For the first time since 2006, this column will be something other than history. I was an officer in the…
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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…
Dear Connie Sue, This is from my grandmother who passed away. She called it “The Holy Cow,” and that’s what…
I recently set out to trace the history of the acre on which my house sits — back to its…
When early settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains, they left behind the Atlantic Ocean watershed for a land where every river…
This month is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Opryland USA, a theme park that was an important part…
I’m happy to say that Americans aren’t used to seeing soldiers, tanks and warplanes unless they happen to live near…
On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana was heading upstream on the Mississippi River, carrying more than 2,000 Union Army…
If you read this column regularly, you might remember that in September 2014, I started off with my opinion that…