By Dale Welch What would cause a young slave boy to go off wondering in the night when he could be at home, in his cabin? What would it...

Yankee troops, based out of Sparta and headed by Col. William B. Stokes had a couple of skirmishes with Confederate guerrillas headed by...

By Dale Welch Many books and articles have been written about those who fought on both sides in the Civil War. We don’t hear much about...

By Dale Welch Alvan Cullom Gillem, named for an Overton County judge, slave owner and U.S. Congressman Alvin Cullom, was a Union general...

By Dale Welch James Thomas Gills was 32 years old when he joined the Union Cavalry. He left his wife, a daughter and a three-month-old...

By Dale Welch The fourth of nine children and the second son born to Isaac and Martha Jane Ray Romines, his parents decided to give him a...

JOHN WHITTAKER John Whittaker, born in Pitt County, came to Standing Stone with his wife, Vina and family around1806. The last home he...

By Dale Welch I am a proud son of a coal miner. I am also the brother, cousin, nephew, grandson and for about a week, the brother-in-law...

By Dale Welch I almost had a “super” name. As I think about it now, I could have made it work for me. When I was born, my oldest brother...

By Dale Welch Maj. Robert John Moscrip made his mark on maps, plats and lives qll qcross America, winding up his last marks along the...

By Dale Welch The Tennessee Coal Co., Mine No. 3 (Meadow Creek) was started in the 1940s by W.T. Ray, Sr. They soon discovered that the...

By Dale Welch Did you say that you don’t like spiders and snakes? What about lizards? In the very early 1900’s, my grandma, Ida Miller...

By Dale Welch As far back as he could remember, Jack Parker watched the world go by, on the railroad tracks next to where he grew up. His...

By Dale Welch Rick grew up in eastern Putnam County. He married Jane, his high school sweetheart. There had to be more than working for a...

By Dale Welch I got my DNA done awhile back. It’s official—I’m a mutt! I purchased an AncestryDNA kit. Being mostly blind, I spit into...

By Dale Welch The Honorable Cordell Hull had a lengthy career in public service. He was a state representative, a circuit judge,...

As seen in the Herald-Citizen (Cookeville, TN) - September 24, 1999 By Dale Welch He was the son of George and Sally Qualls Tudor and...

By Dale Welch Legendary sportswriter Will Henry Grimsley was a Monterey native. The red headed, blue-eyed Grimsley was born to Tennessee...

By Dale Welch While there were lots of fighting between Native Americans and Europeans over the years, the Cherokee and Chickasaw waged a...

By Dale Welch When the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad Built the railroad up the mountain, in 1893, they mostly used prison labor. Among...