Tag Archive for Tennessee

Remembering Betty Goins
Remembering Betty Goins who passed away yesterday. We had the…
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Tribune-Courier: Floating Artist
In general, when people are posed with the question, ‘What…
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Gene Davidson owner of the Clifton Marina
We talked to Gene Davidson who owns the Clifton Marina.…
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Glen Lineberry worked on towboats for 50 years
He worked for 40 years on line towboats that would…
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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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Join us for a Secret History exhibition at Kennedy Douglass…
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Family Shantyboat Photos
One of the many folks we met in Florence Alabama…
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Times Daily: Telling secrets: California artist gathers river stories from a shanty
Times Daily By Monica Collier For four days, Friday through…
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Florence Courier-Journal: The River’s Life and People
A rustic recreated 1940s shanty boat, a daring river voyage,…
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A Morning with Zachary Nelson [AUDIO]
We ran into Zach Nelson while we were docked at…
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WAFF Huntsville: Shanty floating down the TN seeking hidden histories of river people [VIDEO]
Get close enough to the Tennessee river, you can hear…
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An Interview with the Arsenal Archaeologist
I had the opportunity to interview Ben Hoksbergen, archaeologist for…
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WVLT Knoxville: Shanty boat tours America’s rivers via Knoxville [VIDEO]
It's a hot summer day on Knoxville's Volunteer Landing and…
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UK DailyMail: Could you live on a ‘shantyboat’? Artist calls this tiny homemade floating shack home as he journeys around the Tennessee River
A homemade 'shanty boat' is currently floating down the Tennessee…
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Doris Turner – What does the river mean to you? [VIDEO]
Excerpt from interview with Dorris Turner in Guntersville, Alabama along…
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TVA bans new floating homes, but allows existing homes to stay
Since the 1950s, floating homes on the water have been…
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Huntsville Times: Fishing For Stories
Artist cruises into Huntsville today (or tomorrow) on a shantyboat…
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Guntersville Gleam: He’s running the river in a shanty boat
Guntersville Advertiser-Gleam by Joe Cagle People in Guntersville are used…
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Knoxville Mercury: Life Aboard the Shantyboat Dotty [SLIDESHOW]
Knoxville Mercury By Clay Duda [metaslider id=5031]
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An Hour of Frogs [AUDIO]
An ocean of lily pads in a lake on the…
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Artist on Tennessee River Journey to Gather Stories
California artist collecting stories of river people HI-RES PHOTOS AVAILABLE:…
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Shantyboat on Brown’s Lake [PANORAMA]
Anchored for the night on Brown's Lake near Walker's Landing…
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James Wade, self-described Tennessee hillbilly and amazingly friendly man, sold us Mr Johnson II, our new old outboard
James Wade, self-described Tennessee hillbilly and amazingly friendly man, sold…
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Chattanooga Times Free Press: Rollin’ on the River: Artist heading down Tennessee River, documenting the lives of river people
Life on America's vast rivers always fascinated Wes Modes. As…
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Sam Houston and the Secret History of Hiwassee Island
He ran away from home and lived with an eccentric…
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Welcome to Chattanooga. Here, have a cataclysm
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Ben Duncan, Duncan’s Boat Dock
People in Knoxville told us, "You have to meet Ben…
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Chattanooga Times Free Press: Man and dog to explore Tennessee River on self-made shantyboat
Shantyboat stops along the Tennessee River As of print, the…
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Knoxville, Tennessee
We are in beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee where the weather is…
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Shanty Boat Blues [Audio]
Jimmy Murphy recorded Shanty Boat Blues sometimes in the late…
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