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Walker Sisters' House-Then / There actually were seven sisters, but one of them did get married and moved away. I get the impression from reading about them that life was hard but fulfilling on the farm. Other than church, the sisters did little socializing outside the family. Louisa wrote a poem that goes in part: There is an old weather bettion house When I tell you I love it I tell you the truth. Appalachian People, Scenic Painting, Eco Construction, Cumberland Gap, Mountain People, Old Cabins, Wilde Westen, Appalachian Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Photo by Jack E. Boucher, Historic American Buildings Survey In 1866 John Walker and Margaret Wiley married, and a few years later they moved into this two-story log house, built by Margaret's father and brothers. Here the couple farmed and raised eleven children. Six of the Walkers' daughters never married, and they lived as spinsters on the farm for decades. They tended the nearby apple orchard, grape arbors, bee gums, livestock pens, truck patch, corn…

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