KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — What came before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Park rangers and volunteers are answering that question in their annual Daisy Town Day celebration.

There's a resort town in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was abandoned in the late 1900s. The National Parks Service began restoring the ghost town in 2009, and now it's open to the public.

If you’ve been to the Elkmont Historic District of Great Smoky Mountains ... in a neighborhood called Daisy Town. Old empty buildings tucked unexpectedly in the mountains playing tug-of-war ...

Mountain Life Festival is on the 28th of September, coinciding with National Public Lands Day, which is a fee-free day. Daisy Town Day is a celebration of everything before Great Smoky Mountain ...

(WATE) — One of the most popular destinations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... operations could begin as soon as Friday, Nov. 3. Daisy Town Day taking Smokies visitors back in time ...

By Emily Schmall Roads and campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains ... a wildfire on Rich Mountain Gap around a popular hiking trail within the park, about five miles outside town.