Mark your calendar for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary Employee and Alumni Homecoming, April 30-May 2, 2009! We are excited about celebrating this important anniversary with you and we hope that you will find the three days of activities planned just for this occasion interesting and worth a trip back to the [...]
You’ll love to see Randy Ogle making a rocking chair like the one Aden Carver made. One of the Great Smoky Mountains’ most remarkable residents was Aden Carver, born at Smokemont in 1844. Carver lived to be 101 years old. He was a farmer, craftsman, millwright, and deacon of the Oconaluftee Baptist Church. He lived [...]
Here’s a fascinating look at David Ogle making brooms. He does it the way his grandfather showed him. It’s his way of celebrating the park’s 75th anniversary. You’ll love this peek inside his studio. Click on the picture below to watch the short film.