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Relax in Comfort: Your Guide To The Best Gatlinburg Hotels

April 4, 2022/in News /by Becky Bertuzzi

Your Guide to the Best Hotels in Gatlinburg, Tennessee Set in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, the lively little city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a quiet southern gateway […]

THE HISTORY OF GATLINBURG

The area that would come to be known as Gatlinburg was first settled by the family of William Ogle in 1806. Revolutionary War veterans began to trickle in and settle the area known then as “White Oak Flats”. The first post office was established in the general store of Radford Gatlin, establishing the town’s name as “Gatlinburg”.

After the Civil War, logging became the main industry of the area, but tourists also began to explore the natural beauty of the Smokies. Conservationists, business leaders, and politicians from every level of government banded together to begin establishment of a National Park in the easten United States. After years in the making, Great Smoky Mountains National Park opened in 1934.

Relax in Comfort: Your Guide To The Best Gatlinburg Hotels

THE HISTORY OF GATLINBURG

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