CADES COVE: - CULTURAL HERITAGE - WILDLIFE HERITAGE - THE FILMS

Evidence of these hard-working people can be found in the old roads, cemeteries, churches, mills, barns, and cabins that remain in Cades Cove today. The Cades Cove you see today is veiled by 204 years of time and history of a primarily white European / American permanent settlement, and before that, a temporary hunting ground of the Cherokee, and she does not give up her tales so easily.  Beyond the natural beauty of Cades Cove lies a wealth of information about the many families who once called this place home. We helped that along by filming Cades Cove over many years, doing lots of research, and, once we gained the trust of many former residents and descendants, we began documenting their stories and those of National Park Service. From our first visit to Cades Cove in 1994, to our first in-person interview in 1996 (Hubert Sullivan, descendant), to our last in-person interview in 2017 (Arthur 'Butch' McDade, retired Park Ranger, National Park Service) and still continuing through 2025 and possibly beyond, Kate Marshall Graphics has remained dedicated to documenting the real Cades Cove story for all who want to know it. Link to our shop for the DVDs: "Voices of Cades Cove" Parts 1 through 9. (Part 10 is in post-production now.)

'Natural Heritage' refers to lands and wildlife that are linked to a place, and which are currently protected and/or maintained and that will be preserved for future generations to access and enjoy (past-present-future). Show-stopping scenery such as fields encircled by mountains, flora (plants) and fauna (animals) - all are 'wildlife.' The natural heritage of Cades Cove includes everything there that you see that is not man-made. In other words, 'Nature.'  You may see mammals such as American Black Bear, White-tailed Deer, Coyote, River Otter, Beaver, Red Fox, Grey Fox, Bobcat, Raccoon, Skunk, Big Brown Bat, Eastern Red Bat, Tri-Colored Bat -  Birds such as Wild Turkey, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Crow, Barn Swallow, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Eastern Screech Owl, and many others. There are also fishes, frogs, insects, and snakes! Beautiful wildflowers bloom abundantly mostly in Spring, Summer and Fall, in Cades Cove fields, roadsides, creeksides, forests, on the ground, in bushes and up in trees. Check out our DVDs at SHOP or click on photo!

If you can't make the trip to Cades cove this year, you can still experience Cades Cove on our award-winning DVDs! Whether you like the history of the Cades Cove people, the scenery, churches, bears, cabins, deer or wildflowers, you will find it all here: See "SHOP" for these Cades Cove - Smoky Mountain - related documentaries on DVDs by Kate Marshall Graphics - get singly or bundled: 

- "Voices of Cades Cove," Parts 1-9 (Part 10 coming soon)

- "Mountain Music with Carl and Betty Ross of Tymes Past"

- "Season of the Bear," Volumes 1-6 (assorted bears but tons of black bears on most) 

- "The Story of Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians" (includes a long Cades Cove segment) 

- "The Whitetails of Cades Cove" (a spectacular 4-season look at deer in the Cove)

- "Painted Wings & Feathered Things in the Smokies" (butterflies, skippers, and birds, limited narration) 

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