James County was removed after World War I. Why? Tennessee has 95 counties. Few people are aware that there used…
Author: Bill Carey
Bill Carey
Bill Carey founded Tennessee History for Kids in 2004. The non-profit organization helps teachers cover Tennessee history, American history, civics and basic social studies, and uses booklets, posters, inservices and the website www.tnhistoryforkids.org. Carey was a reporter in Nashville through most of the 1990s and has written six books, among them Fortunes Fiddles and Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History and Runaways, Coffles and Fancy Girls: A History of Slavery in Tennessee.
Ads in early Tennessee newspapers reveal a different world for women I have heard it said that families were happier…
Fisk interviews reveal accurate details of our disturbing history What was slavery in Tennessee really like? We do have some…
Historic photograph captures heyday of corporate giant I recently had lunch at Emeralds, a restaurant beside the Wayne County Courthouse…
Interview with civil rights icon Bobby Cain reveals fascinating details I’ve known about Bobby Cain for some time. I’ve known…
Tennessee has 95 counties. Each has a seat: a town, usually near the middle, where county government is based in…
Parents love to take their kids to play in the fountains at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville. I’m…
Here are five interesting news stories in the world of Tennessee history that didn’t make it in our regular features.…
If you scan the 1903 map of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway system, the name “Hollow Rock” jumps…
I recently learned that the tiny family cemetery near my office in suburbia is the final resting place of a…