Browsing: History

Many people love Tennessee history. Tennesseans are proud of David Crockett, they visit Shiloh, they boast that the suffrage amendment…

Before our ancestors had cars to go where they pleased, Tennessee’s most popular vacation destinations were mineral springs resorts. Starting…

The history world makes a big deal of anniversaries such as the centennial of the passing of the suffrage amendment…

From a column originally penned for “Comet Earthquake and Fire Canoe” — Tennessee History for Kids’ new fourth-grade reading booklet.…

If you Google the words “mail hack,” you’ll be bombarded with information about how people can sabotage your email service.…

There are abandoned iron furnaces — limestone monoliths ranging from 30 to 50 feet tall that cause passersby to stop…

For the first time since 2006, this column will be something other than history. I was an officer in the…

I interrupt this nonexistent gubernatorial campaign for the following historical tidbit: It hasn’t always been like this. Before radio and…

I’d like to devote this, my 200th column, to an interesting example of why even the best of columns can…

I recently set out to trace the history of the acre on which my house sits — back to its…