Tag Archive for Tennessee River

A Journey Home

Two weeks in Paducah and then a hellbent journey across…

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Tribune-Courier: Floating Artist

In general, when people are posed with the question, ‘What…

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Paduca Sun: Artist-in-residence Modes slated to discuss journey of shantyboat

Paducah Arts Alliance artist-in-residence Wes Modes and his 1940s-era shantyboat…

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AL.com: On a shantyboat in Alabama, nights are hot, food is good and stories flow

Smack dab in the middle of the Tennessee River, between…

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Paducah WPSD: Secret History of River People coming to Paducah

The River Discovery Center in Paducah will host an exhibit…

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West Kentucky Star: Artist Concludes Daring River Voyage in Paducah

A rustic recreated 1940s shanty boat, a daring river voyage,…

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Saltillo’s Ghost Marina

Not sure this marina in Saltillo is going to have…

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Tori Bailey of WZZA Soul Radio

We very nearly interviewed Tori Bailey, possibly the busiest person…

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Alabama WHNT: California man lives on a ‘Shanty Boat’ documenting Florence residents

It’s one of the oddest sights you might see on…

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One of the last mom and pop stores

After World War II around 1955, my dad got a…

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Family Shantyboat Photos

One of the many folks we met in Florence Alabama…

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Tiny tiny shantyboat 93 feet down at the bottom of Wilson Lock and Dam

Tiny tiny shantyboat 93 feet down at the bottom of…

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Knoxville, Tennessee

We are in beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee where the weather is…

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Fundraising for the Tennessee River

I’m excited to tell you that the Secret History project…

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