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• Tennessee-N. Carolina: Off the beaten path through the Great Smokies by RONALD SMOTHERS June 05, 1988 (read article)
• Atop the Great Smokies by ERNEST B. FURGURSON; ERNEST B. FURGURSON, WASHINGTON COLUMNIST FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN, ALSO WRITES OUTDOOR ESSAYS. May 21, 1989 (read article)
• Introduction to Great Smoky Mountains National Park by FROMMER'S November 20, 2006 Cloaked in mystery, the Great Smoky Mountains were once known by the Cherokee as sha-cona-ge, "land of the blue mist" (or smoke). According to Cherokee legend, people and animals originally lived in the sky above the ocean. When the sky became overcrowded, a water beetle was sent to find land but could not, so it dived to the bottom of the ocean and brought up mud to form the Earth. The Smokies were then formed by a great buzzard whose wings touched the mud, hardening it into a mountain range. Geologists have a counter theory that says this range was actually formed by many upheavals and erosions of the land. Choose the one that appeals to you. The Great Smoky Mountains, formed hundreds of millions of years ago, are the oldest mountains in the world. They're comprised of peaks that range in elevation from 840 to 6,642 feet. The mountainsides are covered with a wide variety of flora and fauna that have few equals throughout the Temperate Zone. (read article)
• Tennessee-N. Carolina: Off the beaten path through the Great Smokies (read article)
• Atop the Great Smokies (read article)