by Gary Bailey | May 20, 2020 | News
There is life in Gatlinburg. At the time of this writing, on May 20th, 2020, many businesses have been closed or operating at a reduced level for a couple of months due to the COVID-19 outbreak. But things are changing rapidly. Here is where we stand now. The Great...
by Gary Bailey | May 6, 2020 | History
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the closing of an attraction in Gatlinburg that most of you (except maybe those of you local to the area) probably didn’t know existed – Fun Mountain. Fun Mountain is an abandoned theme park that closed in the...
by Gary Bailey | Apr 22, 2020 | History, Nature
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to the black bear, a medium-sized bear that is widely distributed throughout North America. They are omnivores (meaning they eat both plants and animals) that like to live in heavily forested areas but will approach...
by Gary Bailey | Apr 8, 2020 | History
In 1970, Columbia Pictures released a movie titled “A Walk in the Spring Rain.” The movie, filmed in 1969, starred Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, two Hollywood superstars at the time. The plot of the movie involves a couple (college professor Roger...
by Gary Bailey | Mar 25, 2020 | News
We have been receiving many questions from concerned citizens about what is going on in Gatlinburg, and what we are doing differently, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Here is where we stand. Local Response The mayors and city managers of Sevier County,...