Welcome to my blog.

I hope you will enjoy all of these photos I
have taken on my journeys to see the many
places that are so sacred to our Cherokee
ancestors.
Just click on each photo to make it larger.
Brenda Crowder

Original Cherokee Land Map
Credit of map goes to Cherokee History















"We are now about to take our leave and kind farewell to our native land, the country that the Great Spirit gave our Fathers, we are on the eve of leaving that country that gave us birth...it is with sorrow we are forced by the white man to quit the scenes of our childhood... we bid farewell to it and all we hold dear."

Charles Hicks, Tsalagi (Cherokee)
Vice Chief on the Trail of Tears, August 4, 1838

Chimney Rock Park, NC

Panoramic view of the mountain
from the lower parking lot.











View looking up at the rock from
the lower parking lot area.














View of the rock from the
upper parking lot area.



















View of the stairway to the top part of the rock.














View of the top of the rock from the boardwalk.














Panoramic view from the top parking lot.

Roan Mountain State Park, The Miller Farmstead

Roan Mountain State Park, Inside The Miller Farmstead

The Back Porch



















The Kitchen






































The Dining Room






































The Bedroom










































The Living Room

Roan Mountain State Park, The Miller Farmstead

These were taken in the yard.











































Orange Blossom Bush





























Click on this photo below to see the butterflies.

Roan Mountain State Park, The Miller Farmstead: Life On the Farm

Two calves in the barn.












































Close up of hay: They used to stack it like this
to keep it dry in the fields.





























The Hog Pen















An Antique plow found in the barn.















More then likely it was last pulled by the last
working horse on the farm, Fred.

Roan Mountain State Park, Botanical Trail

Roan Mountain State Park, Catawba Rhododendron Gardens

The Valley Beautiful, Unicoi County, TN