by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Discovering the Gray Fossil Museum A Day Away by Mike Steely Sometimes important discoveries are made totally by accident. That’s what happened north of Johnson City in the Gray community during earthmoving for a new road. In 2000 the state was grading in that area...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
I’ve Been Everywhere By Mike Steely Several songs can flash you back to an earlier memory and there’s a song on a current television commercial for the U.S. Postal Service that takes me back to my birth town and childhood. “I’ve Been Everywhere,” recorded by Johnny...
by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting the Cable Mill in Cades Cove A Day Away by Mike Steely You may have visited Cades Cove many times but there’s probably something you didn’t know about the old mill at the center of the loop road there. The large cove nestled at the base of the Smoky Mountains...
by design | Aug 22, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely The very first story of mine I saw in print outside of my duties as a Coast Guard journalist was printed in an Alexandria, Va., newspaper. I remember visiting the paper back then and seeing the first letterpress printing I ever saw. I prize the line of...
by design | Aug 14, 2022 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Townsend promotes itself as the “Peaceful Side of the Smokies” and compared to Gatlin-burg, Pigeon Forge or Sevierville it truly is. There’s fewer attractions but, thank goodness, lighter traffic. My wife and I took a Sunday drive recently to revisit...
by design | Aug 8, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Throughout our region, there are many communities that are proud of their past and many say so with a local museum. You probably know about our Knoxville museums or attractions with a historic exhibits, like the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, the East...
