Blue Ridge Parkway

Top - Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Bottom - Craggy Gardens

Blue Ridge Parkway

Connecting the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Va. with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, this scenic mountain-top highway unfolds new and spectacular views of valleys and distant mountain peaks for almost 500 miles through the Blue Ridge Mountains.  This view showing a rustic rail fence was taken near Doughton Park in N.C.

Highest Point on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Elevation 6053 feet.  Located on the crest of the Balsam Mountain Range south of Asheville, North Carolina this is the highest point reached by the Parkway along its entire length.

Christmas at Graceland

Christmas at Graceland

Memphis, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium attracts over 1.5 million visitors a year, and is the pinnacle of Chattanooga's riverfront.  The attraction features exhibits including sharks, catfish and other aquatic wildlife.

Chattanooga

Chattanooga is located on the Tennessee River providing pristine views such as this.  With the Tennessee Aquarium, the Southern Belle Riverboat, the Creative Discovery Museum and other numerous dining and entertainment activities, the Chattanooga Downtown Waterfront is a fun and exciting place to experience.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee offers waterfront activities including The Southern Belle Riverboat, The Tennessee Aquarium and The Creative Discovery Museum, along with numerous restaurants and shops.

Southern Belle Riverboat

The Southern Belle Riverboat travels daily along the Chattanooga riverfront.  A favorite for both locals and visitors alike, the Belle offers music, dining and entertainment.

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

A peaceful view of the Nashville skyline reflecting on the Cumberland River.

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Chattanooga Choo Choo's Grande Dome

Historical Chattanooga Choo Choo Terminal

Lookout Mountain

Lover's Leap - Rock City - Atop Lookout Mountain

The Incline up Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn., is 4750 feet long from St. Elmo at its base to the summit of the mountain.  It is the steepest cable incline in the world, reaching a 72.7 percent grade at one point.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Newfound Gap Parking Area - Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  This large parking area is on top of the main range of the Great Smoky Mountains on the North Carolina - Tennessee State Line.  It is the highest point on the Trans-mountain Highway U.S. 441 the elevation being 5045 feet above sea level.  to the left may be seen Clingmans Dome the highest peak in the Park, and it is from here that the Clingmans Dome Highway begins.

Parking area at Clingmans Dome - Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  From this parking area on Forney Ridge a short hike takes one to the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Clingmans Dome - Altitude 6643 feet above sea level.  One of the most popular hikes - to Andrews Bald - also starts from this parking area.

Tennessee

Clark Motel

Route 1

Powell, Tennessee

Located on 25 W. 5 miles north of Knoxville city limits on Clinton Highway.  Beautifully built of Tennessee Crab Orchard Stone.  Open Year Around to tourists.  Electric heat.  Free TV.  Free Radios.  Free Air Conditioning in each room.  Private ceramic tile baths, Tub or showers.  Beautyrest mattresses.  All Simmons Furniture.  Wall-to-wall carpeting.  Two restaurants in walking distance.

Phone Powell 9-49966 or 9-46221

Owned and operated by Mr. & Mrs. K.R. Clark

Scene along U.S. Highway 25E

Near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

Lake Ocoee in Southeastern Tenn., one of the many scenic beauty spots to be found along Hwy. 64 near Cleveland, Tenn.

Greens View

Sewanee, Tennessee

This breathtaking panorama is typical of the scenic beauty in this area.  Sewanee is the home of the Uni. of the South.

Johnson City, Tennessee

Beverly Court and Coffee Shop

1 mi. N. city limits. - U.S. 11E, 19W, 23 & 411

25 units, tub and shower.  Tile baths, radios, fans, steam and electric heat.

Phone 2166-9175

Member United Motor Courts

Beverly Court and Coffee Shop

1 mi. N. city limits. - U.S. 11E, 19W, 23 & 411

25 units, tub and showers, tile baths, radio and television in every room.  Radiant and steam heat - Air Conditioned.  Also Efficiency Apartments.

Phone 2166-9175

Tennessee

Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River is 112' High and 2960' Long and may be reached from Spring City, Tenn. on Hwy. 68.  Watts Bar Resort Village, adjacent to the Dam, has complete vacation facilities.

The Rhododendron - one of Nature's most beautiful gifts - are to be found in great numbers in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  June usually finds the purple-pink Rhododendron at its finest, and the peak of the great White flowering Rhododendron is mid-July.

Kingston, Tennessee

Kingston Steam Plant

Kingston, Tenn.

This is the largest steam plant in the world.  Built to make power for the 7500 mile transmission network of the T.V.A.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Top view:  A model Atomic Power Plant in the American Museum of Atomic Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn.  The Museum is open 9:30 to 5:00 on Weekdays, 12:30 to 6:30 on Sundays.

Bottom view:  The American Museum of Atomic Energy at Oak Ridge, Tenn., is the only one of its kind in the world - it tells the story of Atomic Energy in displays and words with a guided tour that everyone can understand.

Fort Loudoun, Tennessee

Old Fort Loudoun, located between Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee.  Built in 1756-1757, it was Great Britain's southeastern outpost in the French and Indian War, which gave England possession of the eastern half of North America.  The Cherokee Indians besieged the fort in 1760 and starved the garrison into surrender.  In the final days 25 men were killed and the rest taken prisoner.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Incline Station at the foot of Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee.  The Lookout Mountain Incline is the world's steepest cable incline.  At its steepest point a grade of 72.7 per cent is reached.  Its length from base to the summit is 4750 feet.

Chickamauga Dam, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Started in 1936 this dam was completed in 1940 at a cost of $38,000,000.  It is one of a series of dams built by the T.V.A. for navigation, flood control, and production of electric power on the Tennessee River.  It is 129 ft. high and 5794 ft. long with a reservoir area of 37,2000 acres extending 59 miles upstream.  In 1954 a new highway bridge over the dam was completed.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Street scene in Gatlinburg, gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee.  "Host Town" to our nation's most visited park.

The Chucky Jack Special on a tour of Gatlinburg, Tenn., pauses in front of the Skylift up Crockett Mtn.

Beautiful fall colors - Great Smokey Mountains National Park.  This view was made on the Cherokee Orchard - Roaring Fork Loop Road near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Soco Falls is locatd in the Cherokee Indian Reservation on the slopeds of Soco Bald.  The highway to Soco Gap passes near the falls.

Alum Cave Bluffs

On Trail to Mt. Le Conte

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This trip can be taken by foot or horseback.  The round trip is five miles and one of the most popular in the Gatlinburg Area.

Junglebrook Homestead on the Cherokee Orchard - Roaring Fork Motor Trail near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Bathing beach at Big Ridge State Park near Knoxville, Tennessee.  White sand and diving platform provide excellent swimming in the colorful waters of Norris Lake.

Norris Dam located on the Clinch River, a short distance form Knoxville, Tennessee.  Norris Dam was the first T.V.A. dam to be completed.  The dam is 265' high and 1860' long.

Redmon Motel

On U.S. 25W.  One mile North of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Tile baths, Combination Tubs and Showers.  Air Conditioned - Electric Heat - City Water - Modern - Clean - Reasonable.  Phone MY 1-2967.

Owned and Operated by Mr. & Mrs. Redmon

Knoxville, Tennessee

Norris Dam, on the Clinch River, named for Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, was the first dam to be completed by T.V.A.  The Dam is 265' high and 1860' long and is located a short distance from Knoxville, Tenn.

Fourt Loudon Dam near Knoxville, Tennessee.  One of the dams built by the T.V.A. to provide flood control, cheap power and recreational facilities.

Douglas Dam

8 Miles No. of Sevierville

Near Knoxville, Tenn.

Douglas Dam, a T.V.A. project on the French Broad River is 202' High and 1705' Long.  Douglas Lake impounded by the Dam offers excellent fishing.

Tennessee

Tennessee

The Volunteer State

State Capitol:  Nashville

State Flower:  Iris

Area:  42,246 sq. miles

Tenn. ranks 16th in Population

Nickname - Volunteer State

State Capitol - Nashville

State Flower - Iris

1950 Population - 3,291,718

Area in Sq. Miles - 42,022

Entered the Union, June 1, 1796

Top view:  Great Falls Dam, on Caney Fork of the Cumberland River, was purchased by the T.V.A. in 1940.  The Dam is 92' High and 800' Long, and located at Rock Island, between Sparta and McMinnville, Tenn.

Bottom view:  Tennessee is known for its fine fishing waters, such as Center Hill, Dale Hollow, the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake.  This view shows a fisherman catching a 5 1/2 lb. bass.

Nashville, Tennessee

Greetings from Tennessee

Pictured at left:  Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee

Pictured at right:  The Hermitage, the home of Pres. Andrew Jackson, 12 miles east of Nashville on U.S. Hwy. 70.

Aerial View of the Parthenon

Centennial Park

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville's Parthenon in Centennial Park is the only full sized replica of the world famed Parthenon of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.  This masterpiece of early Greek Architecture is 228' in length, 101' wide and 65' high.

Tennessee State Capitol

The Tenn. State Capitol Building was erected in 1845-1853 at a cost of 2,500,000.00.  The architecture is that of a Greek Ionic Temple.  It is located on a plateau 175' above the Cumberland River and is a landmark for the entire area.