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By the 1920s, rampant looting of natural resources had devastated the mountains, leaving behind a legacy of environmental destruction. Wealthy businessmen had stripped the land and, in a twist of fate, sold vast tracks to the government, which soon turned its attention to the families that remained. As efforts mounted to create the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Walker sisters found themselves at odds with the very government that sought to claim their land.