In a story that involves Tennessee’s colonial and Native American history, a proposal to deed 76 acres of Tellico Lake…
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Some places are recognized for the important and interesting events that occurred there. Then there is Nickajack Cave in Marion…
Thanks to the new social studies standards, the civil rights movement in Tennessee is finally receiving the recognition it deserves.…
The Tennessee Valley Authority built a dam in Johnson County in the 1940s, permanently flooding the valley that included the…
The more I read stories about the early history of Middle Tennessee, the more I am struck by how much…
Twice in the last three years I have written about Middle Tennessee historic sites that were in danger of being…
In 1850, about one in five Tennesseans was held against his or her will, forced to live as a slave.…
This is my 120th column. I’ve written about the Civil War, the civil rights movement, Andrew Jackson, Elvis Presley, the…
I have heard that one of the best early maps of Tennessee was produced by Matthew Rhea in 1832. So…
This story starts with a groundhog and ends with a mountain goat. In 1845, Thomas Wooten owned a small farm…