Tom Harrington, Author at Knox TN Today

Probably most residents of East Tennessee are familiar with Mountain LeConte, which is the...

Tom Harrington Feb 27, 2026 0 4 min read

This trail was chosen because there is little elevation gain and the footing is good, which is...

Tom Harrington Feb 13, 2026 0 3 min read

The large white-frame home on the grounds of the Cades Cove Visitor Center in the Great Smoky...

Tom Harrington Feb 6, 2026 0 4 min read

In 1868, John P. Cable built a grist mill on the same grounds on which the Cades Cove Visitor...

Tom Harrington Jan 30, 2026 0 5 min read

Elijah Oliver was one of the seven children of John and Lucretia Oliver (the first Anglo-Saxon...

Tom Harrington Jan 23, 2026 0 3 min read

I recently hiked the Middle Prong Trail from the end of Treemont Road to the junction with the...

Tom Harrington Jan 9, 2026 0 3 min read

The second-largest church in Cades Cove was the Methodist church, which was organized sometime...

Tom Harrington Jan 2, 2026 0 2 min read

The Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church was established in June 1827. In those days, the church...

Tom Harrington Dec 26, 2025 0 4 min read

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