by Mike Steely | Apr 19, 2020 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely We have been asked to keep our distance, wear our masks, and basically stay at home for safety these days. But there are some places we can drive to without encountering other people or endangering ourselves or others. A family day outing to nearby...
by Mike Steely | Mar 9, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Cookeville is a popular stop for travelers headed west on I-40 with its many restaurants and hotels on the interstate as well as a lively downtown. If you are a fan of odd attractions, then Cookeville has more than a few for you to visit. Seeing...
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...
