The Moonshine Battle of Cades Cove

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Nowadays Cade’s Cove is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  But before the park came into existence in 1934 it was a vibrant Appalachian community, with churches, schools, farms and, of course, moonshiners.

Today we tell the story of a run-in between a Primitive Baptist preacher and the biggest moonshiner in Cade’s Cove.  

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(Picture of Cade’s Cove by Billy Hathorn – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20564395)

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