Archive - The History You Don't Know

In The Footsteps of History

How to get the most of your historic site vacation visit!

Jun 15 •

Jordan E. Hughett

April 2025

Memories of Station Camp

Jacob Blevins shares his memories with the Knoxville Journal

Apr 18 •

Jordan E. Hughett

February 2025

Tuesday Treasures #3

History Floating Around The Internet

Feb 18 •

Jordan E. Hughett

A Dark And Bloody Ground: Part 3

River Pirates, Three Severed Heads, and the End of Wiley Harpe

Feb 7 •

Jordan E. Hughett

January 2025

A Dark and Bloody Ground: Part 2

Frontier Serial Killers And A Place Named Harpe's Head

Jan 7 •

Jordan E. Hughett

December 2024

Tuesday Treasures #2

A History of Christmas Traditions

Dec 24, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

November 2024

Tuesday Treasures #1

History News Floating Around on the Internet

Nov 12, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

October 2024

A Dark and Bloody Ground: Part 1

Wiley and Micajah Harpe: America's First Serial Killers

Oct 31, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

After The Moonshiners

A West Virginia Revenue Agent, Tennessee Moonshiners, and a shootout at a Baptist Church

Oct 4, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

September 2024

Experimental Archaeology takes place in Scott County, TN

Sep 17, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

July 2024

Enduring Vision

Rugby, the failed colony...that didn't fail

Jul 19, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

Final Recognition

How two United States soldiers received the nation's highest honor, 162 years after their death.

Jul 5, 2024 •

Jordan E. Hughett

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