Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses the United States Army taking...