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2-25-22

Tennessee State Museum: Celebrating 85 Years

This article appears in the Winter 2022 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter. "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That there is hereby created a  State Museum for the purpose of bringing together the administration of the various collections of articles, specimens and relics now owned by the State …" It was with these words that the Tennessee State Museum was formally established by law on May 21, 19... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Newsletter Winter 2022 Tennessee History

2-23-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection - Winter 2022

This article appears in the Winter 2022 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter. Reelfoot Lake Night Rider Cases This rare Tennessee Supreme Court brief concerns the Reelfoot Lake Night Rider cases focused on violence that erupted when the West Tennessee Land Company bought tracts of Reelfoot Lake land, intending to drain a portion of the lake and use the land to grow cotton. Many community members who valued lake resources protested. On October 8, 1908, a vigilan... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Museum Collection Newsletter Newsletter Winter 2022

2-17-22

A Smoky Mountain Home: The Story of Cabinetmaker Lewis Buckner

by Annabeth Dooley Lying on the border between East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, Sevier County is considered a scenic gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains. Its borders encompass Gatlinburg. It’s the birthplace of Dolly Parton. At the turn of the twentieth century, it was home to another important Tennessean, cabinetmaker Lewis Buckner (1856-1924). Arguably one of Tennessee’s premier craftspeople, much of Buckner’s finely carved furniture and architectural elements... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
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