Author: Alan Brown

The Greenbrier Restaurant is one of Gatlinburg’s most popular eateries. The main log structure of the restaurant was built in 1939. At this time, it was known as the Greenbrier Restaurant. The owner, Mr. Blanche Moffett, served...

The Baker-Peters Jazz Club was built in 1840 by Dr. James Harvey Baker in the center of a large farm in West Knox County. No one really knows which side Dr. Baker allied himself with during the Civil War. Some people believe...

When the Bristol, Tennessee, Public School System was organized in 1888, school administrators were forced to use older buildings as schools. The District rented out the Baptist Academy on Anderson as the girls’ school....

In the Southeastern United States, the term “Wampus Cat” is applied to any large, cat-like creature with a loud, shrill cry. In East Tennessee, however, the word pre-dates the arrival of white men in the state. It is usually...

The Reverend Frederick A. Ross built Rotherford Mansion on Netherland Inn Road in 1818. Reverend Ross doted on his beautiful daughter, Rowena, sending her to the finest schools in the North. She was a charming girl who was...