October 18, 2023 Cades Cove Part 2 of 3

Our journey continued:

 

Our next stop was the Primitive Baptist Church.  It was originally a log cabin established in 1827 and replaced in 1887.

The Primitive Baptists remained the dominant religious and political force in the cove with their meetings interrupted only by the Civil War. The Missionary Baptists, with a much smaller congregation, continued to meet intermittently throughout the 19th century.

Many of the original settlers are buried in the cemetery.

 

 

In one area, there were a number of children’s graves – most died before they were five.  How sad.

Continuing on the loop, we passed this road.  Since the loop road is one way, there are two crossovers to get out of the loop.  This was one of them. It was once part of a Cherokee trail and then used by the residents to get around.

The Methodist Church:

 

This is not a parking lot, it is the cars in the loop.  At least it gave me time to take lots of pictures.

As the car in front of us went around the corner, these two beauties walked out of the woods.  AWESOME!

   

 

We made a stop at the Visitor Center.  The Visitor Center was built in 1972.  All the buildings except for the mill were moved here from various places in the cove.

The Gregg Cable House:

“The Becky Cable House, constructed in 1879. This building, adjacent to the Cable Mill, was initially used by Leason Gregg as a general store. In 1887, he sold it to John Cable's spinster daughter, Rebecca Cable (1844–1940). A Cable family tradition says that Rebecca never forgave her father and refused to marry after her father broke off one of her childhood romances. Various buildings have been moved from elsewhere in the cove and placed near the Cable mill, including a barn, a carriage house, a chicken coop, a molasses still, a sorghum press, and a replica of a blacksmith shop.”

 

 

 

 

This type of barn, with the drive-through in the center and the stalls on each side is typical in East Tennessee.  Two men with pitchforks, one on a wagon load of hay in the drive-through and the other in the loft, could transfer the hay to the loft in a short time.  The hay was fed to draft animals and milk cows in the stalls below during winter months.

 

What a pleasant surprise.  She just stayed there while I took her picture.

With her wings folded up, she looked like a different butterfly.  Notice the stripes on the antennae.

Different!

Corn Crib:

Smokehouse:

The Grist Mill:

 

What a treat! They were making corn meal.  We hung out for a while and talked with the ranger/interpreter about the process.  Very interesting.

 

The Mill Flume:

 

LeQuire Cantilever Barn:

Large barns were common in the Cove where farmers needed shelter in the cold months for the livestock they grazed in the mountains during the warm season.  The overhang in cantilever barns provided shelter for the animals as well as storage space for farm equipment.

 

 

The Blacksmith Shop – it was not open…

 

Our Cades Cover Journey continues in Part 3.