Monthly Archives: March 2016

Jackson Purchase Negotiations with the Chickasaws

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Roberta Estes

This was one of several articles found in an old scrapbook in the 1980s in the library at Tazewell, TN. I copied the entire scrapbook given that I realized many of the articles are of historical significance and the local … Continue reading →

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Horse Shoe Jim, an Indian Chief, Claiborne County, Tennessee

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Roberta Estes

During a visit to Claiborne County, TN is the 1980s, I happened across a scrapbook that had been contributed to the library. Inside the scrapbook were old clippings from the Claiborne Progress Newspaper that related to the residents and includes … Continue reading →