Photo Album Established at the end of Reconstruction by land agent Bruno Gernt in 1881, Allardt was envisoned as a German colony for the “New South.” Several buildings associated with the community’s settlement and development are listed on the … Continue reading →
Photo Album The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River passes through ninety miles of scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide range of natural and historic features. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for acquisition, … Continue reading →
Photo Album Creed Huddleston Creed Huddleston served as a Captain in the Mexican War. He led a company from Overton County volunteers. He died of Yellow Fever in Mexico City and was brought back by ox cart and train … Continue reading →
Photo Album Pickett State Park & Forest is located in Pickett County, adjacent to the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Pickett’s 17,372 acres of scenic, botanical, and geological wonders are found nowhere else in Tennessee. Uncommon rock … Continue reading →
Photo Album New Deal agencies developed the Park in the 1930s as both a recreational and land reclamation project. Replacing the original pioneers of this demanding landscape was a collection of stone and log buildings that are listed with the … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Photo Album Ephraim Crabtree Ephraim Crabtree, 1st Corporal, enlisted on 11/19/1862 in Overton Co., Tenn.; Identified on undated muster roll labeled Document “P” at Ferguson’s trial, and in Wayne County, Ky. criminal case files. Re-enlisted on 3/10/1863 as private … Continue reading →
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