An Early Mountain Community in Townsend, Tennessee

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An Early Mountain Community

in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN , USA

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In the early 1900s family farms covered the valley. Self-sufficiency was the rule in those days, but most people made use of the mill, the country store, and the blacksmith shop. The buildings assembled here represent part of a typical mountain community.

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