The WPA Guide to Tennessee by Federal Writers' Project

Author:Federal Writers' Project
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781595342409
Publisher: Trinity University Press

HAWKINS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROGERSVILLE

Right at the end of this road to AVONDALE SPRINGS (open May 1 to Oct. 1), 0.7 m., which have water impregnated with various minerals. A small hotel is operated here and there are nine cabins that can be rented.

RUTLEDGE, 86.4 m. (1,225 alt., 518 pop.), seat of Grainger County and a trade center, was named in honor of Gen. George Rutledge, the successor of John Sevier as brigadier general of the State militia. The county, named in honor of Mary Grainger, wife of Gov. William Blount, was established in 1796, before Tennessee was admitted to the Union. The permanent county seat was not selected until 1801.

Black-veined marble is quarried near the town.

Left from Rutledge on State 92 to a junction with a dirt road, 3 m.; R. here 4.3 m. to BUFFALO SPRINGS GAME FARM of 375 acres, in which is a quail hatchery with an incubator and brooder having a capacity of 100,000 birds. Fifty acres of the tract are used for the propagation of wild turkeys, California quail and chicken partridges. Near the eastern corner of the reservation is a large water mill that was built in 1796 and is still in operation.

Along this section of the route the Clinch Mountains (R) and the Great Smoky Mountains (L) are visible. Herds of shorthorn cattle graze on bluegrass pasture land. Large flocks of sheep wander over the hillsides. Poultry farms are numerous. Thousands of acres are planted in peaches and apples.

At 92.4 m. is the junction with the paved Jefferson City Road.

Left on this road to a junction with a dirt road 3 m.; L. here to BUFFALO SPRINGS GAME FARM, 5 m.

RED HOUSE TAVERN, 96.1 m. (R), erected in 1796 by Jeremiah Jarnagin, is in good condition today.

At 99 m. is the junction with a county road.

Right on this road to LEA SPRINGS, 1 m., an old resort popular because of its iron and sulphur springs. The principal lodge (open May 15–Sept. 15), was built about 1830 as a farmhouse. The lake here is well stocked with bass.

At 101.5 m. is the junction with a graveled road.

Left on this road to INDIAN CAVE (adm. $1), 7 m. There are thousands of stalactites and stalagmites here, great masses of dripstone, flowstone, and translucent draperies. Notable among the formations are Vista of Old Pekin, the Pillars of Hercules, the Pass of Thermopylae, and the Grave of the Gnomes. Tradition is that the Cherokee used the cave as a hiding place after defeat at the hands of an Iroquois war party.

The JOHN SEVIER YARDS of the Southern Ry. (L), 111.7 m., built in 1925, have 50 miles of track in a classification yard that can handle 3,500 cars. In normal times 60 trains move in and out of the terminal daily. Modern facilities for the rapid handling of freight are used, including a transfer station for less-than-carload freight moving through Knoxville, a refrigeration station for the storage of perishable goods, and pens in which livestock can be fed, watered, and rested.

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