by Linda Aksomitis
The Walnut Street Bridge, pictured above, is Tennessee’s oldest non-military highway bridge still in use today. It was also the first non-military highway bridge across the Tennessee River. Today, instead of cars and trucks rumbling over it, pedestrians ranging from...
by Linda Aksomitis
Nestled in a Tennessee Valley, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was one of the Nation’s best-kept secrets during WW II—one I had the opportunity to discover at their annual June Secret City Festival. And it turned out to be a secret I think needs sharing! I started out my day in...
by Linda Aksomitis
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a great city to visit! There are attractions for every interest from the Chattanooga riverfront, which is what I mainly explored, to its world famous Chattanooga Choo-Choo. One of the great things that I found as a visitor, though, is that...
by Linda Aksomitis
In 1825 Henry and Polly Hagy sailed their flatboat down the Tennessee River with a boatload of dreams and little else. They hoped to start a farm and raise a family somewhere along its banks, if they could find the perfect spot. It might have been the view that drew...
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