Jackson Tennessee

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Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Rugby, Tennessee’s utopian village and British Fort Loudoun

Tom Wilmer

Rugby, Tennessee was founded in a remote corner of the Upper Cumberland region as a utopian community in 1880 by noted English author Thomas Hughes. More…

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Journeys of Discovery: Roots of rockabilly, blues and Tina Turner

Tom Wilmer

From rockabilly to blues and soul, the west Tennessee towns of Jackson and Brownsville have long histories as incubators of classic American music and…

Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee

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Casey Jones Village—Southern Comfort with organic produce in Jackson, Tennessee

Tom Wilmer

Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee, tucked in the heart of the fabled Music Highway, is actually an historic village with everything from an…

Carnegie Center for Arts and History in Jackson, Tennessee

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Jackson, Tennessee--musical soul of the South

Tom Wilmer

Judy Ranne says that Music is the soul of the South. West Tennessee produced an abundance of legendary iconic musicians, and tunes such as Carl Perkin’s…