Puncheon Camp

Posted 12.05.2009 in Features, Visitor Info, slider

As we were researching areas along the White Lightning Trail, we came across this old schoolhouse. It is located next to Puncheon Creek in Washburn, TN (Grainger County). The community of Washburn was apparently known as Puncheon Camp and was named Washburn in 1898. Up until 1801, it had been the County Seat for Grainger [...]

Cumberland Gap Ranger receives prestigious national award

Posted 12.02.2009 in News, slider

CUMBERLAND GAP, Tenn. — Sunlight breaks through the morning fog revealing traces of the misty forest. In the distance birds are singing, as a squirrel bounds from the ground and, in an instant, scrambles up the nearest tree. The scene is set. Through the trees a shadowy figure bounds toward the camera, “Wow! Welcome to [...]

Homecoming at Museum of Appalachia is a fall tradition for many

Posted 10.08.2009 in Visitor Info, slider

NORRIS – A small get-together three decades ago has grown into a fall tradition that now attracts thousands of visitors.
The 30th annual Tennessee Fall Homecoming on the grounds of the Museum of Appalachia is expected to draw as many as 50,000 people during its four-day run.
Virtually nonstop bluegrass, Gospel and folk music on five stages [...]

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Cumberland to Celebrate Heritage at Daniel Boone 275th Birthday Party

Posted 08.05.2009 in Visitor Info, slider

On Friday, August 7th, 2009 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) will host a birthday party to commemorate the 275th anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone. Although his actual birthday is October 22nd, this unique celebration during Indian Summer will feature a walk with “Daniel Boone” through the Cumberland Gap. During this [...]

Southern Nationals stretch run goes through East Tennessee

Posted 07.24.2009 in News, slider

After seven exciting races, the O’Reilly Southern Nationals Series is ready for the final three events on the 10-race mini-series which ends in East Tennessee.
During the first seven events, there have been five different winners including Vic Hill (Wythe Raceway), Jonathan Davenport (Carolina Speedway), Casey Roberts (Hartwell/Swainsboro & Screven Speedways), Tony Knowles (Fort Payne Speedway) [...]

Rarity Mountain sees prices drop

Posted 07.23.2009 in News, slider

When David and Sharon Gordon bought a lot in the Rarity Mountain residential community in 2006, they paid $445,000 for the Jellico, Tenn., property.
But after a recent auction, that same lot changed hands for only $5,500, a massive discount and a striking example of the difficulties facing some of East Tennessee’s high-end residential developments.
The Rarity [...]

National Coal facing foreclosure

Posted 07.21.2009 in News, slider

National Coal of Alabama, a wholly owned subsidiary of Knoxville-based National Coal Corp., is facing foreclosure on its outstanding capital stock after defaulting on a $60 million credit agreement with various lenders, the parent company announced Monday.
None of the creditors, which include TCW Asset Management Co. and other lenders, have a lien or encumbrance on [...]

Ausmus took long way back

Posted 07.21.2009 in News, slider

When folks from back in Tennessee phoned Aaron Ausmus in Los Angeles, they’d wonder why he had a hair-dryer going. Didn’t he still shave his head?
It wasn’t a hair-dryer. It was a 747.
“We lived in a little one-bedroom apartment in El Segundo, right by the (LAX) airport,’’ Ausmus said. “When planes were taking off the [...]

Teens Share Love of God With Poor Community

Posted 07.17.2009 in slider

Saturday, July 11, 2009, ten missionaries from the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Palmyra returned from a week long mission trip to New Tazewell, Tennessee. For the fifth year in a row, a team was sent to a center in Harrogate, Tennessee to be assigned to an Appalachian community.
While many people complain about the work [...]

Permit for Tenn.’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years to be posted on eBay

Posted 07.15.2009 in News, slider

A permit for Tennessee’s first elk hunt in more than 150 years will be posted on the Internet auction site eBay.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency earlier awarded four permits by drawing.
The fifth and last tag will go to the highest bidder on the auction site. It will be posted from Thursday until July 25.
TWRA says [...]