Trippin in Tennessee

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This is held in Columbia, Tennessee each April. People from all over the country come to this. Events of course include mules of all kinds, arts and crafts, music, liars contest, clogging, flea market, knife show.

www.muleday.com/

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The West Tennessee Strawberry Festival


The North-South Mobile and Ohio rail line was built through the area in 1857. This line was crossed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1859. The Humboldt community first developed in the area of the "crossing" of these two railroads. The city was chartered in 1866. Although accounts differ about the person responsible for Humboldt was named for the famed German explorer, Baron Alexander von Humboldt.

General Grant captured both railroads in the early days of the Civil War and built a fort near the "Crossing". In the first of his noted raids into West Tennessee, confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captured the fort but abandoned it soon after destroying the railroad tracks, bridges and rolling stock. After the Civil War, the people set about building town, and in 1870 the population had grown to 2,000. The municipal water and light system was established in 1895 and the first improved streets were built in 1909. The sewer system was built in 1921, and by 1925, the population exceeded 4,000. At this time, the city boasted of having 6 churches, 3 schools, 5 lodges, 11 industries, 6 restaurants and 2 hotels.

Agriculture was very important in the early development of Humboldt. The one crop cotton system of the 1870's gave way to diversification. Small trial fields of strawberries and rhubarb led to large and prosperous fruit and vegetable farming operation including tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce and sweet potatoes. A number of shipping and processing industries developed to serve this growing and diversified agricultural base.

To promote the expanding strawberry industry, the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival was founded in 1934. This event is still held each year in early May bringing over 100,000 visitors annually to the city for parades, beauty reviews, horse shows and other events. After World War II, many companies chose Humboldt as a site for new manufacturing facilities. They have benefited from an industrious workforce and have continued to expand their local operations.

2008 schedule

Sunday May 6 Art Show 2 - 4 pm business casual attire Free to Public!


Monday May 7 Opening Ceremonies 7 pm featuring (To Be Announced) Fireworks Show at dusk Free to Public!


Tuesday May 8 Prayer Breakfast 7 am @ First Presbyterian Church. Tickets for this event can be purchased at Chamber
Recipe Contest 6:30 pm @ Humboldt General Hospital. Free to Public!


Carnival Schedule - (To Be Announced)


Wednesday May 9 Presidents Reception 5pm - 7pm Invitation Only @ Humboldt General Hospital Conference Room
Carnival Schedule - (To Be Announced)


Thursday May 10 Jr Parade 9:30 am
Jr Territorial Revue 5:00 pm in the Jr High Auditorium
Concert in the Wilson Parking Lot featuring Emerson Drive 8 - 11:30 pm - opening for Emerson Drive will be Ashley Bowers & 45 South! only $10 advance tickets/ $15 at the gate


Carnival Schedule - (To Be Announced)


Friday May 11 Grand Parade 9:30 am


Checker Tournament @ Regions Bank 9 am


BBQ Contest 2PM through Saturday at Noon


Primal Heart at the BBQ Contest 8 - 11:30 pm - opening for Primal Heart is Double Action! Free to Public!


Pet Parade - Chalmus Davenport Arena @ 6 pm. Horse Show - Chalmus Davenport Arena - 6:30 pm


Christian Concert featuring Selah & Avalon First Baptist Church 7 pm - ticket $16 - Selah to take stage first! Avalon to follow!
Tickets available at the Humboldt Chamber, First Baptist Church and Lifeway.


WYNN 106.9 Colgate Country Challenge @ 6:30 pm at Bailey Park - Free to Public!


Carnival Schedule - (To Be Announced)


Saturday May 12 5K and 10K Run @ Bailey Park 7 am


Family Fun at the Parks 9 -2 pm Free to Public!

Carnival Schedule - (To Be Announced)

Car Show, Tractor Show Viking Park 8 - 3 pm

BBQ Contest @ Bailey Park until 2 pm

Checker Tournament @ Regions Bank

Territorial Revue @ Jr High Auditorium 5 pm

Strawberry Festival Golf Tournament (Sat & Sunday) - 2 Man Scramble

Sunday May 13 Strawberry Festival Golf Tournament (Sat & Sunday) - 2 Man Scramble

Updating as information becomes available.


wtsf.org/

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Tennessee River Run


Darryl Worley best known for the hit country song "Have You Forgotten" has this event each year and it is always a great success.

Check out the link for more info.

September 6
Bass and Catfish Tournament
Boat Poker Run

September 10
Golf Tournament

September 11
An Evening With Darryl Worley and Friends
(Fish Fry and Acoustic Performance)

September 12
Rock Concert

September 13
5-K Run
Motorcycle Ride
Arts & Crafts Fair
Auction
Private Lunch with Meet & Greet
Youth Fishing Tournament
Country Concert

September 14
Community Sing & Picnic

Prices for each event are as follows:

Bass & Catfish Tournament $125 per boat

Boat Poker Run $30 per boat spot

5-K Run $15

Golf Tournament
Foursome $650
Individual $175

Motorcycle Ride
Driver $25
Rider $20

VIP Pass $150

Gold Circle Seating for country concert $100

Tickets to Friday rock concert $10

Tickets to Saturday country concert $35 door / $30 advanced

Weekend ticket - $35 for both concerts and Sunday community sing & picnic

An Evening with Darryl Worley and Friends
(Fish Fry and Acoustic Performance)
Table of ten $1000


darrylworley.musiccitynetworks.com/index.htm?id=2571

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Located south of Jackson, Tennessee

Pinson Mounds, one of two state archaeological parks, is a special park, set aside to protect the prehistoric remains found there. Managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of State Parks, the Pinson Mounds grouping consists of at least 15 earthen mounds, a geometic enclosure, habitation areas and related earthworks in an area that incorporates almost 1,200 acres. Pinson Mounds is a national historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/PinsonMounds/

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A month long celebration. Each year Memphis picks a country to honor. This year it is Turkey. Activities going on each day during May.

memphisinmay.org/home.html

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Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm & Birdsong Marina

# Address: 255 Marina Road, Camden, exit 133 off I-40
# Phone: [phone] or [phone]
# Web: tennesseeriverpearls.com

# Hours: Open Monday through Friday, April through November

# Admission: Full tour is $49.50 per person, individual and group pricing available. Birdsong Resort is host to the only freshwater pearl-culturing operation in North America. The farm grows Tennessee's official gem . the freshwater pearl. Walk-in visitors may enjoy the museum and a video in the mini-theater, visit the farm and shop at the freshwater pearl jewelry showroom. Guided tours by reservation only. Overnight accommodations available.

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Tennessee River Museum

# Address: 495 Main St., Savannah
# Phone: [phone]
# Web: www.tourhardincounty.org

# Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
# Admission: $3 for adults, children under 18 free

The museum has displays of paleontology, archeology, war on the river and the steamboat era. On display are items from the gunboats, Cairo and Shiloh, and New Johnsonville; the steamboat, 'City of Florence,' and other items concerning the Tennessee River and its influence on the Tennessee Valley. World-famous Shiloh effigy pipe is the central display item.

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Shiloh National Military Park

1055 Pittsburg Landing Road (Highway 22 between Tennessee 57 and US 64),
Shiloh, TN 38376; [phone];
Web Site: www.nps.gov/shil

For two days, April 6 and 7, 1862, Civil War troops clashed in the fields and woods near Pittsburg Landing in the first major battle in the war&Mac226;s western theater. When the battle ended, General Grant had pushed Southern troops back to their base at Corinth, Miss. The battlefield features 152 monuments, 229 cannons, and more than 450 historic tablets. The battlefield tour starts at the visitor center where exhibits and a brief film provide an introduction to the battle.

The Visitor Center/museum/bookstore are open every day, except December 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Caves in Tennessee

With more than 8,600 known caves, Tennessee has more caves than any other state in the U.S. These caves are primarily located on private property and can only be visited with permission from the property owner.







www.southeasternoutdoors.com/outdoors/caving/tennessee-caves.html

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Buffalo River Canoeing


If you are thinking of canoeing or camping on the Buffalo River as part of your spring or summer activities, Crazy Horse Canoe Rental will give you the excellent service you deserve. The scenic Buffalo River in Wayne County, Tennessee, with its quiet natural beauty, is a wonderful and accessible place for young and old. At Crazy Horse, customer satisfaction is our primary concern. Our goal is to provide the best canoeing and/or camping experience on the Buffalo River.

www.crazyhorsecanoe.com/

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Printers Alley


Although the Printers have long since gone, The World Famous Printers Alley still remains, providing a Flair of Bourbon Street for those in search of Wine, Women and Song, with a strong tinge of Naughty.
Located between Third and Fourth Avenues stretching from Union to Church Streets, the Alley started before the turn of the century as the location of many of Nashville's first Publishing and Printing Companies. Without the Country Music influences that started in the 1930's, Nashville could have possibly been known as the Printing Capitol of the World. As late as the 1960's, Nashville was home to over 36 Printing Companies and many other numerous Businesses, whose roles were, to support and supply the massive industry.

In the late 1800's Printers Alley was a part of "The Men's District". Many Cafes, Saloons, Gambling Halls and Speakeasies sprang up to cater to the men of Nashville's Print shops. Judges, Lawyers, Politicians and other Nashville Elite were also known to frequent the Alley. At the turn of the Century, The Climax Club of Printers Alley was nationally known as Nashville's Premier Entertainment hotspot.

Printers Alley was Nashville's dirty little secret. It didn't matter what you were looking for, you could find it there.

Nashville's Politicians and Police protected the Alley even after the sale of Liquor was outlawed in the early 1900's. Hilary House, elected Mayor at the time was quoted by reporters as saying; "Protect them? I do better than that, I patronize them" He was Mayor for 21 of the 30 years that the sale of intoxicants were illegal.

In 1939 Nashville repealed prohibition and made it legal to buy Liquor in stores. For the next 30 years The Alley flourished as the Mixing Bar came into existence. Although Liquor was legal, you could not buy it by the drink. Advertisements for the Clubs in the 1960's stated "Bring Your Own Bottle" and they would mix your drink for you. People would bring their choice of beverage tightly wrapped in a brown paper bag and leave it in a locker or on a shelf behind the bar of their favorite haunt. Written on those bottles were the names of Nashville's movers and shakers of the day.



Throughout the years Police would stage raids on the Alley, usually before or after elections to either, embarrass the political foes of the current administration or to continue the farce that they were once again going to clean up the rift raft of the Alley.

The Alley contributed to the political corruption that Nashville finally eliminated in the early 1960's by electing to transfer to a Metropolitan form of Government.

Printers Alley eased into its decline in 1969 as Nashville voted for Liquor by the drink and many clubs began to spring up in the suburbs. Most of the Printers had been long since gone, Ambrose Printing Company now located in Metro Center was the last to leave in 1976. The only Clubs to survive the 70's and 80's were Skulls Rainbow Room, Boots Randolph's, The Black Poodle and The Brass Stables, which got its name from being the original stables which housed the mules that pulled the newspaper wagons at the turn of the century.

Printers Alley saw a major renovation in 1997 as Nashville recognized its historical importance, however storied its past may have been. The Western room has replaced the Voodoo Room, the Brass Rail has replaced the Brass Stables, and the Pink Poodle has replaced the Black Poodle.

Over the years one thing has remained the same, during the day the Alley presents a drab vision of delivery trucks and shuffling pedestrians looking for a shortcut or perhaps a bite to eat, but at night as the many neon lights start to flicker, the glasses begin to clink and the music starts to bellow, the Alley once again raises to life as the Grand Mistress of Nashville Entertainment.


www.theprintersalley.com/