One thing about Kentucky folks, they love fried chicken. The relationship between its fame and its followers has perpetuated a self-fulfilling prophecy over the century, keeping the dream alive. In my Corbin blog, I mentioned that it is home to the original / first Kentucky Fried Chicken location & Museum and Sanders Park, and I…
Charleston, South Carolina is a gorgeous city on the Atlantic Coast known for its Live Oak trees, Low Country cuisine, antebellum architecture, sprawling town squares, and other facets of Southern charm. Some of Charleston’s other claims to fame include being home of the country’s first museum, playhouse, golf club, and public college. The College of…
Devou Park is a gorgeous 700+ acre tract of land that began as the William P. & Sarah Ogden Devou family farm more than a century ago. Their children donated the property to the City of Covington in the early 1900s, though they continued to live in the old farmhouse until their deaths many years…
Tennessee’s oldest town was founded in 1779, nearly two decades before it officially became a state. Jonesborough, once spelled as Jonesboro, is part of the Tri-Cities region of East Tennessee that includes Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol. Jonesborough was named after Willie Jones, a politician from North Carolina who was known for his support of…
Just beyond the Henley Street Bridge in downtown Knoxville, you can visit one of many old Civil War forts in the area. Fort Dickerson is an extremely well-preserved earthen fort built in the early 1860s by Federals/Union soldiers to protect Knoxville from the Confederates. The fort was named after Captain Jonathan C. Dickerson who had…
Crockett was famous for a great number of accomplishments including his alleged ability to fight bears by flashing his grin, but my favourite story is when he passionately spoke out against Andrew Jackson’s cruel and horrific Indian Removal Act.
The US Military accidentally dropped an atom bomb on Tybee in 1958. They never found it. It was never detonated.
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