by William Britten | Nov 25, 2010 | Gatlinburg
HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone! I’ll be spending the day down at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Fair. Come on down and visit if you are in town. The William Britten Gallery will be closed today, but will re-open...
by William Britten | Nov 24, 2010 | Featured Photos
Color Cascade is a new fall image for 2010. It was taken from one of the bridges spanning the Ramsay Prong of the Little Pigeon River in the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This picture was taken from exactly the same spot as the winter...
by William Britten | Nov 22, 2010 | History of the Smokies
From Dutch Roth’s journal, Tales from the Woods: MARKING THE A.T. AUGUST 18,1929 Many present-day hikers tramping through the Smokies on grade A trails have undoubtedly wondered what adventurer would travel a slippery stream and force his way through miles of...
by William Britten | Nov 19, 2010 | philosophy, photography
It’s Friday in Gatlinburg once again, and you know what that means. (enter the word “Friday” in the search box to the right if you’re new around here) I love this time of year. I think of it as “echoes of autumn.” The trees are...
by William Britten | Nov 18, 2010 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ephraim and Minerva Bales subsisted on 70 rock-infested acres along the Roaring Fork in the early 1900s. Walking around this homestead, it’s hard to escape the sense of overwhelming difficulty that surely characterized the life here. Compared to some of the home...