The history of
the riverboat Rowena and her travels along the
Cumberland River. Click
Here
Restoring
an American Work of Art - A
McCormick-Deering Sickle Bar Mower
The history of
the enclosed gear horse-drawn mower, color scheme,
and the restoration of an old machine. Click
Here
Building
an Old Time Punched Tin Pie Safe
Taking a pile of lumber and turning it into a true American
piece of furniture. The pie safe is making a comeback, as
a beautiful pantry and storage area. Here's one built the
old world way, and made to look like its one hundred year
old ancestors.
Visiting
Knoxville's historic Mabry-Hazen House
By Hayden Evans
Including in ones itinerary a visit to the
historic and majestic ante-bellum Mabry-Hazen House in Knoxville
should be interesting for fans attending athletic events at
the University of Tennessee or vacationers to Dollywood, Gatlinburg
and the Great Smoky Mountains ... Read
More
When a Turkey Shoot Isn't
By Valerie Laprad
"Well, I didn't know," I proclaimed in my own defense to a roomful of incredulous onlookers, staring at me in awe. All activity in the office came to an instant and silent stop, until they exploded in laughter. The next time I have an epiphany in public, I plan to keep it to myself. Really, how serious a social faux paus was it to think that they actually shoot turkeys at a turkey shoot? ... Read More
Touring Oak Ridge -- the secret city of World War II
By Hayden Evans
Imagine a city of 75,000 behind a security fence in East Tennessee so cloaked in secrecy that its workers and other inhabitants did not know what was being produced in three manufacturing facilities of unprecedented scope of the U. S. Government. The creation of the secret city of Oak Ridge began in 1942 as a major site of the “Manhattan Project,” which was the code name for the massive wartime effort that produced the world’s first atomic weapons ... Read More
Building
an Old Time Punched Tin Pie Safe
When a Turkey Shoot Isn't
