Tennessee History

Monument to the Heroic Overmountain Men, at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park, in Elizabethton, Tennessee

OVERMOUNTAIN MEN TURN TIDE OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

The brave men that gathered at what is now known...
Confederate Lt. Colonel William Shy

MURDER? MYSTERY! HEADLESS CORPSE FOUND ON CIVIL WAR GRAVE!

Creepy things have been known to happen at night in...
The hidden entrance to Demonbreun Cave

1769! THE FIRST HOUSE IN NASHVILLE, DEMONBREUN CAVE

He arrived here in 1769, and his home is still...
The Big South Tunnel on the L&N Railroad

CONFEDERATE MORGAN’S RAIDERS COLLAPSED THE BIG SOUTH TUNNEL!

Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his Morgan's Raiders were...
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Sam Houston Part IV – The Road To Texas

In our last installment, Sam Houston Part III - Early Political...
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Sam Houston Part II – Life with the Cherokee

In our first installment, Sam Houston; Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, President...
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Sam Houston Part III – Early Political Career

 In our last installment, Sam Houston Part II - Life...
Sam Houston

Sam Houston; Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, President – Part I

Everyone knows that Sam Houston is kind of a big...