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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Lessons From Burma Shave


For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave Signs (a popular Shaving Cream years back ), here is a Quick Lesson in our history of the 1930's,'40's & 50's.
 
Before there were Interstate Highways, when everyone drove the old 2 Lane Roads, Burma Shave Signs would be posted all over the country, along side these old roads. They were small Red signs with White letters.  5 signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet & the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave.
 
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW 
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR.

Burma Shave
TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP

Burma Shave
 
SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE

Burma Shave
 
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT

Burma Shave
 
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING

Burma Shave
 
BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE

Burma Shave
 
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND A LITTLE MORE STEER

Burma Shave
 
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT

Burma Shave

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE

Burma Shave
 
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?

Burma Shave
 
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU

Burma Shave
 
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'

Burma Shave
 
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY

Burma Shave
 
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE

Burma Shave
 
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING

Burma Shave
 
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.

Burma Shave
 
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW

Burma Shave
 
Do these bring back any Old Memories?  If not, you're merely a Child.  If they do, then you're Old As Dirt!

How To Tell If You're Over The Hill

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You buy shoes with crepe rubber soles.

The only reason you're still awake at 2 a.m. is indigestion.

People ask you what color your hair used to be.

You enjoy watching the news.

Your car must have four doors.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

You have a dream about prunes.

You browse the bran cereal section in the grocery store.

You start worrying when your supply of Ben Gay is low.

You think a C.D. is a certificate of deposit.

You have more than 2 pairs of glasses.

You read the obituaries daily.

Your biggest concern when dancing is falling.

You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know all the warning signs of a heart attack.

You dance slow to this song.

“Redbull” Do You Love It?

You might change your mind.


I'm disgusted at "Redbull" and hope you will be too. Be sure to check out both links in this post.
Do you love your Redbull or other "Energy" drinks?
Maybe you will change your mind when you discover you have drinking bull semen and urine.
YES! You have been drinking bull semen and urine.
The main ingredient in most if not all energy drinks is "TAURINE".
Taurine is named after the Latin Taurus, which means bull and the last 3 letters "ine" from the word urine.
Read the following and I hope you send a message to Redbull and other "Energy" drink producers.
I hope you break the dishonest owners bank accounts. I kept that statement clean.
Then if they come back and state they no longer use that and you believe it after their first attempt at being dishonest all for their greed, then I feel sorry for you.

The link below shows you where the ingredient in Redbull and other energy drinks is being harvested.

At the link below you will find the list of ingredients (one ingredient being
"Tautine") in Redbull.

Source:  Keeping My Eye On the Sparrow Photography

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Very Important Please Read


This incident happened in Texas.

A woman went boating one Sunday, taking with her some cans of cola which she put into the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday. The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of cola she drank from, not using a glass. Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.

Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them. The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (I.e.). Full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.

Please forward this message to all the people you care about.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Who Wants This....,

A well-known speaker started off his seminar holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." 

He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it...?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We may feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

You are special-Don't EVER forget it." If you do not pass this on, you may never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it may bring. Count your blessings, not your problems.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

The North Vs. South

The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.

The North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits.

The North has double last names; the South has double first names.

The North has green salads, the South has collard greens.

The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races.

The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish.

The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.

Southern Quotes

Gimme soaky bread with grits and gravy for breakfast, pinto beans with ham hocks for dinner and cracklin’ cornbread in buttermilk for supper and you’ll have yourself a happy man.~~~~Gene Owens, Columnist – talking about Southern treats.

The economy of the South has changed as the nation’s commercial landscape has become homogenized. Yet the region’s people still talk with Southern accents, walk more slowly than Northerners do, and make distinctively Southern music (Nashville, bluegrass, country, Southern rock, and Appalachian).

They still think differently. And the place keeps producing well beyond its share of great writers. ~~~Lisa Alther, Southern novelist, on why there are so many great Southern writers.

“In the South, the breeze blows softer… neighbors are friendlier, and more talkative. (By contrast with the Yankee, the Southerner never uses one word when ten or twenty will do)… This is a different place. Our way of thinking is different, as are our ways of seeing, laughing, singing, eating, meeting and parting. Our walk is different, as the old song goes, our talk and our names.”-Charles Kuralt in Southerners: Portrait of a People

“What is there to see in Europe? I’ll bet those foreigners can’t show us a thing we haven’t got right here in Georgia.”    ―  Margaret Mitchell 

If you like cornbread n beans, black-eyed peas n grits, too. Catfish n turnip greens, and Southern barbecue Love sweet, sweet tea and, of course, coke. In the spring n fall, eat salet made from poke, add peach cobbler n buttermilk pie. Love okra, green tomatoes and chicken to fry. Gumbo, biscuits n gravy, blackberry jam and a big old slab of country ham. Made by the hands of a Southern cook, then you must be Southern in my book! ~~J. Yeager 

Southerners know you can’t be considered a serious Southern cook if you don’t know how to make peach cobbler.  – Trisha Yearwood

Southerners equate food with love, so if you love what they cook, they’re sure to love you back. –Kim Holloway

“It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented”. –Mark Twain

You might be from the South if – you learned how to make noise with a blade of grass between your thumbs –Jeanette H. Whitfield

The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman –Winston Churchill

The perfect speech would consist of the diction of the east, the vigor of the midwest and the melody of the South –Winston Churchill

“In the South, as in no other American region, people use language as it was surely meant to be employed; a lush, personal, emphatic, treasure of coins to be spent slowly and for value” — Time Magazine, September 1976

“We Southerners live at a leisurely pace and sharing our hospitality with our family, friends, and the stranger within our gate is one of our greatest joys.” -Winifred G. Cheney

“From the mountains of Virginia to the Texas Plains there is a Southern way of life and it begins with hospitality and a proper emphasis on good cooking.” -Winifred G. Cheney

The Southern drawl has many variations, but all are authentic Dixie. Stretch out words, add pauses, drop a “g” from “ing” and sprinkle your speech with Southern phrases like, “looks like somethin the cat drug in” or “like a chicken with it’s head cut off” or “like a duck on a June bug.” – The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South.

Southerners love to sweeten their foods-from sweet tea to sugar on grits, everything is better when it is sweeter. Southern favorites include fried chicken, sweet corn bread, potato salad & collard greens. The more the food sticks to your ribs, the better. Large picnics, family get togethers and after church meals are all highly popular. If you attend those on a regular basis, you might be Southern.-Jessica Bold

Made by the hands of a Southern cook, then you must be Southern in my book! ~~J. Yeager

Cause Dixie is a part of me. My Dixieland. ~~J. Yeager

Johnnie! Susie! Come to supper! The music of iron skillets, the flitting of lighting bugs, are in that antique invocation. Supper, in the South, was the light meal: cereal or sandwiches, sometimes bacon and eggs. No culinary folderol, anyway. All of that belonged to the midday repast known as dinner, when the whole family turned up, from office or school, to feast in solidarity on meatloaf and turnip greens.~~by William Murchison, The Dallas Morning News Columnist 3/13/96

“O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me!”–Walt Whitman

Our Southern homeland, beautiful and so grand. Your laid-back Southern ways, Your long, hot, humid days, Your traditions from long ago and your speech that flows so slow. Your native sons and daughters, too My Dixieland! I love you.~~J. Yeager
 
In the South, we “sip” sweet tea, mimosas, and mint juleps while “swayin” in the porch swing or “rockin” on the veranda. These things are all guaranteed stress relievers! ~~J.Yeager

I’m a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I’m really into a man’s man. Brooke Burns

It’s hi ya’ll did ya eat well. Come on in child. I’m sure glad to know ya. ~~Southern Voice Lyrics

Well it’s way, way down where the cain grows tall. Down where they say, “Y’all” Walk on in with that Southern drawl. ‘Cause that’s what I like about the South. She’s got backbone and turnip greens. Ham hocks and butter beans You, me and New Orleans. An’ that’s what I like about the South~~Bob Wills

“She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.” ~~Sara Addison Allen

It is so hot in the South tonight, the mosquitoes are carrying canteens. There’s a Southern accent, where I come from. The young’uns call it country, The Yankees call it dumb. I got my own way of talkin but everything is done, with a Southern accent where I come from ~~Tom Petty

“A Georgia peach, a real Georgia peach, a backyard great-grandmother’s orchard peach, is as thickly furred as a sweater, and so fluent and sweet that once you bite through the flannel, it brings tears to your eyes.” -Melissa Fay Greene, ‘Praying for Sheetrock’

“Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they’re from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin’. And if we have an opinion, you know you’re gonna hear it.” ~~Ashley Judd, Actress

“All I can say is that there’s a sweetness here, a Southern sweetness, that makes sweet music. If I had to tell somebody who had never been to the South, who had never heard of soul music, what it was, I’d just have to tell him that it’s music from the heart, from the pulse, from the innermost feeling. That’s my soul; that’s how I sing. And that’s the South.” — Al Green

Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It’s more than where you’re born, it’s an idea and state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It’s more than loving fried chicken, sweet tea, football, and country music…it’s being hospitable, devoted to front porches, magnolias, moon pies and coca-cola… and each other. We don’t become Southern – we’re born that way.

“True grits, more grits, fish, grits, and collards. Life is good where grits are swallered.”–Roy Blount, Jr

About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden. Frank Yerby, Author

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.  Sam Donaldson, Reporter and News Anchor from Texas

About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden. Frank Yerby, Author


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Happy Mother's Day

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May all the love
You give to others
Come back to you
On this special day

Have a
Wonderful Mother's Day

M-O-T-H-E-R

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M- is for the million things she gave me
O- means only that she's growing old
T- is for the tears she shed to save me
H- is for her heart of purest gold


E- is for her eyes with love-light shining

R- means right and right she'll always be

Put them all together they spell "MOTHER"

A word that means the world to me.

Why Did God Make Mothers?

~ Answers are by elementary school children ~

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of them when we were getting born.

What kind of little girl was your Mom?
1. My Mom has always been my Mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there,
but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me.
He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel-hair and
everything nice in the world, and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones.
Then they mostly use string. I think.

What did Mom need to know about Dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background.
Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year?
Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mom marry your Dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because Dad's such a goofball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than Dad.

What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home,
and dads just got to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power
 cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.

What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside,
I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair.

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
1 She has this weird thing about me keeping my
room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know
it was my sister who did it and not me.

Why did God give you your Mother and not some other Mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

Monday, May 5, 2014

An Incredible Story

A female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

This is her story of giving gratitude. 

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Faralon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so badly off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her…. a very dangerous proposition.

One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. 

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. 

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, nudged them, and pushed gently, thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same. 

May you be so fortunate …

To be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. 

And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.

SHARE to let everyone know about this story!!
A female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

This is her story of giving gratitude.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Faralon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed for help.

Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her…. a very dangerous proposition.

One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, nudged them, and pushed gently, thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

May you be so fortunate …

To be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you.

And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.

A Sister's Love

That nurse was being 'disruptive'...and very successful in saving a life
Twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Needing intensive care, they were placed in separate incubators. Kyrie began to gain weight and her health stabilized. But Brielle, born only 2 lbs, had trouble breathing, heart problems and other complications. She was not expected to live.

Their nurse did everything she could to make Brielle’s health better, but nothing she did was helping her. With nothing else to do, their nurse went against hospital policy and decided to place both babies in the same incubator.


She left the twin girls to sleep and when when she returned she found a sight she could not believe. She
called all the nurses and doctors and this is what they saw. As Brielle got closer to her sister, Kyrie put her small little arm around her, as if to hug and support her sister. From that moment on, Brielle’s breathing and heart rate stabilized and her health became normal.


Share the pic to show the world how a little bit of tender love and affection can save someone's Life.


 ~ DeAnna Lee

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Harry McCarthy

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Cover of the 1861 sheet music for "The Bonnie Blue Flag"
 
Harry McCarthy (1834-1888), also known as Harry Macarthy, was a songwriter from Ulster, where he became a variety entertainer and comedian in the mid 19th century.

Career:

In 1861 he wrote the song "The Bonnie Blue Flag," about the unofficial first Confederate flag, using the tune from "The Irish Jaunting Car." The song was extremely popular, rivaling "Dixie" as a Confederate anthem. The song lost some of its popularity when, late in the war, McCarthy left the South for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Source: Internet

Pickwick Dam, TN

Pickwick Dam (also known as Pickwick Village) is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. Pickwick Dam is located on the Tennessee River south of the Pickwick Landing Dam. Pickwick Dam has a post office with ZIP code 38365.

Source: Internet

Counce, TN

Counce is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Counce is located on Tennessee State Route 57 near the Mississippi border. The community is adjacent to the Tennessee River near the Pickwick Landing Dam. Counce is the terminus of a Kansas City Southern line which was originally the Corinth and Counce Railroad and later became part of the MidSouth Rail Corporation before Kansas City Southern took over MidSouth. Counce was named after the Counce families, who were the first families to inhabit the community.

Source: Internet

Savannah, TN

Savannah is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee. It is the county seat of Hardin County and had a population of 6,917 at the 2000 census.

Town square in Savannah
Town square in Savannah

Savannah hosted the NAIA college football national championship game from 1996-2007. Savannah is home to several places of historical significance, including the Cherry Family Mansion.

History:

The city's original name was Rudd's Ferry, named for James Rudd, an early settler who established a ferry at the site in the early 1820s. Rudd's Ferry was later purchased by a wealthy landowner, David Robinson. The town was renamed "Savannah" after Savannah, Georgia, the hometown of Rudd's wife, Elizabeth.

Battle of Shiloh:

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County courthouse dedication plaque at the town square

Hardin County was the site of the 1862 Battle of Shiloh (also known as the "Battle of Pittsburg Landing") during the Civil War. This battleground site is just south of the town of Savannah. Union General Ulysses S. Grant commandeered the Cherry Mansion just off the town square for use as a headquarters during the battle.

Notable residents:


External links:



Cerro Gordo, TN

Cerro Gordo is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Cerro Gordo is located on the east bank of the Tennessee River, north of Savannah. It is most notable as the May 1816 landing site of the Hardin Expedition.

The Hardin Expedition:

Twenty-six settlers, in two parties, struck out from Knoxville in late spring of 1816 bound for the general area which would eventually become Savannah. The first party came by boat, landing in May at "the easteward curve" of the Tennessee River. at Cerro Gordo. The second, and larger party, had traversed overland and suffered many delays. This second party was led by Joseph Hardin, Jr., son of Col. Joseph Hardin who had, before his death, accumulated several land grants to the area as rewards for his Revolutionary service. Joseph, Jr., as well as his brother, James Hardin (founder of the rival settlement of Hardinville, at modern-day Old Town, located on Hardin’s Creek), executed land grants in the area. Both had fought alongside their father in the war and had been likewise rewarded with land patents.

Additional settlers from the initial expedition were dispatched almost immediately to establish a nearby community downriver at Saltillo.

Source: Internet

Olivehill, TN

Olivehill, also known as Olive Hill, is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Olivehill is located on U.S. Route 64 and Tennessee State Route 15, east of Savannah and west of Waynesboro.

Source: Internet

Pyburn, TN

Pyburn is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the birthplace of the country music singer Darryl Worley.

Source: Internet

Walnut Grove, Hardin County, TN

Walnut Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hardin County, Tennessee. Walnut Grove is located on Tennessee State Route 69, north of the Alabama border. As of the 2010 census, its population was 396.

Source: Internet

Olivet, TN

Olivet is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, that is treated as a census-designated place (CDP) for the 2010 U.S. Census. Olivet is located immediately east of Savannah and is served by Tennessee State Route 203 and Tennessee State Route 226.

The population of the CDP was 1,350 as of the 2010 census.

Source: Internet

Saltillo, TN

Saltillo is a town in Hardin County, Tennessee. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. Saltillo is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River, about 12 miles north of Savannah.

History:

Saltillo was founded by Thomas Shannon in October, 1822. He had left Davidson County, Tennessee and arrived in the area on a keelboat with enough provisions to last one year, two men, Colonel John Holland and Parkerson Mitchell, to assist him, and four black men. The men arrived via Tennessee River and built camp about half a mile from the river. Shannon's wife and seven children came by land with a drive of forty cattle. This cattle would serve as the starting point for Shannon to raise cattle for income, but the cattle were unable to adapt to the change in their environment and feeding. Within three months of grazing, 39 of the 40 cattle were dead. Shortly after the Shannon family's arrival, Shannon and his sons built a log cabin in 1825, serving as the first house built in Saltillo. Shortly thereafter a store-house was built by Smith Hawkins for dry goods to be distributed, which were sold out within three months. The area where this store-house was built is now called Hawkin's Landing.

More settlers came to the area and another store was built a quarter mile south of the first store by Hawkin's brother, Perry. The first man to be killed in town was Simpson Lee, who was thrown off his horse. Barges began regularly delivering goods and residents would travel as far as the Duck River for a grist mill. In 1842 Thomas Davy purchased the land once owned by Thomas Shannon and it was named Davy's Landing. In 1849 Davy leased the land to Scott Terry, who renamed the area Saltillo. The town was named Saltillo after Saltillo, Mexico by Terry, who was a veteran of the Mexican-American War. The Saltillo post office was opened in 1850.

Economy:

Economic History:

Saltillo was a shipping point, distributing cotton and staves as late as 1861. During this time period, the town had one Methodist church, a Masonic lodge, two general stores, multiple grist mills, two saw mills, two tanneries and stave manufacturers and dealers. Saltillo was also described historically as a fishing town.

Arts and culture:

Architecture within the area reaches back to the 1840's, including an early farmhouse and Greek Revival buildings. The Parker House was built around 1906 by Luther Parker, a local doctor, and is now a bed and breakfast. The Meady White House has Greek Revival and Italianate influences and was built with slave labor in 1847 by Meady White, who helped found the town. Cemeteries are also located in the area, pre-dating the American Civil War. The Saltillo Ferry is owned by Hardin County and operates daily allowing travelers to cross the Tennessee River, just outside of Savannah, to Saltillo.



Cherry Mansion

265 West Main Street

Circa 1830. Built by David Robinson and presented as a wedding gift to his daughter & son-in-law, W. H. Cherry. Served as headquarters for General U. S. Grant in the spring of 1862. Grant's breakfast was interrupted by couriers with news that the battle of Shiloh had begun. Building is not open to the public, but visitors welcome to walk the grounds & take pictures. Grant Headquarters Monument is located one block east.





External Links:

 tourhardincounty.org

Pickwick Ourdoors

The Meady White House in Saltillo

Meady White Rootsweb.com

Perspectives On The Tennessee Landscapes

Meady White Find A Grave

Scenic Driving Tennessee

Town Of Saltillo

Chester County Obituaries

Chester County Rootsweb.com




Source: Internet

Crump, TN

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Crump is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee. The population was 1,428 at the 2010 census.

Education:

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology has a location in Crump.



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Big Ivy, TN

Big Ivy is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Big Ivy is located southeast of Savannah and north of the Alabama border.

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Pittsburg Landing, TN

Pittsburg Landing is a river landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River in Hardin County. Tennessee. It was named for "Pitts" Tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the Civil War. It is located at latitude 35.15222 and longitude -88.32278 with an elevation of 482 feet (147 m).

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, also known as the Battle of Shiloh, was fought here on April 6–7, 1862.

External Link:

A History of Shiloh National Military Park Charles E. Shedd, Jr (1954)

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Selmer, TN

Selmer City Hall in November 2013.
Selmer City Hall in November 2013.

Selmer is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 4,541 at the 2000 census and 4,396 at the 2010 census showing a decrease of 145. It is the county seat of McNairy County. It is named after Selma, Alabama.



Buford Pusser served as the sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970.

History:

County Seat:

McNairy County Courthouse in Selmer, Tennesssee.
 
In 1890, the county seat of McNairy County was moved from Purdy to Selmer.

Buford Pusser:

Sheriff Buford Pusser served as the sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970, and since Selmer is the county seat, the location of the courthouse and the jail, this was his base of operations. His story has been made famous in the Walking Tall movies starring Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson. The movies were filmed in nearby Henderson.

Newspaper:

The oldest existing business in McNairy County is its newspaper, the Independent Appeal, which was founded in 1902. It is located at 111 N. 2nd St. in Selmer. The fourth largest circulation of a weekly newspaper in the state, with an average weekly circulation of 7,200-7,400 and a readership of more than 17,000.



The McNairy County News began publication in 2009. The MCN is located at 252 Mulberry Avenue in Selmer. The paper has an online presence at mcnairycountynews.com and a Facebook page, as well as a weekly printed publication each Thursday.

Robert Sibley Airport:

The Robert Sibley Airport (IATA airport code SZY (ICAO: KSZY)) is located in the area, with no ATC, a 5,002-foot (1,525 m) runway, and at 610 feet (190 m) above sea level. The UN/LOCODE for the town is USSQE. The current manager of Robert Sibley Airport is Chris Tull.

Major Highways:

The major highways U.S. Route 64 (east-west), and U.S. Route 45 (north-south) intersect in this town, making it an important crossroads.

National Media Attention:

Matthew Winkler Murder 2006:

Selmer became a focus of national news media in late March 2006. A local minister, Matthew Brian Winkler, was shot to death by his wife Mary Carol Winkler at their Selmer home. After Mary was said to have fled Selmer with the couple's three daughters, she was apprehended in Orange Beach, Alabama, and was returned to Selmer for trial. She has confessed to the authorities concerning the shooting of her husband with a shotgun.

Drag Racing Catastrophe 2007:

On June 16, 2007, a high-power Pro Modified drag racing car driven by Troy Warren Critchley lost control and killed six young people while performing a burnout routine during a car show charity parade on Mulberry Avenue. Critchley's car left the road and struck part of the crowd attending the Cars For Kids charity parade. Six young people were killed. Two died at the scene of the accident, and four died later at hospitals in Selmer, Jackson and Memphis. A total of 20 others were injured and were transported to various hospitals throughout western and middle Tennessee. Results of a Tennessee Highway Patrol inquiry into the accident have not been announced. Pending lawsuits filed against the city and event organizers ask for more than $US 85 million in damages.

On March 4, 2008, the McNairy County grand jury returned an indictment against Critchley on six counts of vehicular homicide due to recklessness, a Class C felony, and 22 counts of reckless aggravated assault, a Class D felony. Neither Cars for Kids nor the City of Selmer were named in the indictment.

On March 20, 2008, Troy Critchley surrendered to authorities and was booked on the charges, with bond set at $35,000. The trial was set for November 3, 2008.

Troy Critchley pleaded guilty to 28 charges of reckless assault and was sentenced to 18 months' probation. cbs11tv.com/sports/Troy.Critchley.racer.2.908001.html

Radio Broadcasting:

FM Stations:

  • WXKV 90.5 Contemporary Christian
  • WSIB 93.9 Southern Gospel
  • WXOQ 105.5 Country Music

AM Station:

  • WDTM 1150 Southern Gospel

Education:

Selmer is served by:
  • Selmer Elementary
  • Selmer Middle School
  • McNairy Central High School (Home of the Bobcats).

Notable natives:

  • Chad Harville, baseball pitcher
External Links:

Tennessee History For Kids

Parade Accident Cripples Charity

Town Of Selmer

Historical Photos of Selmer / Ancestery.com

McNairy County History

Records of McNairy County

The 1860 Slave Schedule McNairy Co.,TN

Old Newspaper Coverage of McNairy County

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Stantonville, TN

Stantonville is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee. The population was 312 at the 2000 census and 283 at the 2010 census.

Newspaper:

Stantonville's newspaper is the Independent Appeal, which serves all of McNairy County. It was founded in 1902. It is located at 111 N. 2nd St. in Selmer.

Source: Internet

Forks Of Cypress


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Forks of Cypress, the main house in 1935.
James Jackson

Forks of Cypress was a plantation and Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was designed by architect William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson. Construction was completed in 1830.  It was the only Greek Revival house in Alabama to feature a two-story colonnade around the entire house, composed of twenty-four Ionic columns. The name was derived from the fact that Big Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek border the plantation and converge near the site of the main house.  Although the main house was destroyed by fire in 1966, the site was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on April 14, 1992 and the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1997.

History:

James Jackson was born October 25, 1782 in Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland. Jackson moved to Alabama from Nashville, Tennessee in 1818. From 1822 onward he was active in state politics and served in both houses of the Alabama Legislature. In 1830, Jackson was named president of the Alabama Senate.

4.  Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, FEB. 2, 1934. INTERIOR. - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Interior View Of House

5.  Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, August 7, 1935 MANTEL IN S. W. FRONT ROOM, FIRST FLOOR (PARLOR) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Mantle In First Floor Parlor


In the 1820's and 30's, James Jackson, an avid horseman, imported a dozen or more English thoroughbreds for breeding his own horses and in an effort to improve the overall bloodstock of the American thoroughbred. He was eminently successful in the effort particularly with three of his imports, Leviathan in 1830, and Gallapade in 1835 and Glencoe in 1836. American turf historian John Hervey rates James Jackson as "the most successful importer in the history of the American thoroughbred". James Jackson died on August 17, 1840 and was buried in the family cemetery, near the plantation house. His widow was the executor of his will and, on October 9, 1840, made bond in the amount of $400,000. The will of James Jackson, recorded September 15, 1840 at the Lauderdale County Court House, directed his nephew Thomas Kirkman to manage a trust which would control and gradually sell off the racehorses, a duty Kirkman completed in 1848, with the sale of Glencoe.

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 0 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
The Jackson Home Erected In 1820
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 1 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Land Plat of Jackson Home

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 6 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
South Elevation

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 7 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Blueprint Elevations

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 2 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Foundation And Basement Views


First Floor Plan

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 5 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Attic And Roof Plan

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 8 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Longitudinal Section And Cross Section

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 10 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Molding And Woodwork Plans

HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 11 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Profile Thru Entablature
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 12 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Detail And Main Stairs
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 13 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Front South Elevation A. And B.
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 15 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Mantels Of Home
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 16 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Smoke House Plans
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 17 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Cabin And Outhouse Plans
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 18 of 18) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Cemetery And Sorghum Trough
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 2 of 6) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Second Floor Plan
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 3 of 6) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Front Elevation
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 4 of 6) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Rear Elevation
HABS ALA,39-FLO.V,3- (sheet 5 of 6) - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Left Side Elevation West



The ruins in 2010
The Forks of Cypress, Florence, AL
It is so sad that such a beautiful home was struck by lightening. The house was built out of wood framing and wood siding but the columns were built of horsehair and molasses and
Pictures found on Flicker.com
During the American Civil War invading Union forces used the lands of the Forks as a base camp. At this time the farm was owned by James' widow, Sarah Jackson. Additionally, some of writer Alex Haley's ancestors were slaves on this plantation, which provides a setting for much of his book, Queen: The Story of an American Family.  Hugh Scott owned the Forks of Cypress in 1935 and by the 1940's sold the plantation to Rufus B. Dowdy (1897-1980) who restored the house and grounds. On June 6, 1966, the plantation house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

21.  Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, MarcH 27, 1935 OLD SLAVE HOUSE - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
 Old Slave House on Property

It was never rebuilt but the Dowdy family carefully preserved the brick pillars, still standing in picturesque ruin, as well as the original log house, several outbuildings and the Jackson family cemetery.

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A near replica of the main house was built in 1983 in downtown Florence, Alabama at 321 N. Seminary Street and is 5 miles (8.0 km) away from the original site. The replica serves as a Regions Bank branch.
In addition to the Regions Bank replica, another replica of the Forks of Cypress was built in 2005. It is located near the Historic Natchez Trace Parkway in western Lauderdale County, Alabama approximately 16 miles west of Florence. This building is a private residence and it is not open to the public.

24.  Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, August 7, 1935 SMOKE HOUSE, WEST ELEVATION - Forks of Cypress, Savannah Road (Jackson Road), Florence, Lauderdale County, AL
Smokehouse
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VINTAGE VIEW OF FORKS OF CYPRESS PLANTATION: Early 20th century postcard view depicting the James Jackson Plantation near Florence, Alabama. 

External Links:

Forks Of Cypress Plantation Site

History Of The Shoals

The Antebellum Period

The Civil War

Florence, AL History

Forks Of Cypress Plantation Tour in Florence Alabama 

Facebook Page / Forks of Cypress

Tales Of The OSPC

Forks Of Cypress Flicker Photos

Roadside America Article on Forks Of Cypress

Alex Haley's Paternal grandmother born at Forks of Cypress

Photo's Of Forks Of Cypress Plantation by Library of Congress

Photo's on Pinterest.com

One State Two Boys Blogger

Wisconson History.org

Ghosts Of Grandeur

TimesDaily.com

people.tribe.net

YarbroughandAssociates

Cardcow.com

genealogytrails.com

Cypress Alley private home built to look like Forks of Cypress 

Alabama Historical Slavery Plantations 

Irregular Ramblings of a Regular Guy Blog

Historical Marker Database HMdb.org




Source: Internet