"household in Pigeon Forge was $34,949, and the median income for a family was $41,829. Males had a median income of $31,933 versus $20,838 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,959. About 9.8% of families and 10.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or older. Besides the natural environment of the area, the attractions in Pigeon Forge draw approximately 11 million visitors each year. Attractions include the Dollywood theme park and the Stampede theater, both owned by country music superstar"
"and is located in Nashville. More information can be found at. There are 3 welcome centers each on I-24 and I-40, 2 welcome centers each on I-75 and I-65, and one welcome center each on I-155, I-81, and I-55. There are two unique welcome centers located in Mountain City and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, respectively. The Mountain City welcome center serves the Johnson County Chamber of Commerce and the Pigeon Forge location serves the world-famous Pigeon Forge tourist district. Tennessee Department of Tourist Development The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government, headed by"
"Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge The Hollywood Wax Museum is a two-story wax museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It features replicas of celebrities in film, television and music. The Tennessee museum was originally located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It is the largest wax museum in the United States. The building is a tribute to the U.S. film industry and the artists who have become part of American culture and includes a Hollywood version of Mount Rushmore. and a six-story high Empire State Building being scaled by the Great Ape of Pigeon Forge. The museum is part of the Hollywood Wax Museum"
"FireChaser Express FireChaser Express is a steel family launched roller coaster at the Dollywood amusement park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The ride's revealing was part of a large announcement made on August 21, 2013. The roller coaster opened on March 22, 2014. A trademark for the name ""FireChaser Express"" was filed on August 8, 2013. The attraction was official announced in the morning of August 21. The ride will be installed by Ride Entertainment Group, who handles all of Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere. In Summer 2013, ground clearance began for the new attraction. A sign was erected"
"musical comedy production, opened in the resort community of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Hatfield and McCoy Reunion Festival and Marathon are held annually in June on a three-day weekend. The events take place in Pikeville, Kentucky, Matewan, West Virginia, and Williamson, West Virginia. The festival commemorates the famed feud and includes a marathon and half-marathon (the motto is ""no feudin', just runnin'""), in addition to an ATV ride in all three towns. There is also a tug-of-war across the Tug Fork tributary near which the feuding families lived, a live"
"Mystery Mine Mystery Mine is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster at Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The ride is heavily themed as a haunted mining operation from the 19th century, with sections taking place outdoors and within a large building that features special effects. At a cost of $17.5 million to construct, Mystery Mine was Dollywood's largest single-attraction investment until 2012 when Wild Eagle was constructed for $20 million. It was the first Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter installation in the United States, and, at the time of its opening, had the steepest drop of any coaster in North America,"
"Pigeon Forge Mill The Pigeon Forge Mill, commonly called the Old Mill, is a historic gristmill in the U.S. city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Located along the West Fork of the Little Pigeon River, the mill complex currently consists of a millhouse, breastshot wheel, and milldam, all of which are operative. The mill is the only structure in Pigeon Forge listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Now a souvenir shop and restaurant, the Pigeon Forge Mill was once part of a small industrial complex established by local businessman Isaac Love (1783–1854) that included the iron forge for which"
"Pigeon Forge High School Pigeon Forge High School is a high school (grades 9-12) located in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is a part of the Sevier County school system. As of 2005, the school had a total student body of 751. Pigeon Forge High School is located at 414 Tiger Drive, near the Parkway that serves as the main transportation artery of the city of Pigeon Forge. The high school was established in 1999 in a building that had previously been the Pigeon Forge Middle School. Beginning with only the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, Pigeon Forge High School added"
"support of the Nashville park due to the restructuring of Gaylord Entertainment Company following their merger with Marriott International. On June 12, 2015, it was announced that the Dollywood Company had purchased the Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge. The show, which opened originally in June 2011, was previously owned and operated by Rob Scheer until the close of the 2015 season. The new renovated show by the Dollywood Company opened in 2016. Parton was a co-owner of Sandollar Productions, with Sandy Gallin, her former manager. A film-and-television-production company, it produced the documentary """" (1989), which won an Academy"
"the park Silver Dollar City after their successful theme park in Branson. The Ozark mountain theme of the Branson location was easily reapplied as an Appalachian theme in Pigeon Forge, and the park's attendance began to climb. In 1982, hoping to capitalize on the publicity generated by the Knoxville World's Fair, Pigeon Forge initiated an aggressive economic plan that centered around theme parks, outlet malls, and live music venues. The first outlet mall, Factory Merchants, opened that same year. By 1987, there were four outlet malls in Pigeon Forge, and by the early 1990s, outlet malls provided 44% of the"
"Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) The Titanic Museum is a two-story museum shaped like the RMS ""Titanic"". It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and opened on April 8, 2010. It is built half-scale to the original ship. Similar to the one in Branson, Missouri, the museum holds 400 pre-discovery artifacts in twenty galleries. It is the largest permanent ""Titanic"" museum in the world. The structure is built in a pool to create the illusion of the ""Titanic"" at sea, and the 2-hour, self-guided tour is designed to give guests the sensation of being an original passenger on the ""Titanic""s"
"in 2005. American Adventures, a children’s theme park opened alongside White Water Atlanta. The park was sold to Six Flags in 1999. In 1994, The Dollywood Company constructed a large music theatre in Pigeon Forge called Music Mansion. Headlined by James Rogers, the highly successful theatre was operated by HFE until 2001, when it was sold to Anita Bryant. In 2005 the theatre was sold again and converted to a WonderWorks location. A Music Mansion Theatre was planned for Myrtle Beach, but never materialized. In 2003 the Dollywood Company opened a new Dixie Stampede location in Orlando, Florida along Interstate"
"The mountain itself was named ""Thunderhead"" after a slang term in the American South for Cumulonimbus clouds. Thunderhead (roller coaster) Thunderhead is a wooden roller coaster located at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The coaster, which was the anchor attraction of the new ""Thunderhead Gap"" section (now Timber Canyon), opened on April 3, 2004, to much critical acclaim. Thunderhead boasts 22 turns and 32 crossovers , and utilizes GCI's Millennium Flyer trains, used on all GCI coasters since 1999. Thunderhead is also the first roller coaster to feature a station flyby. The ride was named after Thunderhead Mountain, a peak"
"in the Little Pigeon provides the city's northern border with Sevierville, and a narrow gorge cut by the river between Cove Mountain and Shields Mountain acts as the city's boundary with Gatlinburg. U.S. Route 441, known as ""The Parkway"", runs through the middle of Pigeon Forge en route to Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where it crests at Newfound Gap before descending to Cherokee, North Carolina. The six-lane strip along US-441 contains most of Pigeon Forge's tourist attractions. U.S. Route 321 (known as Wears Valley Road in Pigeon Forge) connects the town with Wears Valley and Townsend to"
"anchor the proposed Belle Island Village tourist attraction, which was scheduled to debut in fall 2008, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. When the developer of the Belle Island Village resort met with financial struggles of their own, the construction lender Regions Bank foreclosed on the unfinished property. In response, the museum itself sought Chapter 11 protection in June 2009. The bank initially agreed to sell the resort property to Tennessee Investment Partners, which is partially owned by the real estate investment firm of Matisse Capital, the original developer of the proposed Belle Island Village. The purchase was scheduled to close by"
"fires from above, and said it was ""a little numbing"" to see the extent of the damage. Noting that the region is a ""special place"" in Tennessee, he said ""millions of families have come here and will continue to come here."" Commenting on the devastation, country music star Dolly Parton (originally from Sevierville) said she was ""heartbroken"". Her theme park, Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge), was largely spared from damage. A telethon, benefiting fire victims, was held December 9, in Nashville. The event featured country music artists such as Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, John Rich, John Oates, and Kristian Bush, and"
"of each year and is open to anyone that can attend every Tuesday evening for a 4-month period. The police department has retired police equipment on display among the 5,000 displayed items at the Carbo's Police Museum in Pigeon Force. The museum is privately owned and not operated by the department. UPDATE: Carbos has closed as of the fall of 2009 after nearly 35 years of business Pigeon Forge Police Department The Pigeon Forge Police Department, sometimes referred to as ""PFPD"", is the primary law enforcement organization serving Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in the United States. The Police Department operates on"
"20th century, Pigeon Forge was an isolated mountain hamlet with no major roads. The nearest railroad station was in Sevierville. Bridges were also rare, with the only major water crossings being a string of fords along the Little Pigeon. When Great Smoky Mountains National Park opened in 1934, the Tennessee Valley Authority reported no tourism-oriented businesses in Pigeon Forge. By the 1950s, improvements to US-441 led to the establishment of a few campgrounds and lodges, but they did not generate major revenue. During this period, however, two factors in nearby Gatlinburg led to the eventual commercial boom Pigeon Forge experienced"
"In Mitch Hawker's worldwide Best Roller Coaster Poll, the ride placed 87th. Wild Eagle Wild Eagle is a steel Wing Coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It is the first of its kind in the United States and opened to the media on March 23, 2012 before opening to the public on March 24, 2012. The roller coaster reaches a height of and reaches speeds of . In September 2012, the ride was voted as the best new ride of 2012 in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards. Speculation of Wild Eagle"
"Barnstormer (ride) ""This article is about the ride at Dollywood. For the junior coaster at Walt Disney World, see The Barnstormer."" Barnstormer is a thrill ride at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. It is located in Owen's Farm section of the park. It opened on March 28, 2011. It cost $5.5 million and is Dollywood's first S&S Worldwide amusement ride. The ride was made famous in June 2012 by a viral YouTube video of a father and daughter riding a similar ride twice. The video was featured on national media outlets including the Huffington Post. Barnstormer is a Screamin' Swing"
"Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Arthur later returned to the Country Tonite Theater stage as an adult performer and remained with the cast for another four years. She performed in over 3,000 shows in the Pigeon Forge area from 1998 to 2009. In 2010, Arthur moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her music career. Arthur auditioned in Charlotte, North Carolina. She had auditioned twice before, in the tenth and eleventh seasons. In the tenth season, she was cut in the group round, and in the eleventh season she made it to the Las Vegas round. In the semi-finals of the twelfth season,"
"has daily shows as well. The Country Tonite Theater, in Pigeon Forge, has operated since 1996. Its award-winning shows have included performers such as Loretta Lynn, Brenda Lee, and The Bellamy Brothers. Places in East Tennessee have been the inspiration for many songs. Perhaps the most well-known is Rocky Top. Released by the Osbourne Brothers in 1967, it is one of the ten state songs of Tennessee. Though often performed at Tennessee Volunteers football games, it is not the official fight song of the University of Tennessee (Down the Field). In addition, Rocky Top, Tennessee is now a town, northwest"
"quite good, with only 5% of the student body absent on a daily basis. Transfer rates are relatively high, possibly due to the very nature of Pigeon Forge’s economy, which is predominantly seasonal. Pigeon Forge High School Pigeon Forge High School is a high school (grades 9-12) located in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is a part of the Sevier County school system. As of 2005, the school had a total student body of 751. Pigeon Forge High School is located at 414 Tiger Drive, near the Parkway that serves as the main transportation artery of the city of Pigeon Forge."
"Wild Eagle Wild Eagle is a steel Wing Coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It is the first of its kind in the United States and opened to the media on March 23, 2012 before opening to the public on March 24, 2012. The roller coaster reaches a height of and reaches speeds of . In September 2012, the ride was voted as the best new ride of 2012 in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards. Speculation of Wild Eagle began in March 2011 when plans to discuss Dollywood's 2012 attraction were"
"Thunderhead (roller coaster) Thunderhead is a wooden roller coaster located at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The coaster, which was the anchor attraction of the new ""Thunderhead Gap"" section (now Timber Canyon), opened on April 3, 2004, to much critical acclaim. Thunderhead boasts 22 turns and 32 crossovers , and utilizes GCI's Millennium Flyer trains, used on all GCI coasters since 1999. Thunderhead is also the first roller coaster to feature a station flyby. The ride was named after Thunderhead Mountain, a peak within the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was heavily logged during the early 19th century."
"comic books and attract 10,000 visitors. The 2007 show made national news for a ""Star Wars""-themed wedding, which on June 2 was featured on nearly every local news broadcast in the nation that evening. The 2008 show included a special concert by Smith & Pyle, and a ""birthday party"" for Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees. In 2009, Adventure Con again featured two events, a summer and a fall show. For the fall show, Adventure Con moved to the Pigeon Forge Convention Center located at the Grand Hotel. The 2010 show, also held at the Pigeon Forge Convention Center, was half"
"one that stretches across the road at the town's northern entrance. In Sevierville, the traditional and much brighter snowflake light sculptures are still in use. Great Smoky Mountains Parkway The Great Smoky Mountains Parkway travels between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Sevierville, along U.S. Route 441 and State Route 448, in east Tennessee. It serves both, as the main thoroughfare for Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, and a spur of the Foothills Parkway. The road is simply called ""Parkway"" in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, where most of the commercial land development has occurred in those two cities. Both have numbered"
"(PLTP) as in other national parks. In Sevierville, the Parkway has an east branch and a west branch, as well as a spur in both directions along U.S. 411. Between U.S. 411 and Tennessee 66, the road is known as ""North Parkway"". Within the towns, the road is decorated with Christmas lights all winter. As a six-lane divided highway through Pigeon Forge, very tall multi-fixture street lights in the median are decorated with white LED snowflakes that ""fall"" down the poles. In Gatlinburg, white LED deciduous trees sprout from the lampposts, in addition to other displays, such as the large"
"near the confluence of Walden Creek and Little Pigeon River (now Pigeon Forge City Park) in 1792. This ""fort"" provided a safe stopover for early pioneers in the Sevier County area. Wear later served as a member of the committee that drafted Tennessee's state constitution. In 1785, the Cherokee signed the Treaty of Dumplin Creek, ceding much of what is now Sevier County to the United States. Among the first to take advantage of this was Robert Shields (1740–1802), who received a survey for a tract of land in the Pigeon Forge area from the Watauga Land Office in 1786."
"lifts for mobility aids and wheelchairs. The water plant in Pigeon Forge can treat of water per day. The city storage system holds of water. The city also supplies Gatlinburg with up to of water per day. Unlike neighboring Gatlinburg and Sevierville, Pigeon Forge remained a dry jurisdiction in the state (Tennessee is dry by default) for many years, with only a few select premises allowed to sell low-alcohol beers and some wines. Certain sectors of the population, including religious leaders, opposed legalizing liquor, warning of the social consequences, while others argued that the city was losing tax dollars to"
"selected from the immediate area and from the Southeast. The park hosts numerous special events each season, including Letterland-themed days in May for school groups, visits by Thomas the Tank Engine and a very popular nighttime ""Ghost Train"" Halloween event in October. In 2017, Tweetsie Railroad's 60th anniversary season, the park introduced the ""Tweetsie Christmas"" holiday-themed event. In 1961, Grover and Harry Robbins built another train ride and tourist attraction called ""Rebel Railroad"" in the Smoky Mountains near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Originally featuring a Civil War theme, the park was renamed ""Goldrush Junction"" in 1966 and re-themed to a Wild"
"Forge, Tennessee opened in June 2018. The company holds licenses to make the Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Ram, Dodge Viper, Ford F-250 Super Chief, Ford Mustang, Mini Cooper, and the Scion xB. Ridemakerz is a limited liability company. It was founded in 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Rancho Santa Margarita, California in 2009. There are currently 8 locations. The main financier is investor Norman Pozez. Build-A-Bear owns about 25% of the company. In 2010 it opened a warehouse and distribution center in Valencia, California (using the same system as Build-A-Bear) and moving its headquarters to Irvine,"
"At this point, the Pigeon Forge park was branched off into a separate division of HFE called The Dollywood Company, which oversees all the properties that Dolly Parton has interest in. Along with the Herschend family, Dolly Parton co-owns the Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dixie Stampede) dinner attraction chain, which has locations in Pigeon Forge (opened 1988), Myrtle Beach (1992), and Branson (1995). A location in Orlando opened in 2003 and closed in early 2008. In 2001 a new water park was opened adjacent to the Dollywood theme park called Dollywood's Splash Country. HFE built several water parks in the"