Tennessee likes to boast about old structures it has preserved and historical markers it has erected — especially when it…
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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…
On July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis delivered a crate to a tiny island in the South Pacific called Tinian.…
During my decade and a half of writing content for the Tennessee History for Kids website, I’ve come across many…
Women couldn’t vote in America until 1920. These two unlikely partners helped the 19th Amendment along. In July 1920, Tennessee…
It was the South’s most desperate battle — and is the South’s least-remembered. In December 1864, what was left of…