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The Mystery of the Wandering Boy and the Unmarked Grave

In 1915, after a heated argument with his father, a 12-year-old boy ran away from his home in Blount County, determined to reach his grandparents who lived on the other side of the Smoky Mountains.

Following an old wagon road that roughly traced the route of today’s U.S. Highway 441 through the park, the boy crested the mountains at Indian Gap, then began his descent into North Carolina. It was late March and still winter in the higher elevations.

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