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Col. Townsend initially opposed the effort, but after some wavering, sold at base price 76,000 acres (310 km 2) of his Little River Lumber tract in 1926 to what would eventually become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [14] Townsend lived near Elkmont in a now-historic Swiss-style chalet he called Spindle Top, where he would die in 1936 ...
The caverns were re-opened to the public by Townsend locals Bill Vananda and Harry Myers in 1953. The first tours were taken by kerosene lamps until electricity was wired through the caverns in 1955. The caverns are known for the "Big Room" that could almost fit a football stadium inside it.
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In 2008, a moonshine still built and operated by Townsend-area resident Charlie Williams (1908–1992) was donated to the center by Williams' son, Mike. [9] In 2010, the Wilders Cemetery Association donated the 100-year-old meeting house of the Wilders Chapel AME Zion Church, which had stood on Amerine Road in Maryville since 1910.
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Location of Blount County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
As an arctic blast hits the Northeastern U.S. this weekend, a clipper system moving across the Great Lakes and into the Northeast early next week is bringing a chance of snow -- and rain -- for ...
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