by design | Mar 11, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Historic Kingston A Day Away By Mike Steely Imagine it is 1792 and you are at the western edge of what was then the Southwest Territory. You are standing on the banks of the Clinch River and can look across and see a Cherokee village. On your side of the...
by design | Feb 18, 2024 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
In search of the Crockett family A Day Away by Mike Steely We are so fortunate to live in an area that has so much state and national history. Within a few miles of Knoxville, you can easily visit several places that have taken part in the history of the Crockett...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting History in Calhoun and Charleston A Day Away By Mike Steely Between Athens and Cleveland, Tennessee, are two small towns that hold a world of history. Whether you’re into Cherokee or Civil War history, the adjoining towns of Calhoun and Charleston are worth a...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Olde Time Memories More Than A Day Away by Mike Steely One of the benefits of getting old, which we assume begins at age 60 or 65, isn’t just qualifying for social security, retirement, Medicare or “senior discounts” but age bringing back memories of childhood. We can...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Bays Mountain Park A Day Away by Mike Steely I’ll bet you have never visited Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. My wife and I took a cold Sunday afternoon drive there since it’s probably been 40 or more years since our last venture there. Bays Mountain is a...
by design | Jan 1, 2024 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A book with a backstory A Day Away By Mike Steely Sometimes a find in a used book bin can lead to an interesting story about the book and the author. The battered book I recently found in a discard pile, “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” was written by Frances Hodgson...
