Monthly Archives: July 2025
The Pioneers of Pleasant Garden
Today you may travel to the vicinity of Pleasant Garden to play a round of golf at Dixie Oaks Golf Club. But did you know that Pleasant Garden is probably also the site of one of the oldest settlements in … Continue reading
The Lost Stand of Alexander Springs
A roadside inn, buried Indian gold, and a connection to Hellen Keller? Welcome to Alexander Springs! On Highway 43, between Ethridge and Summertown, an old road winds through the hills and crosses the beginning of what becomes the Buffalo River. … Continue reading
The Execution of Andrew Blakemore
A daring raid, a final expression of true love, and an execution by firing squad? It all happened in Lawrenceburg, 141 years ago today. A Scottish immigrant and adopted northerner, Colonel George Spalding (pictured here) was certainly not a native … Continue reading
When a Founding Klansman Killed a Former Confederate Spy in the Street in Lawrenceburg
A former Confederate spy killed in the street…with a shovel…by a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan? It happened in Lawrenceburg on this day in 1876. The Pulaski ‘Citizen’ tells us that on July 11, 1876, W.B. Chaffin was … Continue reading
Lawrence County History Trivia 