The Most Perfect Day by Roxie Milam Wallace and Jeff Wallace The blue sky was faultless, and the air crystalline—the most perfect First Sunday in June Decoration Day anyone could remember. The old man, Palestine Mountain, sat content, robed in the verdant splendor of cottonwood…
See the “Wall” family photograph for a picture of Basely H. Graves (1868-1917), he can also be seen in the “Rock Hill School” photo
from the research of Mike Deere JOSEPH REED: HENDERSON COUNTY’S FIRST SETTLER In 1817, Joseph Reed, along with his 2 sons, traveled west from Georgia looking for a new home. It is believed that they traveled along the Tennessee River until they ran across the…
from the research of Mike Deere This is a photograph of the Peter Pearson house. As you can see, the house is about to completely fall in. It was believed to have been built in the mid to late 1800’s.