Voices of Cades Cove, Part 1: A Sense of Place

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Product Description Voices of Cades Cove, Part 1: A Sense of Place is the first in a documentary series about Cades Cove, located in the most popular national park in the U.S., Great Smoky Mountains National Park. AWARD WINNER Gold Remi Award for Cultural Documentary and Bronze Remi Award for Biographical/Autobiographical Documentary at the 48th WorldFest International Film Awards! (Other programs available in this series are Voices of Cades Cove, Part 2: Amazing Grace and Voices of Cades Cove, Part 3: Til We Meet Again.) Description: In Part 1, we take a look at the history of Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Located in east Tennessee in the southern Appalachians, Cades Cove sheltered a thriving community for over 100 years. Today, it remains a popular destination in the most visited national park in our nation, for people interested in history, native cultures and wildlife. Here, with personal family memories handed down through generations, and official histories of Cades Cove, we discover the sites of schools and stores, creeks and mills, and the home places such as Effie May Gregory McDaniel, Nathan and Jane Potter Sparks, Dan Myers, Preacher Andy Gregory, John Oliver & more. We hear about the Great Warriors Path and herding cattle up on Spence Field. We start on Laurel Creek Road and end at the Oliver Cabin. We visit Anthony Creek, Abrams Creek, & the site of the schoolhouse and country store and home sites on Sparks Lane. Gladys Oliver Burns tells what it was like to grow up in a railroad car. Larry Sparks tells the story of the murder of Tom Sparks on Spence Field - and more! Chapters include: - The Appalachians - The Cherokee - The Railroad - Bears and Horses - The Devil s Courthouse - Whiskey in the Casket - The Hog House - Abrams Creek - The Last Log Barn - The Bench - Murder on the Mountain - The Founders of Cades Cove - Song: The People of Cade Cove - Previews Storytellers: Descendants and former residents of Cades Cove, plus representatives from National Park Service, The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Little River Railroad and Lumber Co. Museum, and University of Tennessee. All Kate Marshall Graphics DVDs are now available at .com and soon at CoveBear.com: - Season of the Bear, Volume 1: American Black Bear - Season of the Bear, Volume 2: Black Bear Cubs - Season of the Bear, Volume 3: True Bear Stories - Season of the Bear, Volume 4: Southern Bears - Mountain Music with Carl and Betty Ross of Tymes Past - The Story of Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians - The Whitetails of Cades Cove - Voices of Cades Cove, Part 1: A Sense of Place - Voices of Cades Cove, Part 2: Amazing Grace - Voices of Cades Cove, Part 3: Til We Meet Again Coming Soon: - Voices of Cades Cove, Part 4: Winds of Change All © Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc. programs are independently produced. Review Voices of Cades Cove has brought the former community back to life, and touched on the very heart and soul of those who helped to make it great. --Larry Sparks, a Cades Cove Native