A stock certificate of the antebellum period issued to William Harrison, Sr. certifying capital stock in the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Company, as witnessed on Dec. 2, 1850. Historically, the turnpikes started with local ownership in the form...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
The historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...
Pictured: Hollywood movie star Andrew Vabre “Andy” Devine (1905-1977), an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. Photo dated January, 1940. Unidentified man, pictured on the right. It was in April, 1940 when the Devine’s made a...
Pictured: Hollywood movie star Andrew Vabre “Andy” Devine (1905-1977), an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. Photo dated January, 1940. Unidentified man, pictured on the right. It was in April, 1940 when the Devine’s made a...
Pictured: “Privates Arthur Young and Joseph Matheney, both of Cookeville, Battery C., showed the interested spectators how one of the 155-mm howitzers would be loaded and fired in actual combat.” Source: Nashville Banner. A scene from family...