Tennessee sisters sold 122-acre homestead for $4,750 but kept living there

Deep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges and the forest hums with life, stands a quiet log cabin. It is the home of the Walker sisters, six unmarried women who refused to leave their mountain home, even as the world changed around them. Their story is one of resilience, independence and an unbreakable bond with the land they called home, as shared by the National Park Service (NPS). Read on to know more about them here:A family rooted in the SmokiesThe Walker family’s story began in the aftermath of the Civil War. John N. Walker, who had fought for the Union and been imprisoned by the Confederacy, returned home in 1866 and married Margaret Jane King. Through Margaret’s family, John obtained a house and property in Little Greenbrier Cove, later expanding his land by buying out her brothers and sisters.The house was made of logs from tulip-poplars, insulated with mud and rock. Other buildings on the Walker property included a barn, corncrib, smokehouse, pig pen, apple barn and blacksmith shop. A springhouse situated on a nearby flowing creek kept dairy products such as milk and butter cool throughout the year, as well as provided stora...