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Great Smoky Mountains

Tsali and the Cherokees Who Stayed: Removal in the North Carolina Mountains, 1838

In 1838 soldiers drove Cherokee families west. In the Smokies, Tsali's fate and a hard bargain helped one community stay in its homeland.

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20th Century

Newfound Gap, 1940: Roosevelt Dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

On September 2, 1940, Franklin Roosevelt stood on the state line at Newfound Gap and dedicated a park assembled from thousands of tracts and many lost homes.