Washington County, Tennessee
Folks in the Watauga River area know how to spin a good yarn so pull up a chair! Anecdotes are quite literally an art form in these here parts. The National Storytelling Festival is hosted annually at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough. Mark it on your calendar, it's an event not to be missed. But take note, it's open year-round.
The word "Watauga" is said locally to be a Cherokee word meaning "beautiful river". Watauga also happens to be a city located in both Carter and Washington Counties of Tennessee. It's the name of the river bordering Johnson City to the north, and the name of the lake formed by Watauga Dam, however, it's most notable historically for the Watauga Association, an autonomous government formed by early settlers along the Watauga River.
The county seat is Jonesborough. The largest city, Johnson City, is shared by three counties. The largest portion of Johnson City lies in Washington County. During the 1920s, Johnson City's ties to Appalachian Mountains bootlegging activity gave the city the nickname of "Little Chicago" . The annual "Little Chicago Blues Festival" is held commemorating the legends surrounding the Prohibition-era speakeasies and railroad glory days of Johnson City.Advanced search results
The very appropriate County Fair quilt pattern can be seen at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray, TN.
LeMoyne Star hangs on the Bacon barn. An early quilt pattern dating back to the early 1800s, it is also known as the Eight Point Star or Puritan Star.
The Crouch Barn 'Rose of Sharon' Block was painted by the Daniel Boone High School Art Department as a class project.
The Dosser-Randolph home was built by James H. Dosser circa 1887 as a gift for his daughter Anna Cora Dosser who later married Dr. J.A. Pierce, a local dentist. The house is listed as one of the Historical Homes of Jonesborough and maintains the architect ...
The Basket of Chips quilt block is copied from a quilt pieced by Frances Leona Crumley, mother of the current owner of Homestead Farm (formerly Lone Pine Farm). Born in 1909, Mrs. Crumley pieced and quilted by hand o
A quilt handed down in the Hunt family is the model for the Carpenter’s Star pattern on the quilt square hanging on the circa-1900 barn. Believed to have been made by the great-grandmother of the present owner,
When you enter Historic Jonesborough, Tennessee, you’re taking a journey into the past. A unique 18th century town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Tennessee, Jonesborough’s natural beauty, charming architecture, and storytelling he ...
Knob Creek Museum houses many artifacts of the Sherfey and Krouse families, as well as those of community contributors.
Knob View Farm was founded in 1848 by Henry Swadley and his wife Mary.
See the Wheelock Barn, named Lone Star Farm after its addition of the Lone Star quilt block.
Isabell Krouse Sherfey, grandmother of the current owner, made the all-cotton quilt from which this unknown pattern is copied.
Isabell Krouse Sherfey, grandmother of the current owner, made the all-cotton quilt from which this unknown pattern is copied.
The Conklin Community, situated on the north side of the Nolichucky River, was one the homes of John Sevier, 1745-1815.
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