When the pioneers began settling in Cades Cove in the North Eastern section of the cove where the Cades Cove Loop Road now begins they picked the location fairly well .  This area is the higher and dryer portion of the area relatively far away from the more swampy sections found elsewhere.  The first of the settlers were John and […]

Religion was an important part of life for early settlers of the Cades Cove region.  Churches and religious ceremonies brought the community together and acted as a strong binding force.  Among the surviving Cades Cove buildings are several churches.  While a majority of settlers were Baptist and built Baptist churches, there was also a Methodist minority which began congregating as […]

When the pioneers began settling in Cades Cove in the North Eastern section of the cove where the Cades Cove Loop Road now begins they picked the location fairly well .  This area is the higher and dryer portion of the area relatively far away from the more swampy sections found elsewhere.  The first of the settlers were John and […]

Milling lay at the heart of the small community which inhabited Cades Cove from the 1820s to the 1940s.  The old Cable Grist Mill can still be found around halfway up the Cades Cove loop road.  Built between 1865 and 1868, the mill was the economic core of Cades Cove and has been brought back into operation as an historic […]