Great Smoky Mountains National Park Photo by Jack E. Boucher, Historic American Buildings Survey In 1866 John Walker and Margaret Wiley married, and a few years later they moved into this two-story log house, built by Margaret's father and brothers. Here the couple farmed and raised eleven children. Six of the Walkers' daughters never married, and they lived as spinsters on the farm for decades. They tended the nearby apple orchard, grape arbors, bee gums, livestock pens, truck patch, corn field, blacksmith shop, can house, spring house, smoke house, barn, corn crib and other structures. The sisters eventually died one by one in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. When HABS photographer Jack Boucher took this photo in April 1962, only two of the women remained in the house. Margaret Jane (seated), born in 1870, died later that year; Louisa Susan (standing), born in 1882, died two years later. I vaguely remember visiting the sisters as a child. They sold hand-written poems and "sovioners" to tourists to make ends meet. Since Louisa's passing, the farmstead has been restored and maintained by the National Park Service (see following photo).