I live in Bryson City where the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad is located - you can take a train ride for several hrs & get to see the countryside. They have special theme trips a few times per yr such as The Polar Express and Charlie Brown. Some of the trains that are still used to this day have been used in movies - the main one I can think of is "The Fugitive" with Harrison Ford. When the movie "The Fugitive" was being filmed, a part in the movie shows the train depot of the Great Smoky Mtn RR here in Bryson City. Parts of the movie were also filmed in the town I work in - Sylva. The train wreck/crash in the movie was filmed in a tiny little town called Dillsboro which is directly next to Sylva (2 min from where I work) & the train mentioned above was one of the trains they used in the crash. Harrison Ford & Tommy Lee Jones ate lunch several times at a bbq diner 1 min down the road from where I work. Edited: some parts of the movie were filmed at the hospital where both my kids were born -pretty neat!
Also, one town over from me is Cherokee. An outdoor drama ("Unto These Hills") depicts the story of the Trail of Tears regarding the Cherokee Indians that were forcibly taken from Cherokee, NC to Oklahoma, a 1,200 mile journey. I believe over 4,000 Cherokee Indians died in this horrible trip. A brave Cherokee man, by the name of Tsali, fought and died for his people. A sign in the town I live in (Bryson City) stands beside the old courthouse which describes Tsali's role in the Trail of Tears. My brother is named after Tsali, since we have Cherokee on my father's side of the family - my parents thought it would be a nice way to honor this fallen Cherokee hero.
TaLani
Also, one town over from me is Cherokee. An outdoor drama ("Unto These Hills") depicts the story of the Trail of Tears regarding the Cherokee Indians that were forcibly taken from Cherokee, NC to Oklahoma, a 1,200 mile journey. I believe over 4,000 Cherokee Indians died in this horrible trip. A brave Cherokee man, by the name of Tsali, fought and died for his people. A sign in the town I live in (Bryson City) stands beside the old courthouse which describes Tsali's role in the Trail of Tears. My brother is named after Tsali, since we have Cherokee on my father's side of the family - my parents thought it would be a nice way to honor this fallen Cherokee hero.
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