by Gary Bailey | Jul 15, 2019 | Places to Eat In Gatlinburg, Restaurants, Reviews
Looking for something different for dinner on your stay in Gatlinburg? Then let me tell you about the Greenbrier Restaurant. The name of the restaurant derives from the Greenbrier area of the Smoky Mountains. It sits on a ridge overlooking a steep slope of thick,...
by Gary Bailey | Jul 8, 2019 | Celebrities, History
Floyd Crosby checked into the Inn on June 6, 1942. Crosby was a renowned cinematographer. He had begun his career at the New York Stock Exchange, but in 1927 he left to do film work on an expedition, which launched a multi-decade career in the film industry. When he...
by Gary Bailey | Jul 1, 2019 | Restaurants, Reviews
Recently I stopped in at Puckers Sports Grill, located at 745 Parkway in Gatlinburg. The astute observer will make note that that is literally right next door to the Historic Gatlinburg Inn parking lot. If you walk out of our front door to Parkway and look to your...
by Gary Bailey | Jun 25, 2019 | Music, Video
In the video below, recorded in Gatlinburg on June June 13, 2019, you can see bluegrass band Kenny Stinson and Perfect Tym’m perform in the Ole Smoky Moonshine alley.
by Gary Bailey | Jun 21, 2019 | History
The city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee has quite an interesting history. Here is an abbreviated discussion of how we got where we are. The Ogle Family The Oglesby family were the first individuals to settle the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The family moved from South...