Pigeon Forge / Veta Wilson King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Veta Wilson., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pigeon Forge (Tenn.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Pigeon Forge (Tenn.).

Pigeon Forge (Tenn.)--History--Pictorial works.

Pigeon Forge (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2010]

Summary:

Pigeon Forge is a booming resort town in Tennessee with the majestic Great Smoky Mountains towering in the background. The national park's birth in 1934 forever changed this once-fertile farming river valley. Pigeon Forge is a vacationing playground with every type of family amusement imaginable, the most noted being Dolly Parton's own Dollywood theme park. The town began with a few large-acre farms and a cluster of farm-related businesses. Its unusual name derived from an iron forge built by Isaac Love in 1819 and the Little Pigeon River that provided power for its operation. The Cherokees, native to the area, named the river because of the countless passenger pigeons lining its banks. Love's son, William, built a gristmill in 1830 that still stands today. The Old Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Contents:

Ironworks and early farming community

The Great Smoky Mountains change a destiny

Roadside cottages and smoked hams beckon tourists.

OCLC:

885209670