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Tag Archives: Putnam County

Crossville; All Roads Meet on the Way to Somewhere Else

Crossville, Tennessee got its name by being widely known as a place of crossroads; of Avery Trace, Walton Road, and the Kentucky Stock Road, connecting various toll areas like Johnson’s Mayland stand and Kemmer’s stand. Travelers often referred to it as the way to somewhere else. Avery Trace was the original route, blazed by a…

May 29, 2022 in State Parks, Tennessee.

Historic Cookeville; Micropolis of the Upper Cumberland Plateau

Cookeville is located in middle Tennessee, about an hour from Nashville and an hour and a half from Knoxville. The small city spans about 22 square miles and is the “micropolis,” meaning the largest city of, Putnam County and the Upper Cumberland Plateau. Cookeville was formerly Cherokee land, taken over by white settlers in 1805.…

May 28, 2022 in State Parks, Tennessee.

Bee Rock Overlook & the Standing Stone Monument in Monterey, Tennessee

Legends say the 12-ft tall monolith mysteriously appeared on the Indian Trail dividing two tribal territories; naturally shaped or perhaps carved to look like a dog. Weather, war, and vandalism have made it an unrecognizable fragment of what it once was.

June 26, 2021 in State Parks, Tennessee.

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