Politics Archives - Page 10 of 12

The First Lady Who Missed Her Homecoming

Ellen Axson Wilson did indeed “come home” in 1914, but not to enjoy parades and illuminated streets. Rather, in a coffin.

Archivist Gordon Belt examines the life of Tennessee’s first governor, John Sevier, through the lens of history and memory.

Andrew Jackson’s early years, from 1767 to his move into what became East Tennessee in 1788, established his identity as an elite.

Back to a time when the fields & woodlands of the mountains were filled with explosions of musketry, war cries & the dark silence following.

Chief James Vann, an instrumental force in the Cherokee Renaissance, created the largest, most prosperous plantation in the Cherokee Nation.

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