Tracy and Bill Frist have spent years working to preserve old buildings around Craig County. They’re still determining what will happen with the old poor farm structures. by Lindsey Hull September 5, 2024 […]
Learn MoreThis article is featured in the July 2024 issue of nFOCUS in both the print version and online. JANET KURTZ | PHOTOGRAPHS BY COURTNEY DAVIDSON PHOTOGRAPHY Entertaining a group of dedicated preservationists […]
Learn MoreOld Town is featured in the May 2024 issue of nFOCUS, Nashville’s premier social and lifestyle magazine. The article below is written by Janet Kurtz and photographs taken by Eric England. See […]
Learn MoreBy Kevin E. Smith, published in the May/June 2024 issue of The Tennessee Conservationist
Learn MoreNovember 2022 This November, former Ferrum College student and longtime supporter of the College, Tracy R. Frist, made a generous gift to Ferrum College to support the College’s Appalachian Literature project (AppLit) […]
Learn MoreEach summer Old Town sponsors an intern from universities across the country. The 2022 intern was Mason Stempel from Georgetown University. She is majoring in Anthropology with a double minor in Art […]
Learn MoreOn June 19, 2021, the Middle Cumberland Archeological Society (MCAS) hosted its monthly meeting at Old Town. In their first in-person meeting since the beginning of the pandemic, MCAS members delved into […]
Learn MoreAn article written by Aaron Butler and published in The Tennes-Sierran, a bi-monthly state newsletter of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club
Learn MoreIn the early 1900s, a blight destroyed all American Chestnut trees in the United States, once covering nearly 200 million acres of forest from Maine to Georgia. Scientists estimate that one out […]
Learn MoreAt Old Town, we are always looking for innovative approaches to farm, and one of our favorites is using goats to keep our pastures in top shape. Our herd of goats, affectionally […]
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