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Hay Bales
In recent years, round hay bales have replaced the old square ones.
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Abrams Creek
Early settlers wrote of a swamp that once existed along Abrams Creek; today, only seasonal pools remain.
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Cable’s Mill
Cable’s Mill dates back to around 1868.
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Cades Cove Road
A couple walks along Cades Cove’s modern road – its first road was for horses and wagons (the first car arrived around 1913).
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White-tailed deer
A white-tailed deer pauses in the trees.
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Hay Bales
In recent years, round hay bales have replaced the old square ones.
“I wouldn’t trade my time photographing in Cades Cove for anything,” photographer Bill Lea writes in the introduction to his book “Cades Cove: Window to a Secret World,” which explores the quiet beauty of this part of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.
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