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Gatlinburg, a small resort town located at the foot of Mount LeConte, was first settled in the 1790s by a family from South Carolina. The settlement was called White Oak Flats. Though it was soon a prosperous community, communication beyond the valley was restricted because of the geographical boundaries of the Appalachians. The first settlers to Gatlinburg held the family name of Oglesby, which was later changed to Ogle. Martha Jane Huskey Ogle brought her seven children to the area and built her cabin, which can still be seen today at the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts' campus right in downtown Gatlinburg... In 1860 an official post office was located in White Oak Flats, and the new postmaster was Richard Reagan who located his office in the town's prosperous mercantile, owned by Radford Gatlin. In appreciation for Gatlin's offer of office space, Reagan renamed the office Gatlinburg, which soon became the unofficial name of the town... In the late 1800s, the town name, White Oak..

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Primary location: Gatlinburg United States