In 1934 the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established and soon after Pigeon Forge TN became the booming tourist town it is today. The mill was initially used to grind grain (mostly corn, wheat and oats) for the local farmers and was later used to power several looms to produced cloth for the military during the Civil War. The forge was part of a small industrial complex ran by Isaac which also included the historic Pigeon Forge Mill, commonly called the Old Mill today. The name Pigeon Forge comes from an iron forge built around 1820 by local business man Isaac Love, who named it after the Little Pigeon River where it was located on (which was itself named after the passenger pigeons that frequented its banks). Pigeon Forge TN is best known today as one of the most popular vacation destinations in America.
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