One hundred years ago this month an idea inspired a movement. The result: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the mountain range has long loomed over the region, the Smokies owes its status ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The history of the Great Smoky Mountains is long, with families settling in the mountains and building homes that people later left. Now, officials are hoping to ...

The Cades Cove Orientation Facility (shown here in 1959) was an ideal place to debut the new interpretive materials developed by the Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association. The box on the ...

More than 30 apple trees persist on The Purchase at the national park. They're more than 125 years old, and their DNA is ...

KNOXVILLE, TENN. (WATE) — Step back in time with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park‘s Celebrating Cosby: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow community programs. The programs take place Friday from June ...

Seasonal hiring is underway at the Smokies, but funding uncertainty could affect staffing and visitor experience at national ...

PIGEON FORGE AND SEVIERVILLE, TN (WSPA) – Pigeon Forge is surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains and wasn’t established as a city until 1961. A big reason the city is what it is today is because of ...

SEVIERVILLE, TN (WSPA) – Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are the cities that likely first come to mind when you think about the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee. But the county’s largest city, ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Exit 407 is a cultural landmark. Without saying where it is located, many people already know that it is where State Route 66 meets Interstate 40 in Sevier County. While ...

The production's first national tour stops for two shows in Bloomington on Saturday. Actor Ken Orman, who plays Scrooge, said ...