The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee is the most visited National Park in the United States.  It is rich in Southern Appalachian history spanning thousands of years from the prehistoric Paleo Indians to early European settlement in the 1800s to loggers and Civilian Conservation Corps in the 20th century.  The park continues to protect the historic structures, landscapes, and artifacts that tell the variety of stories of people who once lived in the mountains now called “Great Smoky Mountains National Park.”