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2017 CURIOS
Mollie's Butt? Scratch Britches Mountain?
Yes, the Great Smokies are full of strange and curious place-names.
by Arthur McDade
W
hen I was a park
ranger in Great
Smoky Mountains
National Park I used to get questions from visitors about what
to see. These were good questions and I, along with other
staff, directed folks to familiar
places like Cades Cove, Newfound Gap, Clingmans Dome
and Laurel Falls.
But now and then I'd get
someone who wanted some
lesser-known places, and a devilish temptation would come
over me to say to them, Hey,
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have you seen Mollie's Butt lately?
My better judgment prevented me from mentioning such
places, however. But the fact
remains that in the Smokies
there are some really curious
place-names which actually
appear on United States Geographical Survey topographic
maps.
Place-names in the Smokies
range from Cherokee-inspired
locations like Cataloochee or
Kanati Fork, to designations
based on Smoky Mountain hisMore
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