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Smoky Mountain Mysteries: Stories About Magnificent Mountains Unique People
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- UPDATED: 6.29.2025
- status: in progress
- Melungeons, populations, folklore, regional
- stories
author:
Juanitta Baldwin
editor:
n/a
publisher:
date:
1.5.2002
ISBN:
9781880308189
pages:
160
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description:
Both are crown jewels of the Master Designer of the Universe - and cauldrons of mysteries.
Most of the stories are true, the others an intriguing mixture of fact and folklore.
Here are some of the stories:
Why are the mountains always smoky?
How did the Melungeons get to America first?
A ghost frolics in Sevierville, Tennessee!
Ghosts dance on Hazel Creek in North Carolina!
Who wrote on Judaculla Rock?
Unsolved riddle - lights on Brown Mountain.
And many more...
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