Dick Barry, House speaker in the 1960s, talks about life and Tennessee history William L. (Dick) Barry is alive and…
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Bill Carey, columnist for The Tennessee Magazine and Tennessee history guy, shares little known facts from Tennessee history.
Sister Constance and her companions remembered for their service during epidemic If I were to ask you to imagine a…
Revolutionary explorer, important in his time, died in debtor’s prison We all like to think that if we are diligent,…
African-American university grew in Vanderbilt’s shadow Events, institutions and even towns are sometimes erased so completely that there is nothing…
Dickson County commune attempted to build a utopian society Just when you think you’ve heard everything about Tennessee history, along…
May is National Preservation Month. In honor of this, Tennessee History for Kids and the Tennessee Historical Commission have produced…
Talk about a venture that was ahead of its time. In 1790 — when Nashville was a fort surrounded by…