Elkmont Ghost Town | Part 3 | The Little River Railroad & Lumber Company Museum
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In Part 3 of our Elkmont Ghost Town vlog series, we head over to the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend, Tennessee to uncover more history about the old Elkmont Ghost Town community in Eastern Tennessee.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to so much fascinating history, and this little museum packs a big punch.
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Inside, we find original railroad artifacts, historical photos, and discoveries that connect to the story of Elkmont Ghost Town and some of its earliest vacation resorts deep in the Smokies.
We also get a closer look at museum pieces that reveal the Little River Railroad tracks, which once cut through the mountains of Tennessee long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was formed.
Our visit gives us the chance to explore and learn more about the Little River Railroad and the Little River Lumber Company. W.B. Townsend’s successful logging operation cleared acres of forested Smoky Mountain hills in the early days of Elkmont and other nearby mountain logging communities in Eastern Tennessee.
In the final part of this three-part vlog series, we are ready to step inside the museum and discover more of the stories behind this remarkable mountain region.