Hiker Finds Unlisted Town in Smokey National Forest

[Citiboy289]

Might be a duplicate posting Saw this today a Yahoo News

Hiker Discovers an Abandoned Town Inside Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Roadtrippers

 

[zdawg3579]

Wow...I'm blown away!

 

[RustyGold]

Me too! That was so good!

 

[ZR2guy]

The only thing better would have been to have a metal detector at that moment. Interesting story.

 

[tamrock]

Sounds like that discovery went off pretty well with out a hitch.

 

[ole miss rebel]

Not uncommon here in the Mississippi woods. I've seen a few ghost towns.
I actually walked several miles through the thick woods to the top of a small mountain
and on top was a cemetary with graves/tombstones dating to the 1700's. Creepy places!

 

[Citiboy289]

That is soo great ! When I resided in NY state we found the old town that was on top of a mountain , It was the original location but changed to the valley after the rail road came up that way and made a station. There was a road up there that connected the old town to 2 other occupied towns , Great place to explore lots of foundations ect , pretty good digging

 

[MalteseFalcon]

This is actually nothing new. I have known about this "abandoned" town for years.

Here....an old website listing ghost towns in Tennesse has a page with photos:

Elkmont - Ghost Town

 

[UnderMiner]

What a sad story, the people who lived there were forced to leave because the U.S. government said they couldn't live on land that was designated as a park.