· August 7, 2026
Wallstown Road (Schoolhouse Hill)
A road east of Hayden, now the road to the county landfill, about a mile off Highway 160. Local memory […]
Glossary Type: Place
· August 7, 2026
Blount Tunnel (Blount Springs Station)
A railroad station on the L&N’s post-1914 line, distinct from the original pre-1914 Blount Springs depot at the resort town […]
· August 7, 2026
Willow
The name Reid’s Gap’s post office carried for two separate periods: 1890-1901, then again 1913-1915. No postmaster name or naming […]
· August 7, 2026
Yarboro Crossroads
A documented earlier name for Hayden itself. Per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer, “Yarboro Crossroads” is listed as a […]
· August 7, 2026
Reid’s Gap Oil, Gas, and Mining Company
Incorporated in 1902 by R.R. Zell and John L. Burns after reopening a plugged oil well at Reid’s Gap. No […]
· August 7, 2026
The Gray Goose Saloon
A whiskey shop set up around 1892-1893 by John Franklin, sitting five miles north of Warrior, on the L&N line, […]
· August 7, 2026
Swann Covered Bridge
Originally slated to be called the Joy Bridge, renamed at a November 1933 dedication dinner in honor of the Swann […]
· August 7, 2026
Duffee’s Mountain
At Blount Springs. Matthew Duffee planted an orchard of over a hundred acres on its northern slope in 1852. His […]
· August 7, 2026
Blue Hole Lake
A public swimming hole and waterfall on old Highway 31 at Blount Springs, with its own long life as a […]
· August 7, 2026
Smith Ford
A crossing where B.H. Vaughn built a bridge by hand in 1895. Southeast of Harkness Crossroads. Full story: Smith Ford […]