{"id":100,"date":"2018-11-10T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2022-05-19T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:18:09","slug":"wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steps-to-wonderland-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steps-to-wonderland-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steps-to-wonderland.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(The steps to the old Wonderland Hotel)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was formed out of privately 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