Elkmont is a region situated in the upper Little River valley of the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Today, Elkmont is home to a large campground, ranger station, and historic district maintained by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

By 1910, the company began selling plots of land to hunting and fishing enthusiasts from Knoxville, who established the "Appalachian Club" just south of the logging town.

The source of Little River is approximately five miles above Elkmont along the slopes of Kuwohi, where it begins as a small trickle before its confluence with several smaller streams at an area known as Three Forks.

The Appalachian Club section is located primarily in the southern part of Elkmont, south of the confluence of Little River and Jakes Creek.

[8] The Levi Trentham cabin was originally located in the upper reaches of Jakes Creek and was moved to the Appalachian Club's Daisy Town section in 1932 for use as a guest house.

Ownby obtained a lifetime lease when the national park was established, and for several decades afterward he sold honey to hikers.

Among those who paid Ownby a visit were Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander and U.S. Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun and Potter Stewart.

[9] The justices were visiting a prominent Knoxville lawyer, Foster Arnett, who wanted to introduce them to a real mountain man.

Although the logging camps moved, Elkmont remained the company's primary base of operations in the upper Little River valley.

[17] In 1926, Townsend sold most of his Little River Lumber tract to the newly created Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission, although he had been given permission to continue logging for most of the next decade.

Little remains from Elkmont's logging period, although three of the later resort cottages (including the Addicks and Mayo cabins) are believed to have been modified Little River Lumber Company shanty houses.

[19] In his company's early days, Townsend allowed hunters and fishermen to use the Little River Railroad to access the deep, game-rich forests of the Smokies.

As the Elkmont valley was slowly stripped of its valuable timber, Townsend began to advertise the area as a mountain getaway.

[20] In 1910, an affluent group of Knoxville hunting and fishing enthusiasts formed the Appalachian Club and purchased what is now "Daisy Town" south of the confluence of Little River and Jakes Creek.

[21] In 1925, Little River Lumber Company concluded its logging operations in the Three Forks area and sought to move the Elkmont tracks to the recently acquired Walker Valley (now Tremont).

During its construction, members of the Metcalf family, who owned a farm just west of Elkmont, supplied the workers with drinking water.

[23] In 1920, Willis P. Davis and his wife Anne, who owned a summer cottage at Elkmont, began to suggest an idea for a national park in the Smokies after a visit to Yellowstone.

[24] Business owners in Knoxville quickly saw the benefits of a national park and began lobbying federal and state governments.

[27] Largely because of Wright's efforts, the initial bill allowing for the purchase of land in the Smokies exempted Elkmont from eminent domain.

[3] Seventeen of the nineteen structures chosen for restoration and preservation are located in the Appalachian Club's "Daisy Town" section.

[2] The Byers cabin— located south of Daisy Town in the Appalachian Club's Society Hill section, was also chosen for preservation mostly because of its association with early park promoter David Chapman.

The Spence cabin, a large lodge in the Appalachian Club's Millionaires' Row section, has been restored and preserved primarily for its location at the head of the Little River Trail and is available for reservations as a day use structure.