why do they call it the smoky mountains
Great Smoky Mountains The name "Smoky" comes from the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from a distance. This fog is caused by the vegetation exhaling volatile organic compounds, chemicals that have a high vapor pressure and easily form vapors at normal temperature and pressure.[6]
Great Plains The region is known for supporting extensive cattle ranching and dry farming.
A Dog's Journey 2000's, California - Setting
New France Thus, it extended from Newfoundland to the Canadian prairies and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, including all the Great Lakes of North America.
Bull riding The flank strap
Dust Bowl This catastrophe intensified the economic impact of the Great Depression in the region.