Cades Cove has long been a favored destination of visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But once it was simply home. At the turn of the century 125 lived in Cades Cove. In this special Heartland Series program, several former residents of the cove take us to their home place. Historic photographs and computer images of where homes stood help the once-thriving community of Cades Cove come alive once more.

The Heartland Series is a series of television programs about the culture of Appalachia, produced by WBIR-TV of Knoxville, Tennessee, over the 25-year period 1984 through 2009. The series has been produced on a limited basis since 2010. You can purchase higher quality versions of these stories directly from WBIR.