Ghost Town Elkmont Houses - Smoky Mountains Tennessee DanTraveling

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Ghost Town Elkmont Houses are located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Music- Nick Ulmer
Narration- Dan McCoig
Photography- Janet Lockerby
Audio- T Edwards


Elkmont info website http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectId=15794
or Google "Elkmont Historic District"
These buildings are going to be gone soon and their stories with them.

National Archive Footage
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-276263724055074977

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[vietnameiscool]

Has anyone seen the "chicken bone house"as my family calls it.

[dmccoig]

@vietnameiscool What is the chicken bone house? sounds interesting.

[twiztidbagz]

Thank you for this video, I have been in Tenn all week and knew I was going to check out elkmont. This video was awesome and has me excited about tomorrow morning.

[dmccoig]

@twiztidbagz  Hey Jeff, That is so cool, let me know what it looks like? and have fun

[LostandFoundTravel]

I dig this channel. Like a mini American history e-book.

[dmccoig]

@LostandFoundTravel Thanks Lost and Found!

[emilybeaty]

My 85 year old great uncle was forced from his home. The park has thousands and thousands of acres of "natural environments". Why does the park service feel all human history should be removed from the park? It is sad that they have let them ruin. the most popular area of the park is Cades Cove...WHY? People want to know the history of the land and the people who lived there. It is ok to build concrete camping grounds and parking lots but not preserve the history of those who lived there?

[cewing2301]

nature should take over the homes, it is the park's land now, and the people have come and gone, it's time to allow the park to re-vamp itself after humans almost ruined it

[vietnameiscool]

@dmccoig OK so I'm going to explain the whole house to you.At the entrance their is the bone.On the inside (don't worry,its legal) is a normal house in Elkmont : empty rooms and bugs.In the backyard there's a wooden trail that leads to a separate room.When me and my cousin went inside,we found some perfume bottles that were new and other beauty products.

[JamesRobertSmith]

@cewing2301 Agreed. I am so glad to see these places rot into the ground.

[twiztidbagz]

@dmccoig

Well, we spent all day at elkmont, walked around and took a ton of photos. I read they are going to stop the deterioration of the buildings. We walked around the main strip and a few back trails. Saw most of the things I wanted to see... the one thing I did not see is the old stair case that led to the train tracks that brought people to the vacation homes. Once I get home I will throw a photo montage together and create a video reply.

[JamesRobertSmith]

@cewing2301 I am happy to see these ratty structures rotting into the forest floor. The sooner the forest reclaims them the better!