Old structures in the smoky mountains

[magnet-man]

I was doing a google search on beehive designs and came across this interesting page.

Smoky mountain national park structures (http://www.jessstryker.com/national-parks/great-smoky-mountains-national-park/index.htm)

[Ravenseye]

Great photo journey. I wish I was going on vacation right now!

[G3farms]

I can see the tops of the Smokey Mountains out my back door, been through cades cove several times. I always like to see the old buildings.
That is a good link for sure, thanks.

G3

[justin]

i spent every other weekend of my childhood in that stuff. dad is an amateur wildlife photographer as well as a chaplin and he picked us up at moms in knoxville on friday night and we were usually in cades cove by 7:30 am saturday. we used to take bikes up and do the 11 mile loop when we were not chasing deer and coyotes and turkeys around. me carrying his tripod. i was expecting a picture of the large beeyard that is probably still there. my dad got married (remarried) in one of the fields thats pictured. when i was in highschool i would skip and just go to the smokies all day. brings back lots of good memories. thanks
on a sidenote i was trying to teach my 5 year old boy the words to rockytop on his way to kindergarden this morning. he already does a pretty good version of "cottonfields" by ccr. justin

[RayMarler]

I thought you were googling beehive pictures? I didn't see any beehives in those...:rolleyes:

Nice site, thanks, I've always sought out these kinds of pics for wallpapers on the desktop.

What about that out house pic? I was thinking it might make a nice hive, what ya think?

[paul.h]

Wonderful pictures, I have been there several times and never saw anything like this. Now I want to go back just to see this. I usually just walk around and go to "The Old Mill and the Apple Barn"

[danno]

I was there a year ago and the really cool thing about cades cove was almost all of the building are wide open. They aren't furnished. The bee gum's stand behind one old cabin. The wildlife is amasing. huge whitetail bucks out in the middle of the day. Its your best bet for seeing bears and the coyotes are all over the place. At the enterence to the park you can taste and buy sourwood honey. I think it was 8.00 a pound but sooooooooooo tasty

[Dave W]

>i was expecting a picture of the large beeyard that is probably still there . . .
There was poster here when I first joined, that said "the large beeyard" (that was gone 8 years ago; my last trip) belonged to his ???? (uncle?). That post might still be in the archive.

[Galaxy]

My family's roots are deep in the Smoky Mountain region. They were among the first settlers in the area. Many of the photos remind me of some of the structures on one of my grandfathers' farm, including the bee "gums". I grew up about 40 miles southwest of the park and about 20 miles west of the Tellico Mountains in Monroe County. (http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/monroe_county_tennessee/index.html) And, still own the family farm there.

Recreation to us meant hiking, camping, swimming, floating, and fishing the Tellico, Citico, and Smoky Mountains and their streams. My favorite spots are Cades Cove and LeConte Lodge in the Smokies and anywhere along the Tellico River road.

If you want to experience a great overnight hike and not have to carry a tent, sleeping bag, food, and cooking gear, check out the LeConte Lodge (http://www.leconte-lodge.com/about.html). It is located near the summit of Mt LeConte at 6,360 feet elevation and the only way to get there is to hike in.

Every time I have spent the night there I have seen black bear. Once in our cabin, while my young son, his cousin and I were in the cabin.

[Galaxy]

i was expecting a picture of the large beeyard that is probably still there.
Yes, in the 1950's and 60's there was a large bee yard at one of the houses in the cove that was occupied by a family who farmed the cove. I don't believe it is there anymore.

Up until a few decades ago the Park Service leased out the floor of the cove to a few descendants of the original residents for farming, largely beef cattle, pasture, and some corn. The environmentalists convinced the Park Service that farming was not compatible with the Park's mission. Frankly, I think Cades Cove was much more interesting when it was farmed than now. It was a very pastoral setting and buildings are much more interesting when they are being used for their intended purpose.

[Dave W]

On my last visit to LeConte Lodge CAMPGROUND, my return trip was down and over Camel's Hump.

Oh, what a memory!

[G3farms]

Wonderful pictures, I have been there several times and never saw anything like this. Now I want to go back just to see this. I usually just walk around and go to "The Old Mill and the Apple Barn"

You needed to go a little farther out, you were in Pigeon Forge, home of Dollywood.

G3

[G3farms]

Recreation to us meant hiking, camping, swimming, floating, and fishing the Tellico, Citico, and Smoky Mountains and their streams. My favorite spots are Cades Cove and LeConte Lodge in the Smokies and anywhere along the Tellico River road.

Have floated and fished Citico and Tellico many times. Even fished the Little "T" before it was flooded. Hunted arrow heads and beads, and Calways wondered just what was burried in those indian mounds. Always liked going to the trout farm, Green Cove , and Holly Flats.

G3

[G3farms]

It was a very pastoral setting and buildings are much more interesting when they are being used for their intended purpose.

Try the Museum of Appalachia, It is just a mile or two off of 75 just north of Knoxville on the Norris/Clinton/Oak Ridge exit. They have something going on there all of the time. It is still a working farm with all of the old log cabins.

G3

[G3farms]

on a sidenote i was trying to teach my 5 year old boy the words to rockytop on his way to kindergarden this morning.

You will have to turn it up loud to hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzxPhYuVN4E&feature=related

That is in Neyland Stadium, capacity of it is just above 100,000 seats, and yes it does get packed out.

GO VOLS!!!

G3

[danno]

Pigeon Forge sucked!!!! I expected it to be rustic. Kinda Daniel Booneish but except for the mill it was all neon. Its also DRY. Go on vacation and cant even buy a beer. Gatlinberg was very cool.

[G3farms]

Pigeon Forge sucked!!!! I expected it to be rustic. Kinda Daniel Booneish but except for the mill it was all neon. Its also DRY. Go on vacation and cant even buy a beer. Gatlinberg was very cool.

I totally agree with you on that, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg do nothing for me, they are nothing but tourist traps. I have installed many many fire sprinkler systems in all three towns and hate to go up there.

I got a little laugh out of the Daniel Boone part though, your in the wrong state:doh:, he was from Kentucky, you are thinking of Davy Crocket, he came from a little farther east from there.

For more rustic you will have to go outside of those towns, even into the park. I went to Greenfield Village when I waws a kid and really enjoyed that, that was rustic with the people in the time period clothing and all.

G3

[magnet-man]

I thought you were googling beehive pictures? I didn't see any beehives in those...:rolleyes:


Some people don't recognize a rustic beehive when they see it.:rolleyes:

http://www.jessstryker.com/national-parks/great-smoky-mountains-national-park/webphoto/web-mountain-farm-bee-hives.jpg