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A postcard produced by the Asheville Post Card Company depicts a “‘Moonshine’ still in the Heart of the Mountains.” A rifle atop a barrel at the postcard’s center hints at the violence and danger that became synonymous with the trade in the years following the Civil War and later during Prohibition. Image provided by University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections.
Picture of Anne Bridges

The pursuit of Amerine the moonshiner: Part three—Daring escapes

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Great Smokies

Welcome Center

Hours of Operation

(subject to change)

Open year round (closed December 25)


January - February

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

March - November

Open Daily 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
December

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

The Great Smokies Welcome Center is located on U.S. 321 in Townsend, TN, 2 miles from the west entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visitors can get information about things to see and do in and around the national park and shop from a wide selection of books, gifts, and other Smokies merchandise. Daily, weekly, and annual parking tags for the national park are also available.

Physical Address

7929 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Townsend TN 37882

Contact

865.436.7318 Ext 320