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A black bear in the Great Smokies. The Great Smoky Mountains are home to 66 species of mammals, over 240 species of birds, 43 species of amphibians, 60 species of fish, and 40 species of reptiles. The range has the densest black bear population east of the Mississippi River. The black bear has come to symbolize wildlife in the Smokies, and the ...
Over the decades since 52 elk were reintroduced to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Cataloochee Valley in 2001 and 2002, wildlife biologists have longed for a statistically accurate count ...
Franklin basketball's Max McClure scores 47 points, setting a school record in an 82-60 win vs. Smoky Mountain on Tuesday.
The man we know today as George Masa was born on April 6, 1885, the second son of Mr. Takahashi, a Tokyo landlord. According to letters written in Japanese and found after Masa's death, he had an unhappy childhood.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will reopen Jan. 17 after hazardous winter weather this week, while most park roads remain closed. Great Smokies to open Jan. 17, large portions of Blue ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers a total of 522,419 acres (816.280 sq mi; 211,415 ha; 2,114.15 km 2) The park is roughly evenly divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is located within portions of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties in Tennessee, and Swain and Haywood Counties in North Carolina. [12]
Smokies Life is a nonprofit organization that supports Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southeastern United States. It was authorized by Congress in 1953 to support the Park's educational, scientific, and historical programs.
Clingmans Dome has been officially renamed Kuwohi, which is the Cherokee word for mulberry place. Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people.