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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Injun Creek

March 4, 2009 – 9:19 am

  Visit Injun Creek (or is it Indian Creek or Engine Creek?) with Caitlin and her father by clicking here or on the photo! You’ll love Bob Miller’s recreation of the accident. It’s like the Ballad of Casey Jones (sort of).

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Did you say “injun” or “engine”?

March 4, 2008 – 10:10 am

This is Nichols-Shepherd No. 4246 steam engine. Brought to Big Greenbriar Cove in the 1920s to saw lumber for a new school. On the way back out, the engine toppled over into what is now named “Injun” creek, after the wreck. Showing how marketing sometimes goes awry, or maybe it’s just spelling gone wrong. Photo [...]

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