Logging exhibit
Destruction of the forests was halted when the park was established.
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Logging exhibit Details
Early residents of the Smokies felled trees to build their homes, furniture and fences and as fuel, but it was the industrialized logging of the 20th century that threatened to alter the local landscape forever. With railroads and steam-powered logging equipment, lumber companies felled nearly all of the old-growth forests of Appalachia in a few short decades, including two-thirds of the virgin woodlands in the Smoky Mountains. Elkmont and Tremont were among the 15 logging towns that existed within the current park boundaries around the turn of the 20th century. As this roadside exhibit explains, the destruction of the remaining forests was halted only when the federal government established the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in the 1930s and acquired the lands once held by the timber companies.
Difficulty
Low
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N/A
Estimated time
Region
Newfound Gap Road
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