smoky Mountains are shimmering in the distance. Two cheerful rockers wait for you ...

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Along the Roaring Fork: Bud Ogle Farm

The Ogle family goes way back in the Gatlinburg ...

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Cades Cove: Henry Whitehead Cabin

Matilda "Aunt Tildy" Shields married Henry Whitehead after her first husband ran off. Henry built the ...

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Cades Cove: Elijah Oliver Homestead

Elijah Oliver was John Oliver's son, and he was born in Cades Cove in ...

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Night Work

One of the ways that I survive here in the paradise of Gatlinburg and the Great ...

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Featured Photo: Noah “Bud” Ogle Cabin

Noah "Bud" Ogle was a Smoky Mountain farmer who lived from 1863 ...

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Favorite Trails: Porters Creek

Porters Creek Trail is a delightful meander in the Greenbrier section of the Great ...

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The Life of Wood

There are many old pioneer cabins in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Most of them were constructed from native wood, shaped with hand tools such as the broad ax, froe, ...

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Time and place … and memories

I've always been fascinated with the concepts of time and place. For example,  the Smoky Mountains have been unchanging for centuries, but in my photography gallery here in Gatlinburg, I can't tell you how many stories I've heard about families returning to the Smokies every year for decades! Families have grown through many generations while ...

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