by William Britten | Sep 15, 2017 | philosophy, Wildlife
It seems like every year as we move from August to September, all the signs suddenly point to the end of summer. In these Smoky Mountains photos of buck deer in Cades Cove, you can almost feel what they feel. The easy days are slipping away … the days of...
by William Britten | Sep 7, 2017 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
William “Fighting Billy” Tipton was Revolutionary War veteran and the first of the Tipton clan to acquire land in the Smoky Mountains. This was in the 1820s under Tennessee’s Land Grant program. Colonel Hamp Tipton, a veteran of the Civil War, built...
by William Britten | Jun 26, 2017 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Miles Away on Monday
I can’t think of a more idyllic way to get your exercise than to bike the Cades Cove Loop in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From May through September on Wednesday and Saturday mornings until 10:00 the Loop Road is closed to motorized vehicles, so the...
by William Britten | Jun 22, 2017 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The story goes that the Methodist Church in Cades Cove was constructed in 115 days at a cost of $115 by a man who served for many years as the minister. The current frame building was built in 1902, replacing the log structure that had served from the 1820s. Please...
by William Britten | Jun 15, 2017 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Primitive Baptist Church in the Cades Cove section of the Great Smoky Mountains was established in 1827 in a log structure that served the congregation until the current church was built in 1887. The graveyard behind the church has some very old tombstones with...