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Hernando De Soto finds the Cherokee in The Great Smoky mountians
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People clear areas to build houses, such as farm houses and things like that.
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The first non-indian people settle in Cades Cove
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The Cherokee were removed from the Great Smokies in what was known as the "Trail of Tears"
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During the Civil war, people were divided against each other. People would often raid each other.
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Lumber companies start to cut on Eagle and Hazel creeks.
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Through the 1920's ans 1930's, people fought for the Smokies to become a park. Some of the leaders in that were George Masa, Horace Kephart, Paul Fink, Ann Davis, and David Chapman.
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The park was created in 1934. It wasn't dedicated until 1940 by President Roosevelt.
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The Little River Lumber company is done cutting lumber in Tremont.
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The people living there were asked to leave their mountain homes. The Walker sisters refused to leave. They stayed until they died.
