Deep in the land of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, there is one vast and especially-fertile valley. It's on the western side in Tennessee. When the park was created, the inhabitants of the valley, called Cades Cove, were made to vacate, somewhat forcibly. European settlers had lived in the valley since the early 19th century, and they weren't happy to leave. Most of the buildings were destroyed, save for the older structures more representative of old Appalachia. Nowadays, Cades Cove is one of the park's most visited attractions. This tract of land still contains a dozen or so buildings, like houses and barns. You can see them by taking the Cades Cove Loop Road. Some highlights include:
The John Oliver Cabin, which was the first permanent dwelling in Cades Cove, built in 1823, the Primitive Baptist Church, built in 1887; "Primitive" here means an attempt to get back the original meaning of Scriptures, the Becky Cable House, a two-story frame house; nearby the house is a grist mill, and surrounding this are a barn, a carriage house, and more farm structures and the Tipton Place which includes many of the same types of structures found at the Cable House; the double-cantilever barn is considered unique.