Throwback Thursday

Standing up to the man! That’s exactly what the Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier did when the Federal Government wanted their 123-acre farm for inclusion with a new national park. In the 1930s the Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission, charged with purchasing property for the park, tried to persuade the sisters to sell their land. Eventually the Feds backed down, admitting that "These old women are rooted to the soil.” The five spinster sisters would continue to maintain their traditional mountain life - within the park boundaries - into the 1960s. Today park visitors can visit the Walker Sisters homestead by taking the easy 1.3-mile hike along the Little Brier Gap Trail .







Jeff

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