There were 4,510 free African Americans in Tennessee in 1830 — a number that grew to 7,300 by 1860. In…
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In January 1950, an announcer and sound engineer for Memphis radio station WREC started a side business that made records…
It can be hard to pin down exactly when a place became a major tourist attraction, but I recently discovered…
Had the Nashville lynch mob succeeded, American history might have turned out differently. There might not have been a “Know-Nothing”…
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…