Bill Carey, columnist for The Tennessee Magazine and Tennessee history guy, shares little known facts from Tennessee history.
What if we renamed Tennessee’s counties to better reflect what they’re known for? Find your…
All smirking aside — when Tennessee first paved its highways, the most controversial stretch of…
Justin “Jet” Potter rose to be one of the richest men in Tennessee in the…
The best newspaper clippings in Tennessee history didn’t announce monumental events. They contain comments about…
Tennessee has always been a patriotic state. Therefore, it stands to reason that there are…
Here’s a story about some World War II Tennessee heroes you may not have heard:…
Work continues to honor the volunteers of the War of 1812 and preserve Camp Blount’s…
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m tired of hearing and reading about things…
I’ve written 175 of these columns, half a dozen books, 1,500 pages of Tennessee History…
I’ve come to believe that the oversimplified version of history told in textbooks and on…