The Gatlinburg “Big Tree”, as it is known locally, was estimated to be 225 years old. Gatlinburg’s first settlers, the Ogle family, moved from South Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee and eventually to the Gatlinburg location in 1803. This huge poplar predates their...
Ilex opaca This American holly is the remnant of the renowned Burnett Garden. The Burnetts were co-founders and early leaders of the Appalachian community of Pittman Center, settled in 1784 along with the Smoky Mountains. In 1919 a Methodist missionary preacher, Dr....
