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Tennessee, the long, thin state stretching from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Mississippi River, is as richly varied in history as in terrain. And from Davy Crockett, "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson, and presidential candidate Estes Kefauver's coonskin cap, it has derived the colorful image of a frontier state.
Tennessee has been a land of many kinds of frontiers—from the day in 1540 when Spaniards in armor, fevered for...Author
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"In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the field. In genealogy that book is The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. It instructs the researcher in the timeless principles of genealogical research, while identifying the most current classes of records and research tools. It is both a textbook and an all-purpose reference book, designed to help the present...
13) East Nashville
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A collection of over 170 images which provide a view of life and commerce in the community located on the east side of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee from the 1870s to 1961.
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Taken from the safety of her family out of the Fort Nashborough area of the western portion of the North Carolina territory by Native Americans looking for scalps for the British and for white slaves for themselves, Mary Neely never gives up on the idea of returning to her family. This story is based on the true history of Mary Neely, captured by Native Americans after having witnessed the murder of her father, and her courageous journey home.--Source...
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