GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park began as a seed of an idea that grew into a big dream that has blossomed for all people to enjoy for more than 80 years and ...

Briefly a state park, Big Bend officially became Texas’s first national park on June 12, 1944. During the first year, it drew 1,409 visitors. The past few years have seen record attendance at ...

1953: The “Chimneys” as seen from the loopover tunnel, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1958: The view of Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains as seen from a mountain side.