Walker sisters sold Tennessee farm for $4,750 and kept a lifetime lease

Representative imageDeep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges and the forest hums with life, stands a quiet log cabin. It is the home of the Walker sisters, six unmarried women who refused to leave their mountain home, even as the world changed around them. Their story is one of resilience, independence and an unbreakable bond with the land they called home, as shared by the National Park Service (NPS). Read on to know more about them here:A family rooted in the SmokiesThe Walker family’s story began in the aftermath of the Civil War. John N. Walker, who had fought for the Union and been imprisoned by the Confederacy, returned home in 1866 and married Margaret Jane King. Through Margaret’s family, John obtained a house and property in Little