by design | Sep 11, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting with Dolly, Lucy and Sly A Day Away by Mike Steely Ever wonder how tall Dolly Parton is or want to stand beside Clint Eastwood? Those celebrities aren’t available for such visits but they are represented at the Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge where...
by design | Aug 28, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Madisonville and ‘A Boy Named Sue’ A Day Away By Mike Steely What in the world would link Madisonville to the Johnny Cash hit song, “A Boy Named Sue?” There is no obvious connection except that a prominent male attorney from Monroe County who took part in the famous...
by design | Aug 14, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Finding Uncle Luke’s Moonshine Still More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely We’re blessed to have so many options for outdoor adventures in our region. Over the years I’ve ventured here and there in our mountains looking for interesting and abandoned places and linking...
by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely My fascination with ghost towns goes back to my childhood and growing up along the Tennessee and Kentucky border where there were many abandoned coal mining towns. I remember visiting places like Morley, Pruden and Habersham shortly after...
by design | Jul 23, 2023 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jellico celebrates 140 years A Day Away By Mike Steely Downtown Jellico is a throwback to the 1880s when the small Campbell County town boomed thanks to its local coal mining, shipping and rail service industries, and a thriving population. From then until roughly the...
by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ play set for this weekend in Dayton A Day Away By Mike Steely If you haven’t planned anything for Friday and Saturday this week you may want to drive over to Dayton, Tennessee, and attend the Scopes Trial reenactment, “Destiny in Dayton.”...
