Tag: Tennessee

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...

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....

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...

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 creation of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was predicted by John Hendrix (1865-1917) forty years before the founding of the city. In 1942, Major General Leslie Groves chose the rural site as the location for developing materials for...

When the Scotch-Irish immigrated to the American south in the early 19th century, they brought along with them stories of ghosts and witches from their homeland. One of these legends that Scottish grandparents told their...

Sullivan County has two abandoned tunnels which are said to be haunted. Click Tunnel on Sensabugh Hollow Road in Church Hill, Tennessee, was originally a natural tunnel which was widened by the Clinchfield Railroad when it laid...

Long Island, Tennessee, is a far cry from its much more famous counterpart, Long Island, New York. Long Island, Tennessee, which is a four-mile-long, half-mile-wide island in the Holston River, was sacred to the Cherokee...

When East Tennessee State University first opened its doors in 1911, it was a training school for teachers. ETSU still prepares teachers in grades P-12, but it also serves Northeast Tennessee’s health care system, educational...

In local folklore, abandoned hospitals are the perfect breeding ground for ghosts, most likely because so many people die there. Not surprisingly, one of the most haunted sites in the entire United States—the Waverly Hills...

The Victorian shingle-style brick house that is now Prospect Hill Bed and Breakfast Inn was built in 1889 of hand-made brick by Joseph Wagner, who served as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War. Wagner was a prosperous...

Highway ghosts are fairly common in Tennessee. The Bristol Highway is said to be haunted by Long Dog, a family pet that was brutally killed by the notorious outlaw John Murrell. People traveling along the old stagecoach road...