December 28, 2011 – 3:08 pm
Experience another year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film.
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Posted in Animals, Fall Leaf Color, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Minute in the Mountains: Scenery & Music, Scenic Views, Video, Wildflowers, Winter
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Also tagged Cades Cove, Deer, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Newfound Gap, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Snow. Seasons, Spring, Summer, Waterfalls, Winter
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Old-time mountain music is an important part of the rich cultural history of the Great Smoky Mountains. Come listen to some of this historic music at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in this new video with guest video blogger Walter Wuthmann.
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Posted in Artists in the Park, Events, Fascinating People, History, Mountain Voices: Interviews With Locals and Visitors, Video
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Also tagged acoustic, autoharp, Banjo, bass, culture, Event, Fall, family, fiddle, fun, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, guitar, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, History, Judy Sipes, mandolin, mountain, Music, National Park, Oconaluftee Visitor Center, old-time, Singing, Smokey Mountains, Smokie Mountains, Smokies, Spring, Summer, violin, voice, Winter
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Watch this video to see my trip to magnificent Mingo Falls, a stunning 180 foot cascade located just outside the park near Cherokee, NC. It’s worth a visit! And you can click here to see a beautiful full-length shot of the entire waterfall viewable from the bridge. It’s so tall that it wouldn’t all fit [...]
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Posted in Easy Hikes, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Scenic Views, Video
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Also tagged Cherokee, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Mingo Falls, North Carolina, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall
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September 16, 2010 – 9:46 am
Come on over and experience old-time mountain ways at the annual Mountain Life Festival, held at Oconaluftee Mountain Farm Museum. This year’s event will be on September 18 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Living history demonstrations will get you in touch with the many activities that kept people in this area busy, like [...]
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Posted in Events, History, Rocky Top Road Trip, Video
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Also tagged Apple Butter, Apple Cider, Brooms, Cornbread, Fall, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Molasses, Mountain Farm Museum, Mountain Life Festival, Rugs, Smokey Mountains, Smokie Mountains, Smokies
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November 24, 2009 – 9:24 am
Elk like to have fun in the park, too! These fine fellows were seen frolicking near Oconaluftee Visitor Center recently. Click here or on the photo and see if you can find the two elk in the background trying to steal the scene.
August 26, 2009 – 7:35 am
Saturday, September 19, the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee will be the site of the Mountain Life Festival, where living history demonstrations will show many of the tasks past residents performed to sustain a living here in these mountains. Click here or on the photo to view the video.
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Posted in Events, Video
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Also tagged Apple Butter, Apple Cider, Corn, Event, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hominy, Molasses, Mountain Farm Museum, Mountain Life Festival, Quilts, September, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Sorghum, Spinning, Wool
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August 25, 2008 – 8:17 am
I used to dream about discovering Incan gold when I was a little kid… and then I took an archaeology class during high school and realized there was NO WAY I had the patience to slowly scrape dirt away and meticulously record where it came from. In six weeks of excavating, I also found nothing, [...]