Cookeville-native Hennie Copeland was once known as the "Midwife of the Cumberlands." She rode through the rugged Cumberland Mountains on this side saddle, helping to [...]

In 1888, a group of unwed girls from Union County, Tennessee made a friendship quilt for Marcellus Moss Rice. The girls spent a good deal [...]

This banjo was owned by Henry Dobson, an African-American musician from South Carolina. One night in 1895, at a party held near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dobson [...]

During the Civil War, Lane Cunningham left the rural but beautiful hills of White County, Tennessee to join the Army. Before his departure, Lane hid [...]