For centuries, the Cherokee used the valley where Pigeon Forge is now located as a hunting ground.

Like all Appalachian communities, religion played a major role in the early history of Pigeon Forge.

In the early 20th century, Pigeon Forge was an isolated mountain hamlet with no major roads.

While the commercial boom in Pigeon Forge vastly increased the town's revenue, it had several undesirable effects.

The strip along 441 contains most of Pigeon Forge's tourist attractions.

Pigeon Forge has become the southeast mecca for car and truck enthusiasts.

Pigeon Forge is served by a mass transit system of buses.

Transfer rates are relatively high, possibly due to the very nature of Pigeon Forge's economy, which is predominantly seasonal.

In fact, his only bad memory of Pigeon Forge has to do with problems far from the Smokys.

Many of the thousands of new jobs in Pigeon Forge are low paying and hard to fill.