From an eighteenth-century Cherokee feast to a deadly wildfire that destroyed a town, It Happened in the Great Smokies looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of America’s most visited national park. It Happened in the Great Smokies includes thirty-one fascinating stories about events and ten biographies of people that shaped this famous national park in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee. [Front cover tagline] From discovering Cherokee plant remedies to the founding of Dollywood [Reading line] Extraordinary events and notable characters from Great Smoky Mountains National Park From an eighteenth-century Cherokee feast to a deadly wildfire that nearly destroyed a town, It Happened in the Great Smokies looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of America's most visited national park. Learn how Cherokee leader Nanye-hi earned the respect of her tribe and thwarted a war against white settlers. Discover how the community of Gatlinburg banded together to save their school and preserve the area's traditional crafts. And read about what inspired one man to transform a chair into a backpack to carry his elderly mother on a 12-mile round-trip hike to the peak of Mount LeConte. Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and has taught US History at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee, since 1970. He has hiked and camped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than forty-five years. He is also the author of Death in the Great Smoky Mountains, It Happened in the Civil War and It Happened in the Revolutionary War. Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and taught US History at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee from 1970–2006. He has hiked and camped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than forty-five years. He is also the author of Death in the Great Smoky Mountains, It Happened in the Civil War and It Happened in the Revolutionary War.