Archive for 'Tourist Communities'
Another Chairlift In The Works For Gatlinburg
If things go as 805 Parkway Partners hope, downtown could become home to another chairlift. The proposed site plan, presented at Tuesday’s City Commission workshop to discuss the request for right-of-way usage, includes a restaurant, parking [...]
Unto These Hills
Unto These Hills is the second oldest outdoor historical drama in the United States, opening on July 1, 1950 in Cherokee, North Carolina. Since then over six million visitors have been delighted by Unto These Hills. [...]
Great Smokies Tops All Other National Parks in Visitor Spending
A recent study shows the impact of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s superlatives go beyond being the most visited national park in the system. It tops the other 397 parks in visitor spending, with a [...]
Construction on Townsend Bridge Near Smokies Entrance Completed
The construction hampering traffic at the Townsend entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park has, for the most part, ended. Traffic is again flowing in and out of the Park at regular speeds and in both [...]
Black Bear Breaks Into Gatlinburg Candy Store
Employees at Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen were in for a surprise Wednesday morning, as they found themselves greeted by a bear upon entering the shop. “It was scary inside here,” said supervisor Harold Wright as he [...]
Townsend Day a Huge Success
When you throw a party, and the weather cooperates, good things happen. Townsend Days, which encompasses the Townsend Fall Festival, the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center Blue Ribbon Fair, Railroad Days at the Little River Railroad [...]
Casino Helps Revive Cherokee Economy
Help wanted signs aren’t too common these days. But there’s an anomaly here in the far end of the state, where Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort is in the throes of a $633 million expansion, one [...]
Lee Roberson Art Gallery
Located two miles from Townsend, TN off Highway 321 the Lee Roberson Art Gallery is a must-see destination on your Smoky Mountain getaway. A short drive down a winding, one-way gravel lane leads you to a [...]
Lumberjack Feud Set To Open August 26
Lumberjack Sports International’s Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud, a $10 million attraction located in Pigeon Forge, will open for business on Friday, August 26. Being touted as the “Smokies’ Rowdiest Good-Time Dinner Show,” ESPN timber athletes [...]
Black Bear Putting Scare into Townsend Woman
BY WES WADE wes.wade@thedailytimes.com Up until Thursday one would be hard-pressed to find anything in the Smoky Mountains to give 12-year Townsend resident Kerry Shibley a fright. Yet a large black bear that’s apparently taken a [...]
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