They are extinct institutions that used to be part of our culture and will always be a part of our…
Browsing: History
Bill Carey, columnist for The Tennessee Magazine and Tennessee history guy, shares little known facts from Tennessee history.
The first time I met Abraham Lincoln was at a history festival in Nashville in 2005. In the years since,…
I was recently driving through Smith County on Highway 70 when I did a double take. I pulled over, turned…
In the heart of picturesque downtown Asheville, North Carolina, you will find a statue of a Tennessee-bred hog. Not a…
Tennessee likes to boast about old structures it has preserved and historical markers it has erected — especially when it…
I have to admit that I find many biographies hard to wade through — especially those written in scholarly style…
“Since evolution proves that all animals progress towards a better species, and since humans are members of the animal kingdom,…
Tennessee towns didn’t just “happen.” They were founded by investors who pooled their money, sent surveyors to find the most…
I’ve never written as much as I have during the past 18 months. Tennessee has adopted new social studies standards…
Tennessee became a state on June 1, 1796. Today, when students read this fact in the history books, it seems…