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Part Three of: A Tennessee Vendetta
Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a multi-part series. Part One was published on Sunday, Feb. 5, and Part Two was published on ...
Scott Bowers, Author at www.elizabethton.com
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Part 2 of a Tennessee Vendetta: Fact of Farce
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a multi-part series. Part One was published on Sunday, Feb. 5. I hope you all caught part ...
by Scott Bowers, Monday, February 20, 2017 9:55 am
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Part One of: A Tennessee Vendetta: Fact or Farce?
Before I dive into this Carter County legend, it needs to be prefaced that this account has been hotly contested as fiction. The Louisville Journal ...
by Scott Bowers, Monday, February 6, 2017 9:32 am
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The Old Ways of Weather Predictin’
Let’s talk about the weather. Now hold on a doggone moment, don’t go off and take a nap on me yet. We’re not actually talking ...
by Scott Bowers, Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:26 am
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Remembering Civil War’s ‘women of uncommon valor’
It takes quite a bit of guts and grit to face the dangers of wartime. Often when we imagine these men, we envision a battle-scarred ...
by Scott Bowers, Saturday, July 4, 2015 10:28 am
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Tiger Whitehead’s nephew Andy earned bear hunter title, too
Most of Carter County’s inhabitants have at one time or another heard a tale of the legendary Tiger Whitehead, but hardly a peep about his ...
by Scott Bowers, Monday, June 22, 2015 10:12 am
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Elizabethton’s brightest star among pioneer women
Last weekend Sycamore Shoals State Park hosted the annual event “Siege of Fort Watauga.” I hope everyone took some time to visit some of the ...