Pigeon Forge’s city manager, longest serving in Tennessee, set to retire after serving for more than four decades
The City of Pigeon Forge announced Tuesday that its city manager of 44 years will soon be retiring. Earlene Teaster became ...
Longest-serving city manager of Pigeon Forge, Earlene Teaster, announces retirement
In addition to being Tennessee's first female city manager, her 44-year tenure makes her the longest-serving city manager in ...
'It's home, always will be' | Longest-serving city manager in Tennessee reflects on 63 years of serving Pigeon Forge
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Pigeon Forge has evolved tremendously over the last 63 years, but one woman has been in the front seat, ...
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Tennessee’s longest-serving city manager announces plans to retire
she was named as Pigeon Forge City Manager. The city said Teaster was the first female city manager in Tennessee and is the longest-serving city manager in the state. “As I reflect on my time in ...
Rebel yells, Old West shootouts, a flooded mine: Attractions that came before Dollywood
Dollywood has been a Pigeon Forge fixture for 40 years - but the land the park occupies has been a tourist attraction for far longer than that.
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Teaster announces retirement plans as PF manager
PIGEON FORGE — City Manager Earlene Teaster will conclude her career on June 30, ending a 63-year tenure at the end of the ...
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More than Dollywood: How Dolly Parton’s theme park dream became a 40-year empire
Parton also supports East Tennessee through philanthropic ... You hear the word ‘Pigeon Forge’ in places like New York City, Chicago and things like that (where) we don't have dollars to ...
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Rebel yells, Old West shootouts, a flooded mine: Attractions that came before Dollywood
In 1976, Goldrush Junction was acquired by the owners of MIssouri-based Silver Dollar City, a name the East Tennessee park adopted too. Tourism transformed Pigeon Forge from a speck of an outpost ...