I recently learned that the tiny family cemetery near my office in suburbia is the final resting place of a…
Browsing: History Lesson
The Volunteer State was affected indirectly but felt the effects for a very long time Last month, on the 100th…
The story behind historic War Department letter When you start researching the story behind a single document, you never know…
I have heard that one of the best early maps of Tennessee was produced by Matthew Rhea in 1832. So…
The government of Memphis wants to dig up Nathan Bedford Forrest’s remains and move them to Elmwood Cemetery, which is…
I recently read that Tennessee Temple University of Chattanooga was closing after 69 years in operation. Tennessee Temple is merging…
Barrett, Egerton and Seigenthaler informed and inspired us I’m lucky to have met and befriended some amazing people. Unfortunately, three…
In my view, the influenza epidemic of 1918 is the most overlooked event in American history. It killed up to…
In November 1925, a new employee of the National Life & Accident Insurance Co. drove his “trick lizzie,” as he…
If you look it up, you will find that there have been somewhere in the range of 40 treaties between…