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Over the years, children have built rock structures outside of the Walker Sisters cabin.
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The Walker Sisters cabin was rustic, but not isolated. The trail that visitors now have to hike 1.1 mile to reach the cabin was a working road.
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As the states of Tennessee and North Carolina continued acquiring enough land for the federal government to authorize a national park, the Walker sisters continued to refuse to sell, even with an lifetime lease offer to remain on their property until death.
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