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The Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range. The park was established in 1934 and, with over 11 million visits per year, is the most visited national park in the United States. [1] The Smokies are part of an International Biosphere Reserve.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains , part of the Blue Ridge Mountains , which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain .
The Knoxville Smokies are a Minor League Baseball team based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The team, which plays in the Southern League , is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs . The team was based in Kodak, Tennessee , a Knoxville suburb, from 2000 to 2024 as the Tennessee Smokies at Smokies Stadium .
The Cherokee people have a long and rich history in the Great Smoky Mountains, but at many points throughout the last 300 years, that cultural tradition has been threatened.
"Letters from the Smokies," written by the national park's librarian and archivist Michael Aday, has earned recognition from a historical society.
A new George Masa biography honors his life and photography work that helped spur creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The following is a comprehensive list of historical structures located within and maintained by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Structures at Cades Cove, Roaring Fork, the Noah Ogle Place, and Elkmont are part of U.S. Registered Historic Districts.
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living.