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Articles From Jan/Feb 2017

Mollie’s Butt? Scratch Britches Mountain?

Yes, the Great Smokies are full of strange and curious place-names.

Jan 1, 2017
By: Blue Ridge Country Staff

Coal Creek? Lake City? Rocky Top? What’s in a Name?

One Tennessee mountain town has a penchant for changing its name every few decades. And some folks tend to never give up on the old one(s).

Jan 1, 2017
By: Joe Tennis

Gone But Not Forgotten

The sad tale of 10-year-old Vannie Cook and her disappearance in the mountains lives on in the Smokies.

Jan 1, 2017
By: Arthur McDade

The long-held theory that a hotel had been built around a Trail 0f Tears-era cabin was finally verified as true in 2011. Since then, the cabin has been revealed to have been the home of a Cherokee man named Avery Vann, brother of Chief James Vann.

Jan 1, 2017
By: Kim Jarrett

The Entire Mountain Town Sold at Auction

What could the 123-acre former U.S. Navy base become in its new life? A mountain resort? Movie studio? Monastery? Nudist colony? The new owner has not revealed his plans as we go to press.