Cataloochee Creek in the Smoky Mountains
On a muggy July afternoon after a thunderstorm passed overhead, I was able to capture some wonderful light shining through the mist on Cataloochee Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the Cherokee people lived in Cataloochee Valley and established trails and roadways that are still used today.
From the National Park Service website:
“Cataloochee Valley is nestled among some of the most rugged mountains in the southeastern United States. Surrounded by 6000-foot peaks, this isolated valley was one of the largest and most prosperous settlements in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Some 1,200 people lived in this lovely mountain valley in 1910. Most made their living by farming, including commercial apple growing, but an early tourism industry developed in Cataloochee with some families boarding fishermen and other tourists who wished to vacation in the mountains.”
On a muggy July afternoon after a thunderstorm passed overhead, I was able to capture some wonderful light shining through the mist on Cataloochee Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the Cherokee people lived in Cataloochee Valley and established trails and roadways that are still used today.
From the National Park Service website:
“Cataloochee Valley is nestled among some of the most rugged mountains in the southeastern United States. Surrounded by 6000-foot peaks, this isolated valley was one of the largest and most prosperous settlements in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Some 1,200 people lived in this lovely mountain valley in 1910. Most made their living by farming, including commercial apple growing, but an early tourism industry developed in Cataloochee with some families boarding fishermen and other tourists who wished to vacation in the mountains.”
On a muggy July afternoon after a thunderstorm passed overhead, I was able to capture some wonderful light shining through the mist on Cataloochee Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the Cherokee people lived in Cataloochee Valley and established trails and roadways that are still used today.
From the National Park Service website:
“Cataloochee Valley is nestled among some of the most rugged mountains in the southeastern United States. Surrounded by 6000-foot peaks, this isolated valley was one of the largest and most prosperous settlements in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Some 1,200 people lived in this lovely mountain valley in 1910. Most made their living by farming, including commercial apple growing, but an early tourism industry developed in Cataloochee with some families boarding fishermen and other tourists who wished to vacation in the mountains.”
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