Driving Highway 19 From Maggie Valley to Cherokee - Elk Sighting in Cherokee!!

In this video, we show you the drive from Maggie Valley to Cherokee, on Highway 19.
Plus, we also drive through the town of Cherokee, and see some elk!

[@samuelsmith2298]

Thanks for the memories. Frontier Land, the dinosaurs, the bridges, all of it. My Dad loved the mountains so much, we moved to Waynesville in 1974. Very familiar with Highway 19.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

I was wondering if anyone would remember those dinosaurs. I figured some would remember Frontierland, but wasn't sure about the dinosaurs, or even the swinging bridge. Great memories. Thanks for watching!

[@williamhiles7404]

Love your videos. The Smokies are wonderful. Thanks for showing me where I should have spent the last 20 years of my life since I retired as a traveling musician(guitar). LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank you so much for watching, and for your kind words. Glad you enjoy them!

[@jerald11050]

Camping Maggie Valley this weekend. Enjoy your videos

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank you for watching, and I hope you have a great camping trip.

[@janeharmon6829]

This video brought back so many memories! Camping in the Smokies & day trip to Frontier Land! Have you ever heard about the foot bridge collapsing in Cherokee back in 1955? I have a good friend that survived it! She was six months old & in her Mother's arms! Her Mother suffered a broken hip & leg,leaving her with a limp the rest of her life! Two people died from the accident! So tragic! Thank You for these awesome videos!

[@NCMemoryMakers]

I have not heard of the bridge collapse. So sad that 2 people died, but glad your friend and her mother survived it. Too bad that it left her with permanent damage. Thank you for watching!

[@stepheniesmith4927]

Yah it's different everywhere I'm in kansas and luv watching

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Did you tell us what part of Kansas? We love Kansas!

[@dpmart3275]

Enjoyed the tour a lot of memories there

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, there sure are. I've been going there since as long as I can remember.

[@TimothyFrench]

I love the two lane mountain roads. My family and I made the trip to Maggie Valley and Cherokee as well. The newer four lanes and bypasses move more traffic but seem to tame the mountain somehow. I’ll take the tight curves, roadside vendors, and old, then new, motels any day. Thanks for the ride.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

I agree, and thank you so much for watching and for your comment.

[@GwenNfromPA-dd5iu]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. It brought back a lot of memories of visiting the area as a child with my family.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Our pleasure! So glad it brought back some fond memories for you.

[@GwenNfromPA-dd5iu]

Thank you so much for sharing this video, I really enjoyed riding along with you😊. It brought back a lot of memories of visiting the area as a child with my family.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Thank you so much for commenting, and letting us know you enjoyed it. I'm glad it brought back some very precious memories for you.

[@amberbryant8141]

Always all times visit Cherokee. ❤

[@NCMemoryMakers]

We love Cherokee!

[@nancymcdaniel4733]

I remember that old swinging bridge and the captive bears. I used to feel so sad for them.🙁

[@NCMemoryMakers]

I agree.

[@ritalockett9788]

You are right about Shoney's and when Danner owned it the food was so good and the restaurants were always busy. Spotting the Elk is cool. My grandson and I always like to see how many of the bear statues we can spot when going through. This video has brought back a lot of memories of when I was a child and when my children were small also.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

So glad it brought back some memories for you. Every time I ride through there, I think back to my childhood, as this is a place we went often. As for the Shoney's thing, I actually got harshly corrected by someone in another video, for saying "Shoney's Big Boy". I just checked and they removed their comment, because others were also commenting how they remembered Shoney's and Big Boy being associated. We have not eaten at one in years. I used to love their hot fudge cake.

[@lindawiley878]

Right. Here in Michigan big boys was Elias brothers, big boys, and when we were in North Carolina, it was Shoney’s.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, that is true. In Virginia, I still remember Bob's Big Boy. In some areas, it was Frish's. Here, it was Shoney's.

[@tonylashmit2613]

Love Cherokee, loved it more when I was a kid though. FrontierLand was awesome. I recall beside it was a Dairy Queen and a wax museum. Glad you mentioned those shops that you had to cross swinging bridges to get there. I recall one place had a kids shooting gallery and you had to hit the targets to make the props animate . My great grandmother on my mom's side was full blooded Cherokee too so I guess I have a little Indian blood in me .

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, I remember the wax museum that was there next to Frontierland. Glad you brought that up. I think it was called Cyclorama, or at least that word was in the name. I also remember the shooting gallery, and I believe that was in the Saunooke's Trading Post that was across the swinging bridge that I showed. The bridge ended at the door of the gift shop that had the shooting gallery. My great grandmother on my dad's side, was the one that was Cherokee.

[@donnawhitfield6820]

I remember Frontier Land. I went there and Santa’s Land. My sister and brother-in-law carried their son to Santa’s Land. Santa asked them where they were from. They told Santa. He asked them if they knew these twins. They were my nephew’s great uncles. My new as impressed with Santa. 😂😂😂

[@troywright7046]

I remember my grandpa WWII veteran shaking the walking bridge in Cherokee scaring my mother and grandmother I was shaking it with him

[@NCMemoryMakers]

That was so much fun! My dad and myself used to do that with my mom, and she started taking the other bridge.

[@troywright7046]

I remember the dinosaurs when I was a kid

[@NCMemoryMakers]

I was hoping someone else would remember those.

[@troywright7046]

Those were the good ole days frontier land taking your picture with the Indian chief my grandparents and parents love coming to the smoky mountains from Kentucky

[@NCMemoryMakers]

@@troywright7046 Yes, I miss the way it was back then.

[@angelaefird596]

There is a place beside ghost town called Route 19 Inn.

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, we've passed it many times.

[@lindawiley878]

When we used to go to Cherokee, they used to be men dressed in the headdress and act like chiefs and stand there and you could get pictures with them. You don’t see that anymore

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, I remember those days as a child.

[@ellinger5]

Do you remember and have you ever been on the sky lift in Cherokee it's gone now like a lot of thing we loved

[@NCMemoryMakers]

Yes, many times as a child.

[@angelaefird596]

I have a grandmother that was Cherokee. My mother got her teeth.

[@angelaefird596]

Mine to but on my moms side.

[@annreynolds2834]

Cherokee isn't like it used to be

[@NCMemoryMakers]

True