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Lost Attractions and Places - Jolly Golf
In 1961 businessmen Richard Craddock and Jim Sidwell from Murfreesboro built Jolly Golf in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and
it was the first attraction to have giant statues of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. One thing that stood out was a
dinosaur windmill. An Indian Tee-pee was also included in the mini golf landscape. Families came from all around to
play mini golf and some, like my family, went there to take pictures of the dinosaur statues and the Smokey Bear replica
statue that stood tall and waved to passing visitors. We took pictures from the sidewalk because it cost fifty cents to take
pictures on site. Jolly Golf is gone but Adventure Golf in Pigeon Forge has dinosaur and aquatic creature statues designed
by James Sidwell who did the statues at Jolly Golf. So, although it is not the same, you9ll be able to step back in time and
take a few pictures with the dinosaurs!
Photo of postcard of Giant Lizard at Jolly Golf
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Appalachian Ways, Folklore and Legend
The Way of Herbs
Growing up in the south was very old school, it was not uncommon for many of the homemade remedies to contain
moonshine, herbs were also used as medicine. Chamomile grew wild around our home and mom made tea from it to help
her sleep. When she was a child she said she would take some mint and a little moonshine to help her sleep. She grew
peppermint and she would chew it and press it in her check, this would keep her calm is something was upsetting her.
Peppermint tea was used to help an upset tummy. There were so many ways to use herbs and nature for medicine and
cooking.
Folklore
Falcon Rest, also known as the Clay Faulkner House, is in Warren County, Tennessee. And was built in 1896-1897 for
Clay Faulkner, he and his family lived in the house. The house was owned at different times by several people. It was
also used as a hospital at one time. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a bed-and-breakfast.
Over the years reports of ghosts in the house and many believe it is haunted.
The Scorched Man and the Appalachian Mountain Trail
A lone hiker embarked on a week-long journey along the Appalachian Trail. At sundown the hiker set up camp, in the
middle of the night he heard strange noises outside his tent. The next day he encountered a man with severely burned
hands and a smoking face. The burned looked at the hiker and then vanished. The hiker came upon a recently burneddown house and the local sheriff. The hiker discovered the house burned down and killed an entire family just days
before. The sheri昀昀 told the hiker that other hikers had reported seeing the Scorched Man on the trail. So, next time you
are hiking in the Appalachian wilderness, keep your eyes open, you just might see the Scorched Man or you may
encounter other secrets among the trees and smoky mist.