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Lost in the Smokies?
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Started this vacation tale. Last reply by Scott Caldwell Jul 1.
Name that Place! (A new game on GoSmokies!)
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Started this vacation tale. Last reply by Mike Maples Dec. 22, 2008.
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Dolly Parton's 'Sha-Kon-O-Hey!' CD raises $5,032 for Friends of Smokies
An eight-song CD by Dolly Parton commemorating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's 75th anniversary and sold in area Food City stores has netted more than $5,000 for a park support organization.Stargaze at night at Big South Fork
June is a great time to view the summer Milky Way. And without the intrusion of city lights, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is a primo spot to stargaze.Smokies visits up slightly in May
GATLINBURG - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park's latest visitors statistics show a .7 percent increase in visitation for May 2009 over May 2008.Groundbreaking for Oconaluftee on park's 75th birthday
OCONALUFTEE, N.C. - It was 1940 and times were tough for 15-year-old Clarence Allison and his family down on the farm in Haywood, N.C. Allison needed a job and the Civilian Conservation Corps was hiring workers to build the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, located two miles north of Cherokee, N.C. "The only thing I had ever done was work on a farm and drive a team of horses," said the now 85-year-old Allison.Teens to experience a new New Deal by working in Tennessee parks
NASHVILLE - State parks are Tennessee's playgrounds. Families use them to boat and fish, to camp and hike, to see wildflowers in the spring and colorful leaves in the fall. What many may not realize is that the Great Depression and its New Deal jobs programs laid the foundation for the parks system.Jigsha on GoSmokies
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Never been lost but to quote Mr Boone, I have been confused for a spell.
Amen to that Frank. Thanks Jigsha for sharing the link to the story. I always felt like that child was grabbed by a kidnapper. Reading the article is hard because its so sad, but I am pleased they took the opportunity to profile it and learn from ...
fortunately and thanx to our wonderful Lord and Savior, neither my wifey or myself, or any family have nerver been lost.
Oh my goodness. This photo is beautiful Look at the sky and colors captured. Thank you for sharing!
The News Sentinel is kicking off a missing person series by profiling the case of Dennis Martin. Dennis was 6 years old when he ran along Spence Field in the Smokies. He disappeared into the brush on June 14, 1960 and was never seen again.Read the...
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- Hometown:
- Knoxville, TN
- My favorite thing about the Smokies:
- Their beauty and their hiking trails. Abrams falls in the winter.
- About Me:
- I'm the online editor of knoxnews.com. I wish I could backpack/camp a more than the one or two times a year that I do.
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- http://www.jigsha.com/
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Tell the N.C. governor you're sorry she couldn't travel to the Smokies celebration
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue is skipping the Governors' Proclamation Day at Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This ceremony is one of many that is marking the 75th anniversary of the park.Why don't you let Perdue know what she's missing out on by sending her a digital postcard
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Comment Wall (43 comments)
- At 8:19am on June 10, 2009, MountainGirl aka "Footbridge" said…
- sarah is back....*sigh*
- At 10:22am on June 3, 2009,
gsmnp said… - No, no contact w/Brinda(dang it!). Sorry to leave you with that impression. I just like to kick a dead hor(s)e. Tim.
- At 4:23am on June 3, 2009, gsmnp said…
- Jigsha, "Sarah", "Alex", whoever is back. (S)he struck around 4:00 AM, I'm the first to see it so I'm letting you know. "Sarah" has all this political stuff, "Brinda Coleman" sounded a lot more fun. Thanks, and Have a good day, Tim.
- At 8:21am on June 2, 2009,
Mike Maples said… - Hey Jigsha,
Notice that you have had one of my photos on the 75th smokies part of the front page for a while. Thanks, but I like a by-line, lol. You should consider hiring me for some research stories. I know you have to edit and rewrite them for my grammar errors, but I think we could work something out. What you think?
- At 1:56pm on June 1, 2009,
Sandy said… - Hi Jigsha,
I want to thank you for creating such a wonderful website
for us lovers of the Smoky Mts. I love it here!
Have a great day.
- At 4:04pm on May 30, 2009,
Gordon said… - Hi Jigsha. Thought you should know our friend "Alex" may have returned under the name of "Sarah." Real person or spam-bot, the two posts have nothing to do with the Smokies...
- At 3:08pm on May 29, 2009,
Renee Chaisson said… - I just want to thank you for this great site. Whenever I need a "fix" or "mental get away", I turn on the computer and visit Go Smokies. Gotta love it!
- At 7:31am on May 25, 2009,
Robert Bairski said… - Hey Jigsha...Glad everyone is getting rid of her. She needs to keep her business hers, not ours. Have a good holiday.
- At 7:40am on May 24, 2009, Robert Bairski said…
- I would say, the email I got from Brinda Coleman, that she is selling something else besides the Smokies. I love both but not on this site. Keep it what it is suppose to be.
- At 5:52am on May 24, 2009, gsmnp said…
- Hey Jigsha!, hope this is the appropriate place to do this business, check out Brinda Colemans' page/profile and see if you think she is one of "our kind of gurrllss".; If she is, and meets your approval, I might ask her to go hiking with me sometime. LOL. J., have a GREAT WKND!, gsmnp.
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