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A Year in the Smokies: 2011

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:08:43 +0000

Experience another year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film.

Smoky Mountain Old-Time Music

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:26:21 +0000

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.

A Quick Trip to Mingo Falls

admin — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:47:41 +0000

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 into a standard horizontal video frame, so I had to turn the camera sideways!

Mountain Life Festival, September 18

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:46:14 +0000

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 making molasses, apple cider, apple butter, cornbread, and greens, and crafting brooms and rugs. The Mountain Farm Museum is located two miles north of Cherokee, NC on US 441 (Newfound Gap Road). Click here to see the fun!

Fun Time for Elk in Oconaluftee

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:24:45 +0000

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.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Mountain Life Festival, September 19

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:35:39 +0000

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.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Cool Digs

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:58 +0000

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, and suffered from a lot of poison ivy.

But filming archaeologists is pretty fun, and they seem to enjoy what they’re doing… especially when they’re actually finding interesting Cherokee artifacts! Click the photo below to hear about the major dig site of the summer!