by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely Maybe my interest in curious East Tennessee town names is because I’m from a little town with an unusual name. I was born in Jellico, Tennessee, an 1880s coal mining and railroad hub on the Kentucky border. I found that the name comes...
by design | May 26, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Way By Mike Steely Most Tennesseans know that Huntsville is the seat of Scott County and has a historic and spooky jailhouse and the Howard Baker family home. But the little town, just about an hour northwest of Knoxville, has something that gets little...
by design | Apr 13, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely I’ve been thinking recently of the many places my wife and I have visited that have left a memory. I had a position for several years that required me to travel to various southern states and, on those trips, my wife accompanied me. We...
by design | Apr 6, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
More Than A Day Way By Mike Steely When was the last time you took a walk downtown? If you’re like me, you probably visit a few places downtown, or if you’re new to the area, you may not know all the interesting and historic places there are in our busy and...
by design | Mar 16, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely Until I was six years old, my mother, sister, brother and I lived with my grandmother in her small country house up a country dirt road near other family members. My grandmother was a small woman with strong control of our...
by design | Mar 2, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely There’s an online survey asking for public input on the transition of Kingston’s Fort Southwest Point to a state park. The historic fort was built before statehood and is the only pre-Civil War fort to be reconstructed on its original...
