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Mingus Mill in sepia much as it would of appeared in the days of the type of photography.Mingus Mill is located in thr Smoky Mountains.It is still in operation today an its products can be purchesed there as well as seeing its actual operation…I can ajust the leval a sepia if you desire a different level of it please contact me an I’ll try an post what you want
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Springtime at Dan Lawson’s Place built 1856.The top edge of the grainery is seen in back of the house and the smokehouse up from the split-rail fence
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We go thru life’s journeys with many uncertainties. Life has its ups and downs and we must be willing to accept them both. Sometimes when everything is closing in on us we must be willing to keep going even though we dont know what lays out there.
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Fall colors starting to show, shot taken just across Newfound Gap In the Smoky Mountains of NC
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park This shot was taken near Morton’s Overlook on the way up to Clingman’s Dome. As much as I like a bright, blue sky, I was really pleased by how nice this scenic view turned out. They don’t call them the Great Smokies for nothing!
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This church was organized in the 1820s with services held in a log building until the building of this structure. The Methodists were not as numerous as the dominant Baptists here, and often depended on a circuit riding preacher. Another church, Hopewell Methodist, is marked only by a cemetery today was across the cove. The Civil War caused division in the church so several started going to Hopewell. In 1902 this structure and its furnishings were reportedly the work of one man. J. D. McCampbell, a blacksmith and carpenter, built it in 115 days of $115. Afterward, he became its preacher for many years. The two doors are a result of the plans used to build this structure. In some churches ladies and children entered through the left door, and men through the right one. A divider separated the two groups, causing frustration among courting couples. They are no indication they practiced this separation here.
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The church house in the early days not only served as a place of worship but of a gathering place for the community. It was a place to meet and get caught up on the area happenings or for singles to meet possible mates. In many areas it would serve as a school a few months a year. In 1902 this structure and its furnishings were reportedly the work of one man. J. D. McCampbell, a blacksmith and carpenter, built it in 115 days of $115. Afterward, he became its preacher for many years. It is located in the Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park There are not many records of the early Methodist Church. The Cades Cove Methodist Church is included among those of the Holston Conference’s Little River Circuit in 1830.The cemetery contains at least 100 graves and is the second oldest church cemetery in the Cove. Methodists were not as dominant as Baptists in the Cove, but they served the community well.
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The Methodist Church, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA A steeple points one to the heavens, symbol of the dwelling place of Christ. Through city streets, across the valleys and lakes, through the countryside far and wide, the steeple declares Christ. I lift up my eyes to the hills / where does my help come from? / My help comes from the LORD, / the Maker of heaven and earth. / Psalm 121:1-2 NIV Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed {the food,} and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples {gave them} to the crowds… / Matthew 14:19 NAS We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; / Lamentations 3:41 The spire originated in the twelfth century, but America’s steeples are decended from those designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666. The fire began early on September 2, not far from the famed London Bridge, and spread quickly, overtaking everything in its path. Over four days the conflagration destroyed most of the city. Many famous buildings, including St. Paul’s Cathedral and 86 other churches (not to mention more than 13,000 homes), were destroyed, and the city smoldered for months. The task of rebuilding many of these houses of worship fell to Wren, a young architect. Noted for his Oxford background as a mathematician and astronomer, Wren was commissioned by King Charles II to rebuild St. Paul’s Cathedral. In his design of St. Paul’s and about 50 other city churches he included steeples, leading men and women to turn their gaze toward God in his heavens. Wren’s simple, straightforward treatment of the steeple quickly caught on. They were increasingly found on American churches, often with bells built in the tops. These bells served dual purposes, calling worshipers to services and summoning citizens for special announcements or emergencies. Early American steeples were usually made of wood. Today most congregations have replaced their wooden steeples, which were showing the effects of time and weather, with beautifully designed steeples made from lightweight fiberglass or metal. In terms of size and shape, steeples are as varied as the church buildings they accentuate. But even in their variety, steeples still serve their traditional purpose—to guide people’s eyes toward the heavens, to God himself. Other works in the Cade’s Cove Collection: > Companion Piece http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/1223691-1-the-tipton-place.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/4160293
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I headed up the mountain when I got off of work at 6 am, hoping to catch a sunrise. I didn’t get exactly what I was hoping for, but this will do…LOL / I guess I shouldn’t have stopped at Burger King for a bit to eat and gotten up there just a little sooner….I spent all morning taking photos at the National Park today, instead of sleeping….I got some decent pics, but my butt is dragging this evening, since I only got a few hours before having to come back in and do it again….
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The Tipton Place – Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA Hamp Tipton had this house built a few years after the Civil War. In 1878, James McCaulley, a blacksmith, lived here until he built his own house. The Maryville Index cheered McCaulley’s arrival in the Cove, declaring that his ironworking skills would supply a long needed want. This explains the presence of the blacksmith shop in the hollow beside the house. The long shed on the opposite side of the house is an apiary or bee gum stand. Honey was a common confection, and also a money crop for some farmers. The apiary sheltered the hives from the weather, but not from bears. The smokehouse in the front yard held the winter’s supply of meat and the woodshed kept firewood handy. Across the road is a double pen corn crib, larger than average, and having a driveway through the center. Behind the corn crib stands a replica of a cantilever barn. Built in 1968, it is similar to the original that stood on the site. > Companion Piece http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/1223691-1-the-tipton-place.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/4160293
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Great Smoky National Park North Carolina D200 Tokina 12-24 at 19 mm 1/125 at f4
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John P. Cable Mill – Great Smoky Mountain National Park, USA – Black & White version > In Cades Cove there were few sources of power which the frontiersman knew how to harness. One of those power sources was the water wheel such as drove the early grist mills. Cable Mill is one of those. The Smoky Mountains Natural History Association keeps Cable Mill running in Cades Cove to teach the Smoky Mountain visitor a little about life in the 1800’s. The mill is operated April-October. A handful of enterprising residents in Cades Cove built water driven mills to grind grain. Their hope was that other Cades Cove families would prefer paying them to grind the grain rather than to struggle with the small inefficient tub mills at home. The tub mills were only capable of processing a bushel of corn each day. The entrepreneurs were correct and ran fine business in Cades Cove as a result. Cornmeal was the only grain that could be ground in the tub mills and so the waterwheel driven mills that could grind wheat into flour was a welcome addition to the cove. Now biscuits could be eaten some of the time instead of cornbread. Payment for grinding grain did not always mean money exchanged hands in Cades Cove. Sometimes money was paid but other times the miller was paid a portion of the resulting flour or meal. Besides John Cable, his son and also Frederick Shields operated mills. Cable and Shields took double advantage of their waterwheel by using it to power saw mills as well. Cable was the only person in Cades Cove to use the overshot water wheel. Like most business men in the Cove, Cable was also a farmer. He could be summoned from the fields by a large bell he had on the property for that purpose. Cades Cove Collection – Smoky Mountain National Park, USA > Companion Piece
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White-tailed doe at the edge of the woods near Carter Shields Cabin in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA The White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, northern portions of South America as far south as Peru, and some countries in Europe. The species is most common east of the American cordillera, and is absent from much of the western United States, including Nevada, Utah, and California (though its close relatives, the mule deer and black-tailed deer, can be found there). It does, however, survive in aspen parklands and deciduous river bottomlands within the Central and Northern Great Plains, and in mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the Northern Rocky Mountain Regions from Wyoming to Southeastern British Columbia. The conversion of land adjacent to the Northern Rocky Mountains into agriculture use and partial clear-cutting of coniferous trees (resulting in widespread deciduous vegetation) has been favorable to the white-tailed deer. The westernmost population, the Columbian white-tailed deer once was widespread in the mixed forests along the Willamette River (Willamette Valley Forests Ecoregion) and Cowlitz River Valleys of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington (endangered). There are also populations of Arizona (coues) and Carmen Mountains (carminis) white-tailed deer that inhabit the mountain mixed deciduous/pine forests of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas extending southwards into Mexico. As a result of introductions, white-tailed deer are found also in localised areas of northern Europe such as Finland. Smaller populations are localized in the Czech Republic. White-tailed deer are generalists and can adapt to a wide variety of habitats. Although most often thought of as forest animals depending on relatively small openings and edges, white-tailed deer can equally adapt themselves to life in more open savanna and even sage communities as in Texas and in the Venezuelan llanos region. These savanna adapted deer have relatively large antlers in proportion to their body size and large tails. Also, there is a noticeable difference in size between male and female deer of the savannas. The deer’s coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. The deer can be recognized by the characteristic white underside to its tail, which it shows as a signal of alarm by raising the tail during escape. The male (also known as a buck) usually weighs from 130 to 220 pounds (60 to 100 kg) but, in rare cases, animals in excess of 350 pounds (160 kg) have been recorded. The female (doe) usually weighs from 90 to 200 pounds (40 to 90 kg), but some can weigh as much as 165 to 230 pounds (75 or 105 kg). Length ranges from 62 to 87 inches (160 to 220 cm), including the tail, and the shoulder height is 32 to 40 inches (80 to 100 cm).[1] White-tailed deer from the tropics tend to much smaller than temperate populations, averaging 77-110 pounds (35-50 kg). Cades Cove Collection – Smoky Mountain National Park, USA > Companion Piece http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/1223691-1-the-tipton-place.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/4160293
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A gentle snowfall dusts the area of the Elijah Oliver Cabin in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountain Nat’l Park.
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a strong storm at Gatlinburg, TN (Great Smoky Mountains) Canon 20D, Canon 17-40 f/4L, Gitzo 3530 tripod with Kirk BH-1 ballhead. featured in AMERICA’s National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat
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In many of the 19th and early 20th century historic buildings, in National Parks, you’ll see the graffiti like “Bob was here.” Bob wanted future visitors to know he was at the cabins and so did a host of his friends who also left their mark. Graffiti is a problem in public lands. In Great Smoky Mountains National Park the National Park Service has posted signs educating visitors about Bob and why defacing historical and park places is destructive and unlawful. Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors caught writing their names on park objects, including historical buildings, can be fined. Its not enough for Bad Bob to deface 100 year old buildings but also leaves his mark on rocks and trees for the enjoyment of all. Not only does Bob leave his graffiti for all to see but leaves his garbage as well. They are plenty on waste disposals through out the National Parks and heavy fines can be levied for this as well. Don’t be a “Bad Bob” respect that, that has been set aside and maintained for all and their future generations. Don’t know where the park service come up with Bob probably because Bad Bob kinda sings and is easy to remember..The fine can be up to $5000 and 6 months in prison..that’d help ya remember too.
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This is Henry Whitehead’s smokehouse. Being constructed well, like his cabin, it has stood the test of time. During a tornado that ripped thru Cades Cove in the latter part of 1970s, a pine tree was uprooted and thrown on top of the smokehouse. It crushed the roof but the sturdy walls held their ground
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Driving along Little River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains can be an enjoyable experience. Fall is an extra special time to take a trip through its twisting turns as it snakes its way along the Little River. It runs between the “Wye” at Townsend and The Smokies visitor center outside of Gatlinburg. The color at times can be breathtaking. Wildlife though seldom viewed can range from otter to bear, for an added bonus of the wonderful autumn views. Megis Falls and The Sinks are also about mid way thru the drive.
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The views from the Clingmans Dome area of the Smokies are ever changing. So often you can be above the clouds. Even with harsh light of mid day, beautiful scenics can be found. The bright, brilliant clouds hanging on the mountain tops grabbed my attention immediately. Below them the mountains were beginning to burst into fall color. I hope you enjoy a peek of these cotton topped mountains I love so well. If you ever visit the Smokies make the Clingmans Dome area a priority. You don’t have to hike to the tower to experience spectacular views…..The clouds that day were so bright they would hurt your eyes
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This old tree has been torn apart probably by lighting. There appeared to be some leaves showing above the grass last summer so I believe it’s still alive. I was sitting close to it just enjoying the view one day. I kept being drawn back to it. If it were in the forest it probably wouldn’t be that noticeable. Out there in the open field, it’s seen by all. I thought how a lot of people should be like this tree. Their lives are torn apart by abusiveness and they need to bring it out in the open for all to see. Though torn apart they are still alive inside, but maybe not for long. Sadly though most try and keep it hidden. They try to blend in with everyone else. They go through every fearful minute of life like the tree hidden away in the forest….if you think you know someone that may be being abused point this tree out to them as I have you, tell them the difference in it and the one being in the forest. Sometimes all they need is a little push. Telling about a tree in a field is a way of gently approaching the subject Image taken in Cades Cove, Great smoky Mountain NP
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My cesspool of knowledge about little red wagons has been spent on the previous images of this marvelous mode of transporting. For millenniums people have used the wagon in some form or another for transporting of goods and people. It wasn’t until the last couple centuries a self powered version came on the scene. The idea caught on quickly form the 1st steam powered buggies to all the wide range of transportation we have today. The improvements of the millenniums are nothing to compare with the rapid increase of technology in the past 200 years. I often wonder to what extent these rapid improvements in technology have degraded our ways of life. Are out morals and since of family what they use to be? Have our standards and codes of conduct decreased from what they were when wagons and sleds were the preferred mode of moving goods form place to place…..This wagon is sitting on the Tipton Place in Cades Cove ,Great Smoky Mountain NP
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Eastern Columbine in late April in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Description:Aquilegia canadensis L. / Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine / Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) / USDA Symbol: AQCA / USDA Native Status: Native to U.S. / This is an erect, branching perennial, up to 2 ft. tall, well-known for its showy flowers. A nodding, red and yellow flower with upward spurred petals alternating with spreading, colored sepals and numerous yellow stamens hanging below the petals. The compound leaves, divided into round-lobed threes, are attractive in their own right. This beautiful woodland wildflower has showy, drooping, bell-like flowers equipped with distinctly backward-pointing tubes, similar to the garden Columbines. These tubes, or spurs, contain nectar that attracts long-tongued insects and hummingbirds especially adapted for reaching the sweet secretion. It is reported that Native Americans rubbed the crushed seeds on the hands of men as a love charm. European Columbine (A. vulgaris), with blue, violet, pink, or white short-spurred flowers, was introduced from Europe and has now become well established in many parts of the East. Aquilegia canadensis readily hybridizes with the popular Southwestern yellow columbines (A. chrysantha, etc.), yielding some striking yellow-and-red color combinations in the flowers. This genus has been referred to as the flower for the masses. Once started, Columbine propagates for years and, although perennial, increases rapidly by self seeding. (Andy Fyon) (copied from Wildflowers.org website)
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Interior photo of Cade’s Cove Missionary Baptist Church. THe church was established in 1839 and is a tourist site in the historic farm community of Cade’s Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. / At one time there was a wood burning stove on the floor in the center of the church..
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Forest floor covered with Wood Anemones. Early morning in late April in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to North America. It is commonly called Wood Anemone, though it is not to be confused with Anemone nemorosa, a European species. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring to 10-30 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like rhizomes by mid summer. The rhizomes, that spread just below the earth surface, grow quickly, contributing to its rapid spread in woodland conditions, where it can carpet large areas. The flower is 1-2.5 cm diameter, with five (occasionally four, or six to nine) petal-like segments (actually tepals). The flowers are white, commonly flushed pinkish. Leaves are deeply lobed with toothed margins. There are three varieties. Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia that grows in the Midwest.[1] / Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia that grows over the entire species range. / Anemone quinquefolia var. minima that grows in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. (Wikipedia)
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