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HAT TIP TO EDDIE MCCLANAHAN
Read moreSomeone once compared the study of history to going out on a windy day and gathering everyone’s blown off hats in an attempt to get
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TANNING YOUR HIDES
Read moreChilhowee Gap was formed by the Little River basin through the Chilhowee Mountains. Originally known as Murphy’s Cove, it was renamed Miller’s Cove around 1800,
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NUMBER 110
Read moreNumber 110 was the flagship stem locomotive of the Little River Railroad. It was special ordered by Colonel W. B. Townsend, so as to combine
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RAILROADED BY PROGRESS
Read moreProgress had taken America by the turn of the 20th century, thanks to the Industrial Revolution. America’s railroads had carried it everywhere, changing America into
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EXCHANGING A CASH COW FOR AN IRON HORSE
Read moreThe Smokies’ balds are large pastures or meadows atop the mountains. Some of the best known are Gregory’s Bald, Andrew’s Bald, and Spence Field. No