GRAND OLE OPRY STARS with Carrie Hassler One of the earliest acts on the Grand Ole Opry hails from Bledsoe County. Theron Hale & Daughters were inducted in 1926 as only the 12th act on the iconic show. source
DR. ROSS HOUSE with Dr. Phillip Burns In a small building out back, Dr. James A. Ross saw patients who paid him in chickens, corn or other farm produce. He and his wife, Jennie, built the Folk Victorian in 1872. The building later became the community’s first...
BLOODY BLEDSOE with Roy Lee Standefer Although now a peaceful, beautiful place, the community was once known by the … source
CIVIL WAR OCCUPATION with Robert Smith Armies from both sides occupied Bledsoe County at different times during the … source
BRIDGMAN HOUSE with David Morgan For more than two centuries, the stately Bridgman House has overlooked the courthouse square in Pikeville, Tennessee. Adeline Spears bought the home about the same time her husband, Brigadier Gen. James Spears, was dismissed from the...
