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Scott Ramsey photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Mother and baby elk at Mile-High Campground, Cherokee, N.C.
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Mike Gall photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Cable Grist Mill, Cades Cove, Tenn.
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Mark Roberts photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Glade Creek Mill.
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Jo Harris photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Grandmother’s legacy, Sevierville, Tenn.
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Terri Campbell photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Big Tumbling Creek, Saltville, Va.
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Jo D’Eramo/Appalachian Mountain Photography
Photo Essay, October 2016
Waynesville, N.C. Heritage Festival.
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Joshua L. Adams photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Cherokee mask
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Bonnie Waigand photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Primitive Baptist Church, Cades Cove, Tenn.
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Carroll McMahan photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Carl Sandburg’s famous poem “Fog” painted on a scarecrow. Carl Sandburg Historic Site, Flat Rock, N.C.
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Melissa Arney photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Papa, Murphy, N.C.
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Terri Campbell photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Foggy October morning along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Terri Campbell photo
Photo Essay, October 2016
Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest.
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