Spin YorkSpinng Wheel Donation By Dale Welch Putnam Co. historian An artifact with ties both to local and national history and passed down through four generations of Todd and Livesay families has found its place at the Monterey Depot Museum. A spinning wheel that...
Bowden Sampson and wife 1904 GOOD By Dale Welch Putnam County historian Sampson Bowden was born in 1873 and raised in the First District of Fentress County. He was the son of Landon H. and Nina Jane (Wright) Bowden and was named for a relative that served as a...
Fishing Before its remnants were blown up by the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad, the Standing Stone once stood 16-ft. high and resembled an old gray dog. Believed to be carved by indigenous peoples called “mound builders,” it was later called by the Cherokee...
MDI making significant difference in Downtown Looks By Dale Welch Fitts and Company Painting Have you noticed it? Downtown Monterey looks sharp! It will become even sharper thanks to Stat grant funds awarded to the town in December 2025. Work began in mid-July on...
By Dale Welch Its been a long time coming, but Happy 250th Birthday, y’all! Is it not awesome that we get to celebrate 250th birthday of an idea that a group of people envisioned so long ago? They acted on that vision, paying with blood, sweat and tears to make it...
