In 1940, the Walker sisters sold their 122-acre Tennessee homestead for $4,750; a lifetime lease let them keep living there inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Representative imageDeep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges and the forest hums with life, stands a quiet log cabin.
- It is the home of the Walker sisters, six unmarried women who refused to leave their mountain home, even as the world changed around them.
- Their story is one of resilience, independence and an unbreakable bond with the land they called home, as shared by the National Park Service (NPS).
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- Representative imageDeep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges and the forest hums with life, stands a quiet log cabin.
- It is the home of the Walker sisters, six unmarried women who refused to leave their mountain home, even as the world changed around them.
- Their story is one of resilience, independence and an unbreakable bond with the land they called home, as shared by the National Park Service (NPS).
Sources: Times of India