DINING
HISTORIC SIDE OF PIGEON FORGE
For more than seven decades, Butler’s Store was an unchanging anchor at the corner of present-day Old Mill
Avenue and South River Road. Customers came with their lists, requesting everything from $2 shoes and
50-cent overalls, mule collars, fertilizer and fishing tackle to bologna sliced from a big roll at the store. A heavy
piece of pig iron, from the forge that gave the town its name, was used as a doorstop. Turn to page 7 to see
a photo of Butler’s Store and a piece of Pigeon Forge history.
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