Shadows of the Past: Ghost Stories that Haunt Wilson County Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History News by Guest - October 19, 2023October 18, 20230 Tennessee is known for some of the most eerie ghost stories. The Ghosts of Carnton Plantation and The Bell Witch, in Adams, are some of the most popular. Carnton Plantation of FranklinCarnton Plantation is known as the most haunted building in Tennessee. The home of John and Carrie McGavock, the plantation was the site of the “five bloodiest hours” of the Civil War on November 30, 1864. During the Battle of Franklin almost 10,000 soldiers were killed. Mrs. McGavock graciously offered her home to serve as a Confederate field hospital. Hundreds of wounded were treated and many died. To this day, the bloodstains on the floor are still visible. Nearly 1,500 soldiers were buried on the property on land donated by the
Origins Of Halloween Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History News by Guest - October 18, 2023October 18, 20230 October brings early nightfall, brisk fall nights, pumpkins, cider, crunchy, colorful leaves, Halloween, and Dia de los Muertos. Halloween is rooted in our agricultural past, marking the end of harvesttime and the beginning of the new year. The origin of Halloween and many of its customs can be traced to Samhain (pronounced SAH-win), an ancient pagan Celtic festival that is Gaelic for “summer’s end,” a day to bid goodbye to warmth and light. It marks the end of the harvest season and the start of winter. The ancient Celts believed that the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest during Samhain, making it the ideal time to communicate with the deceased and to divine the
FALL IS GREAT Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History by George Hedges - October 18, 2023October 18, 20230 I remember we used to have a big bonfire before the Mount Juliet High School football games. I had a crush on one of the cheerleaders, but I never told her so. Black and Gold all the way! I still have my football jacket, but I think it shrunk. Heading out to the games on Friday night was always exciting. My neighbor and one of my best friends, Don, had a black and gold ’56 Chevy that was so cool. We would go cruising around the Donelson Shoney’s…around and around and around. That’s what we did. As a high school football team, we did very well. We may not have won all the games, but we sure put on a show. There was
Know Your History Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History by Earl Kennedy - November 29, 2021November 29, 20210 One of the questions I get most often is, “How do you find so much history locally?“ While I seem to find little nuggets of history all around me, most people walk by it without ever knowing. So here are a couple of tips to help you tune your personal antenna to the history that exists here. Do a little research. I read a lot and most of what I read is our histories and biographies. With the nearly unlimited free resources available online, almost anyone can do research about almost anything. But, as with everything else on the Internet, take what you read with a grain of salt and always verify with a second source. Listen to the stories of those
A Dose Of History – Brother Against Brother Edition Community Features Mt Juliet History News by Earl Kennedy - October 17, 2021October 17, 20210 Wilson County serves as a microcosm of that conflict, with many remaining true to the Union while the state itself seceded. Two men shine a light on this mortal complexity. Both Wilson County residents before the war, took different paths once the war came, but were later rejoined.
Dance! Dance! Dance! Community Features Mt Juliet History Uncategorized by George Hedges - August 19, 2019August 19, 20190 The end of the school year is a great time for young people who live “Between the Lakes.” For most, their hard work in school is being rewarded with a high school diploma. The beginning of a new part of their life is happening. Proms, ceremonies, scholarships, etc. But wait a minute….. There was a time in Mount Juliet that the senior class was NOT allowed to have a prom. Up until 1967 there was no prom. However, that doesn’t mean that young people weren’t dancing. There were plenty of places that we could go to on the weekend such as Teen Town in Mount Juliet, Don’s Den in Donelson, and The Dog House in Old Hickory. We would show up with
Local Perspective: Back In The Day Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History News by Ray Justice - August 19, 2019August 19, 20190 “Back in the day”…how many times have you said it? How many times have you heard it? It’s a term used when someone reflects to a time when they did something or once felt a certain way. Back in the day, when people respected the lives of one another and genuinely cared how their neighbors felt and how we could make each other’s lives better. I’m reflecting because “back in the day” in Mt. Juliet there were so many people that were influential in making lives better, using the resources available to build a ballpark or simply to take time to help someone in need. As Mt. Juliet has grown we feel like we’ve lost the opportunity to be a “small
Local Perspective – February Community Features Mt Juliet History News by Ray Justice - May 1, 2019May 1, 20190 My entire life has been spent in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. It is a small town established in 1835 and then incorporated as a city in 1972. It’s always been known as a wonderful community to raise a family. I was brought home from St. Thomas Hospital to Mt. Juliet in 1962 and was raised on a small farm consisting of about 17 acres of woods and pasture off of Nonaville Road. Our only pastimes were hunting and fishing in Cedar Creek, catching as many bream and bass as we felt like we could clean. Hunting squirrels, rabbit, and deer were the highlights of our days, and then came the Mt. Juliet Little League in 1968. Our city was
The World According To George – February Community Features Mt Juliet History News Uncategorized by George Hedges - May 1, 2019May 1, 20190 I remember as a young teen wading in Cedar Creek while fly fishing both banks. I always put on my big rubber boots so that the snapping turtles would not bite my toes. I explored the fields and forests in Mt. Juliet as though it was the wild west and I was the first human there. Life was good then…exciting and challenging. I rode my bicycle each morning during the summer of 1963 at 3:00 a.m. to work at “Whitsits Creek Boat Dock,” currently Cedar Creek Marina. My job required that I had to be there before the fishermen arrived. I earned 45 cents per hour at that time. I was in the money!!! Soon, I decided that a motor
The World According To George – April Community Features Mt Juliet History by George Hedges - April 17, 2019May 1, 20190 written by George Hedges You know, sometimes you have to drive to the end of the road to find what makes you really happy. I mean that literally. A few of us remember when Saundersville Road ended in Old Hickory Lake. Actually it did not end there…the road is still there under the lake. If my car needed washing I would drive it into the lake, throw a bucket of water on it and wash it. Then drive off. As a young boy, life was good. I would ask my friend Don if he wanted to go camping and off we’d go to “The Point”. There were no parking lots, no beach, no camp sites. There was only a road