by Mike Steely | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely You may travel Emory Road occasionally or every day. It stretches from Rutledge Pike across north Knox County all the way to Pellissippi Parkway. The route is now a modern county route but the story of the historic route began more than 250 years...
by Mike Steely | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely From giant sloth fossils to John Sevier and Davy Crockett, the area of East Tennessee is very well represented in the new Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Located at the end of the Bicentennial Capitol Mall near the state house the state museum is...
by Mike Steely | Jan 13, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely You may have heard of the Standing Stone near Monterey, Tennessee, where a tall sandstone statue of a wolf or dog once stood. Legend says the stone, along what became old Avery Trace, was a Native American marker. Today the stone is only a small piece...
by Mike Steely | Jan 6, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Did you know that Fort Loudoun in Vonore was the first British outpost on the west side of the mountains? The fort, built in 1759, was in the middle of the Overhill Cherokee Towns and was abandoned by the British whose march back to the colonies ended...
by Mike Steely | Dec 30, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely I’ve just had my 73rd birthday and I’ve been thinking back on my life and thanking my wife Lettie for putting up with me since 1966, my sons and grandchildren for adding happiness and responsibility to my life, and all the friends I’ve had over those...
