![]() ![]() Huge trees were cut down during this time, drastically changing the landscape. ![]() Logging companies began buying up the land.By the late 1890’s early 1900’s, residents started to sell their land.Residents were creating a new life in the Smoky Mountains.y the 1800s, whether by land purchase or a land grant, communities grew in the foothills of the mountains.European settlers entered the Smokies in the 1700s.The Cherokee people have been in the region for thousands of years, with artifacts dating back nearly 10,000 years. ![]()
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