Review:

In 1802, William Ogle of South Carolina journeyed through Eastern Tennessee and found a place so idyllic that he called it "paradise." He cleared some land and hewed logs to build a cabin for his family. Shortly after he returned to his home, he died of malaria. His wife heeded his wishes to take the children to the area he called White Oak Flats, and in 1809 she built the Historic Ogle Log Cabin out of the lumber her late husband had provided.

Martha Jane Huskey Ogle was the first settler of what is now Gatlinburg. Her family lived in the cabin until 1910, and the cabin and the Ogle family barn still stand and are a popular tourist stop, and an ever-present memorial of the strong and hardy settlers of Appalachia.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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