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Days of the Pioneer Antique Show & Sale
Days of the Pioneer Antique Show & Sale Friday, September 13, 2019 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:00am-3:00pm [...]
Sheep Shearing Days begin this weekend at the Museum of Appalachia
Release Date: April 11, 2018 Sheep Shearing Days begin this weekend at the Museum of Appalachia April 13th, 20th, and 21st from 9:00 [...]
Barn Dance Confirmation-Success
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Barn Dance 2018
Tickets Party of 1 $125.00 USD Party of 2 $250.00 USD Party of 3 $375.00 USD Party of 4 $500.00 USD Table of 8 $1,000.00 [...]
Hennie Copeland’s Side Saddle
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 [...]
Marcellus Rice’s Friendship Quilt
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 [...]
Murder Banjo
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 [...]
Civil War Buttermilk Jug
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 [...]