Walker sisters

The story of the Walker Sisters who continued living in the Smokies after it became a national park continues to fascinate visitors. Their origins at Little Greenbrier began in the 19th century.

The Walker Sisters didn't let the establishment of the GSMNP stop them from living the simple life. Read all about their strange history.

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The Walker sisters did not want to leave their family home when the land was taken for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They were allowed to stay with restrictions and ultimately became a tourist attraction themselves.

Deep in the mountains of East Tennessee, the Walker sisters are still living in the 19th century—and finding it not so bad, either.

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The Little Brier Gap Trail is a popular hike that leads by the old homesite of the famed Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier.

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Along the Eleven Point River in northeastern Arkansas is the Rice-Upshaw house, built around 1828 by Reuben Rice as a store & loom house for his rural trading center. In the mid-1840s, his sixth & youngest son, Thomas Blackman Rice, expanded the original one-story log structure to serve as his family’s home (top photo c.1900). It is one of the state's oldest structures. Restoration of the original building (bottom) took 10 yrs by Black River Technical College. Property is open to guided…