The Land of Laurelwoods

Nestled on top of the Cumberland Plateau, 10 miles from the small town of Dunlap, is a beautiful place in the mountains with a forest of big trees, deep woods, secluded hollows, and mountaintop views. At the front of the forest is an old farm-site, where a log cabin used to stand. Behind the farm-site is the hardwood forest and deep woods, where many of the tall old poplar and oak trees still grow, unknowingly contributing to the name of this enchanted place. Deer and turkey roam throughout the secluded hollows and ridges in these woods, and frequently are seen, disappearing silently among the trees. On one side of the forest, deep within the woods, is a lone mountain stream, that slowly meanders between the ridges, intermittently babbling loudly to the forest, as the calm waters turn to rapids, and rush deeper into the hollows. Here is found a lush thick growth of mountain laurel, thriving along the moist fertile banks, shrouding the cold clear water with perpetually green leaves, and following every twist and turn of the stream. The laurel grows densely and widely, extending far from the water's edge, then gradually merges with the woods. It too, unknowingly contributes to the name, of a place called ............Laurelwoods.