Travel — Tennessee
Noah "Bud" Ogle Barn on the Roaring Fork Nature Trail in the Smoky Mountains
Nature's Vista Photography

Noah "Bud" Ogle is a decedent of the first settlers in White Oak Flats, Tennessee, now known as Gatlinburg. On 400 acres of land he built a cabin, barn, and a mill. He and his wife raised a family, grew corn and tended an apple orchard. The barn Noah built is common among Appalachian Mountain barns. It is a crib style barn. Crib barns are built from logs stacked and dovetailed on the corners to form a square crib. Most times the cribs are left without chinking filling in the gaps between the logs. This barn is a 4 crib barn. There...