Pickett’s Amonett House Being Restored with State, Private Funding Posted by: Ivan Fisher Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Pickett County’s Amonett House will be restored with $25,000 of grant funding through Tennessee’s ThreeStar program. Byrdstown-Pickett County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →contributed by Gary Norris Boom was the more southern post office on the road between Livingston and Byrdstown. It closed because the mail could be sent on better roads over longer distances as time passed. The Monroe Post Office in … Continue reading →
contributed by Gary Norris Lillydale post office should have been located in Clay County if I am correct. Lillydale was at the confluence of the Wolf and Obey Rivers. This community was a farming and logging center for the upper … Continue reading →
contributed by Gary Norris (no date) Oak Grove post office closed because it was less needed by families moving northward for jobs in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The completion of Dale Hollow Lake isolated the Oak Grove area on a … Continue reading →
contributed by Carol Castoni (no date given) The Tennessee State Library & Archives has more information about historic Tennessee Post Offices. Click here to view that site. Name Opened Closed AMONETT April 2, 1883 August 31, 1911 BEEVILLE August 10, … Continue reading →
This photo was taken about 1900. No information was provided about the school. If you can identify any of the unknown individuals, please contact the submitter, below. Please contact the site coordinator if you can provide information about the school. … Continue reading →
From Gary Norris (undated) Spurrier – This was about as far up stream as a shallow draft boat could travel on the Obey River. Here, East Fork and West Fork met in a narrow river bottom. Logging was what … Continue reading →
This list was maintained previously by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The information may be duplicated elsewhere, but it is included here for reference. Fentress County in General The Appalachian-Ozark area: Fentress County, TN. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1934. 5 … Continue reading →
This list was maintained previously by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The information may be duplicated elsewhere, but it is included here for reference. Overton County in General Allred, Charles E. & Samuel W. Atkins. An economic analysis of … Continue reading →
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