Posted on June 1, 2018
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“I just plain hated the idea of that object being hauled to Terre Haute or Dayton and made into a table completely removed from the context of the region, and from the people who made it and used it.” Thus spoke John Rice Irwin,… Continue Reading “Appalachian Artifacts & Lore”
Category: Arts, Cultural, Historic site, Industrial, Restaurant, ShoppingTags: Anderson County, Appalachia, Arts, Clinton, Crafts, East Tennessee, Farms, John Rice Irwin, Museum of Appalachia, Tennessee, Tools
Posted on June 1, 2018
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We’ll end Day 2 with a healthy meal featuring freshly made soups and sandwiches. Your tour package includes a $15 voucher to cover soup and bread or a sandwich, plus dessert and beverage, but you can add more to your order at your own… Continue Reading “Soups and More Done Right”
Posted on June 1, 2018
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It’s part of a busy day, so we’ll try to murder more than one avian with the rocks we have when we reach Rocky Top. We tried to get the University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Marching Band to entertain you with their… Continue Reading “Great Eats – On Ole Rocky Top …”
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In Victorian England, the younger sons of landed British families had no rights to inheritance and few socially acceptable options for work. Author and social reformer Thomas Hughes dreamed of a Utopian community where such sons could, through agriculture, build a community free of… Continue Reading “A Utopia in the Cumberlands”
Category: Arts, Cultural, Historic site, Restaurant, ShoppingTags: Architecture, Churches, Historic Rugby, Libraries, Morgan County, Rugby, Social Reform, Tennessee, Victorian Era
Posted on June 1, 2018
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This site is completely off the beaten path and it’s doubtful that any of our tour participants have ever been here. We intentionally took this route to stop and pay tribute to one of America’s most celebrated military heroes. You may have seen the… Continue Reading “Sgt. Alvin C. York State Park”
Category: Historic site, Military, Recreational, Restaurant, Shopping, State ParkTags: Fentress County, Heroes, Military, Pall Mall, Sergeant York, Sgt. Alvin C. York, Soldiers, Tennessee, World War I