The Mountain Farm Museum
June 2004
Following the American Revolution, the new United States government began opening more Cherokee land to non-Indian settlers. Some of this was accomplished through treaties and purchase, but in the late 1830's, as part of a national policy, most Cherokees were moved to the Oklahoma Territory. The Mountain Farm Museum is next to the Great Smoky Mountain Visitor Center and is part of an effort to preserve some of the cultural heritage of the Smokies. These buildings, most dating from about 1900, were moved from their original locations throughout the Smokies to this site to create an open-air museum.
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 The Oconaluftee River. |
 The Davis house. Click on the picture to read more about the house. |
 An organ inside the Davis house. |
 This room has a bed, a fireplace, a table and the organ. |
 A shot of the bed. |
 Kitchen on the back of the Davis house. |
 Inside the kitchen. |
 Another shot inside the kitchen. |
 Notice the logs beveled on the bottom to shed rain water. |
 Another shot of the dove tailed logs beveled on the bottom to shed rain water. |
 The meathouse. Click on the picture to read more about the meat house. |
 Inside the meat house. |
 Back of the meat house and the Davis house. |
 The woodshed. Click on the picture to read more about the woodshed and beegums. |
 The blacksmith shop. Click on the picture to read more about the blacksmith shop. |
 Back side of the Farm, has the barn, the blacksmith shed the sorghum mill and the apple house. |
 Continuation of the Farm is the apple house chicken house and an outhouse. |
 The barn. Click on the picture to read more about the barn. |
 A wagon in the barn. |
 Inside the barn. |
 Another shot inside the barn. |
 Workbench outside the barn. |
 The corn crib. Click on the picture to read more about the corn crib and gear shed. |
 Inside the corn crib. |
 Corn shucker outside the corn crib. |
 Sorghum mill information. |
 The sorghum mill. Click on the picture to read more about the cane mill and molasses shed. |
 Apple house information. |
 The apple house. Click on the picture to read more about the apple house. |
 Inside the apple house. |
 The chicken house. Click on the picture to read more about the chicken house. |
 Inside the chicken house. |
 The springhouse and livestock. Click on the picture to read more about the springhouse and livestock. |
 They grew their own food. Click on the picture to read more about the crops. |
 Fences. Click on the picture to read more about the fences. |
 Family life. Click on the picture to read more about family work. |