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Tennessee license plates like "Don't Tread on Me" tag pit citizens against each other

A reader responds to a column in The Tennessean about the most popular specialty license plates in Tennessee. ....

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Witness Christmas, mountain style

Experience the spirit of the season with “Christmas Across the Mountains,” a pair of events 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in the Great Smoky Mou. ....

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Race raises $110K to support the Smokies

Held Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cades Cove Loop Lope raised more than $110,000 to support the park.  The ra. ....

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Keeping watch: Mt. Cammerer fire tower restoration marks Friends of the Smokies' 30th birthday

Gary Wade grew up in Pittman Center, Tennessee, just 7 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park trailhead leading to Mt. Cammerer. But despi. ....

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Windows To The Past At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Nearly 100 log and wood frame houses, barns, gristmills, churches, and corncribs preserved in Great Smoky Mountains National Park provide a window into life before and during the arrival of the 20th century. ....

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