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2024
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Jan. - snowed out
Feb. - African-American Legacy Trail (Shana Thornton) Mar. - Show and Tell Apr. - Tennessee's Medal of Honor Winners in World War II (William Parker) May - outing to Historic Collinsville June - Evergreen Church and Green Hill Cemetery (Raymond Rosado) July - Clarksville's "Miss May" (Jim Long) Aug. - What to Take to the Cemetery With You (Cleo G. Hogan) Sep. - Smith-Trahern Mansion: History & Preservation of a Cultural Resource (Roxanne Jenkins) Oct. - Spooky Tales (Tammy Mallory Hall, Storyteller) |
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2023
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Jan. - Show and Tell
Feb. - Portraits of the Past in Mt. Olive Cemetery (Phyllis Smith) Mar. - Black Mosaic: A Documentary (Angela Peterson) Apr. - Cemetery Preservation (Graham Perry) May - History of Sevier Station, Expanded (Roxanne Jenkins) June - outing to Cumberland Furnace (Carolyn Stier Ferrell) July - Memories of Downtown Clarksville (panel) Aug. - History of Hale & Cotton (Bill Smithfield) Sep. - The Letters of Sarah Kennedy (Minoa Uffelman, Phyllis Smith) Oct. - A Visit from "Belle" (Carolyn Stier Ferrell) Nov. - Who Was Margery Wilson? Author, Silent Film Movie Star (Mary Buck) |
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2022
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Jan. - Eleanora Willauer Wills (Carolyn Stier Ferrell)
Feb. - The Early Days of Houston County (Melissa Barker) Mar. - Montgomery County Archives (Jill Hastings) Apr. - Riverview Cemetery (Angie Sites) May - Show and Tell June - John McAlister and Cabin Row Plantation (Jeff Harris) July - Public Art Initiatives (Jim Durrett, County Mayor) Aug - The Last Hurrah (program by C. David Elliott) as the Society exited the Train Station after 25 years of being the caretakers of the site Sep. - Historic Area Designations (Brent Clemmons) Oct. - Spooky Tales (Tammy Mallory Hall) Nov. - History of Area Railroading (David Straka) |
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2021
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May - History of the Clarksville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Andy Kettle)
June - Juneteenth performance (Tammy Mallory Hall) July - Africanna Town and Clarksville's Contraband Camps (David Britton) Aug. - The Making of Clarksville's Woman Suffrage Statue (film, hosted by Brenda Harper) Sep. - Aerial Photography in Clarksville (David Smith) Oct. - outing to downtown Clarksville (walking tour led by Carolyn Stier Ferrell) Nov. - Southside history and model display (Linda and Larry Greenup) |
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2020
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Jan. - 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment (Brenda Harper and the Sango FCE "Smith-Trahern Players")
Feb - The Coulter Brothers: From Dress Material to Dressed Lumber (Andy Kettle) |
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2019
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Jan. - Mourning Practices During the Victorian Period (Carolyn Stier Ferrell)
Feb. - The Lincoln Funeral Train from an Undertaker's Point of View (Rev. James Mandrell) Mar. - Mt. Olive Cemetery (Mike Taliento, Nick Nicholson) Apr. - The Life and Times of A. H. Patch (William Parker) May - Prohibition Days in Hopkinsville (William T. Turner) June - outing to Bethlehem UMC and cemetery, Gholson Rd. (Kurt Bryant) July - Memories of Dunbar Cave (Jimmy Dunn) Aug. - Show and Tell (Barbara Wilbur and friends) Sep. - Conflicts and Consequences: The Fight for Fort Donelson (Dr. Wally Cross) Oct. - The Life and Times of Mary Hunt Marks Gholson (Fran Powers) Nov. - The Empire of Sanford Wilson (Kurt Bryant) |
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2018
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Jan. - Civil War diaries of Nannie Haskins and Serepta Jordan (Eleanor Williams)
Feb. - Clarksville's Public Art History (Ellen Kanervo) Mar. - It Happened on Porter's Bluff (Jim Long) Apr. - Whitfield, Killebrew, Wimberly and Ligon families (Reber Kennedy) May - Memories of Madison St. (David Albright, Wally Crow, Charlie Keene, Cornelia Mitchell, Howard Winn) June - outing to Greenwood Cemetery July - Past and Future of Strawberry Alley and the Area (Frank Lott) Aug. - Early Days at Fort Campbell and Final Days in Vietnam (Tracy Jackson) - History of the Leaf-Chronicle (Chris Smith and Jimmy Settle) Nov. - Historic and Prehistoric Sites at Fort Campbell (Ron Grayson) |
2017 |
Jan. - Clarksville in the 1930s (Chris Crow)
Feb. - Rural Route 7, The Longest in the County (Kurt Bryant) Mar. - Creating Museum Collections (Jim Zimmer and Kali Mason, Customs House Museum) May - Clarksville's Earliest Hotels (Carolyn Stier Ferrell) June - fish fry fundraiser for Union School Community Center, Palmyra July - The Odyssey of Burt High School (Joe Ann Mallory Burgess) Aug. - Rediscovering Clarksville's Woman Suffrage History Sep. - Naomi Sevier (Carolyn Stier Ferrell) Oct. - Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Horace Carr (Carr Johnson) Nov. - How I Found My Father, Robert Roy Cummings, MIA (Rex Cummings) |
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2016
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Apr. - The Narcissa Letters
May - Secrets from the Stewart County Archives (Jim Long) June - outing to Mt. Carmel UMC for a program on Circuit Riders July - Memories of Ft. Campbell (Barbara Wilbur and friends) Aug. - History of the Montgomery County Fire Department (Randy Rubel) Sep. - Serepta Jordan diary (Eleanor Williams, Ellen Kanervo, Minoa Uffelman, Phyllis Smith) Oct. - High-Profile Murders "Back in the Day" (Billyfrank Morrison) Nov. - Using Archives Records to Separate Fact from Legend: Jack Hinson (Jim Long) |
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2015
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Jan. - Law Enforcement in Clarksville (Capt. Doug Tackett, MCSO)
Mar. - Wildflowers of Montgomery County (Donald and Jackie Bateman) Apr. - The President's Home at Austin Peay (Pres. Alisa White, APSU) June - Life of Robert Penn Warren, outing to South Guthrie Community Center (Sue Freeman Culverhouse) July - The Battle of Fort Donelson (Dr. Wally Cross) Sep. - Ringgold Mill (Jim Durrett) Oct. - The Ties That Bind Christian and Montgomery Counties (William T. Turner) Nov. - Clarksville Sinkholes and Local History (Philip Kemmerly) |
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2014
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Feb. - Civil War Topics Associated with Montgomery County (Dr. Bailey Allen, Dr. Wally Cross)
Apr. - Transplanted German War Brides (Leilo Rogoish and Elke Gilreath) May - High Profile Murders in Montgomery County from the Past 35 Years (Billyfrank Morrison) June - outing to Outlaw Field July - Basketball Greats from Montgomery County (Ted Young) Aug. - Pioneer Horse Racing in Montgomery County (Jim Long) Sep. - Dorothy Dix (Inga Filippo) Oct. - Lincoln, Humor and the Gettysburg Address (Pres. Abraham Lincoln, as portrayed by Rev. Bruce Shawver) Nov. - Governor Willie Blount (Cleo G. Hogan) |
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2013
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Feb. - Tennessee and the War of 1812 (Kristofer Ray)
Apr. - Adventure II, Reenactment of the Donelson Flotilla, 1779-1780 May - outing to Charlie Foust's hill, Palmyra June - McFadden Inn, 1784 (Bobby Welch) July - Hod Lisenbee, Major League Baseball Player (Kurt Bryant, grandson) Aug. - The Bird Cage at Camp Campbell (Billyfrank Morrison) Sep. - Trail of Tears (Mark Clark, Cleo G. Hogan, William Turner, David Britton, Dave Davidson) Oct. - outing to Montgomery Bell State Park (Tim Wheatley, Park Manager) |
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2012
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Feb. - Fort Defiance Roundtable (Richard Gildrie, Howard Winn, Phil Kemmerly)
June - outing to Allendale Farm July - Brandy: Portrait of an Intelligence Officer (Chuck Render) - Sevier Station |
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2011
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Jan. - Civil War cannons (Frank Lott)
Feb. - Hearts and Darts - The Course of True Love Along the Cumberland (Joe Filippo) Mar. - Nannie Haskins' Diary (Ellen Kanervo, Minoa Uffelman, Phyllis Smith) Apr. - Jack Hinson's One-Man War (Col. Tom McKenney) May - Historic Quilt Trail (Carolyn Darke) June - summer outing to Dunbar Cave (Larry Matthews) July - South of the River (Robert "Duck" Davidson) Aug. - On Golden Pond (William T. Turner) Sep. - fall outing to Mennonite Church, Penchem Rd., Guthrie Oct. - History of Memorial Hospital (Carney Wright) Nov. - History of Trains in Clarksville (David Straka) |
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2010
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Jan. - First White Settler of Clarksville - NOT John Montgomery (David Britton)
Feb. - Davy Crockett (Joy Norwood Bland, 4th great-granddaughter) Mar. - The Psychology and Personality of Dr. David Amoss, famous Night Rider leader (William T. Turner) Apr. - The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, The Story of My Family’s Journey to Freedom (John F. Baker, Jr.) May - picnic at the Hach House, 403 Greenwood Ave. (hosted by Marlin Huddleston and Lisa McClain, owners) June - Clarksville’s Cave Johnson, US Postmaster General under James K. Polk (Tracy Jackson) July - Interesting Things You May Not Know about the Civil War (Michael Doubler) Aug. - WWII German POWs (Dr. Antonio Thompson) Sep. - outing to Charlie Foust's Hill, Palmyra (Charlie Foust, host) Oct. - Dorothy Jordan, Former Famous Hollywood Actress from Clarksville (Billyfrank Morrison) Nov. 6 - Commemoration of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, L&N Train Station and Dixon Park Nov. - Witty Things about Former Clarksville Residents, Mainly Mabrys (Lawson Mabry) |
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2009
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Jan. - Early Iron Masters, Montgomery & Dickson Counties (Rick Hollis)
Feb. - Clarence Cameron White, Famous African-American Violinist, Clarksville Native (Dr. Gail Oturu) Mar. - Recollections (Charlotte Marshall) Apr. - Pioneer Land Grants (Jack Masters) May - outing to White Hall, Ringgold Mill (Johnny Piper, Dawson Durrett) June - What You Should Take to the Grave (Cleo G. Hogan) July - Antique Railroad Clocks and Watches (Carl Barton) Aug - William Bowen Campbell (Joan Campbell) Sep - Two Hundred Years of Port Royal History (David Britton) Oct. 9 - "Famous and Forgotten": Glimpses of Clarksville Past, Burt-Cobb Community Center Oct - Uses of a New Tennessee Archives Building (Riley Darnell) Nov. - Harvest Dinner, First Baptist Church (Bill & Carol Morris) |
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2008
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Jan. - family history (Reber Kennedy)
Feb. - Civil War Artifacts (John Walsh) Mar. - A Visit from Robert E. Lee (as portrayed by Tom Forehand) Apr. - "Dinner With the Dead" at Smith-Trahern Mansion (during Rivers & Spires Festival) Apr. - Civilian Conservation Corps (Hobart Parish and Bill Sanford) May - The Arrival of the Dulcimer to Middle Tennessee (Steve Vann) June - picnic at Collinsville Pioneer Village July - Early Medical History in Clarksville (Dr. Billy Green Lyle, Dr. Harold Vann) Aug. - Montgomery County School Histories (Sandra Stacey) Sep. - Clarksville Baseball History (Frank Lott) Oct. - The Bell Witch (William T. Turner) Nov. - Colonel John Montgomery (Irene Griffey) |
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2007
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Jan. - Growing Up in Small Town America - Cumberland City (Fred Landiss)
Feb. - program by Wylie Blount Moore Mar. - Historic Photography (John Walsh) Apr. - program by Rev. George Gracey, Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church May - Faces of Valor (Ron Smithfield) June - outing to the Drouillard House at Cumberland Furnace July - The U. S. S. Indianapolis (Edgar Harrell, survivor) Aug. - luge program by Billy "Rocket Man" Copeland Sep. - Roxy Regional Theatre (Walter Marczak) Oct. - Philip Van Horn Weems (Joe Brown) Nov. - Navajo Code Talkers (Edna Burnett Edwards) |
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2006
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Jan. - Patriotism in the History of the Clarksville-Hopkinsville Area (William T. Turner)
Feb. - Growing Up in Segregated Clarksville (Wylie Blount Moore) Mar. - Walker's Line (D. D. Cayce) Apr. - Red River Meeting House (Presbyterian) of Logan County (Rev. John D. Laida) May - Sculpting for Clarksville (Scott Wise) June - picnic at Chapel Hill Farm, Christian County July - Hugh Poland Sr., the Great American Athlete (Hugh Poland Jr.) Aug. - My Days in Dachau, WWII (Julian Hosnedl) Oct. 14 - Greenwood Cemetery tour with presenters |
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2005
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Jan. - Mississippian Culture lifestyles and money crops (Mark Clark)
Feb. - My Great-Grandfather Uncle Dave Macon and How He Got His Start at the Grand Ole Opry (John Doubler) Mar. - How Henry Made a Lady Out of Lizzie: History of the Automobile (John Butler) Apr. 11-16 - "Dinner with the Dead" at Smith-Trahern Mansion Apr. - Dipping and Chewing (Bryce Sanders) May - Preserving Family Farms (Eileen Henessy) June - picnic at Chapel Hill Farm (hosted by Mr. & Mrs. John Rochford) Aug. - On the Confederate Homefront: The Role Women Played During the Civil War (Karel Lea Biggs) Oct. - Close Connections Between Montgomery and Christian Countians (William T. Turner) Nov. - Rabbit Box Christmas: How One Country Boy During the Great Depression Made Christmas for the Family (Wendell Rorie) |
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2004
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Jan. - Night Riders of the 1900 Tobacco Association (Rick Gregory)
Feb. - Historical Survey of Fort Sevier - Defiance - Bruce and the Town of Cumberland (Howard Winn) Mar. - Once Upon a River (documentary by Eddie Reasoner) Apr. 12-17 - Dinner with the Lively Dead, Smith-Trahern Mansion Apr. - Hallie Erminie Rives, Author (William T. Turner) May - Whiskey Making in Robertson County with Connections to M. V. Ingram (Bo Adams) June - picnic at Beverly Schoolhouse (hosted by William T. Turner) July 18 - Victorian Tea Party, L&N Train Station Aug. - A Montgomery Countian Who Went Gold Digging and Didn't Live to Tell About It (Reber Kennedy) Sep. - visit to Wessyngton Plantation, Robertson Co. |
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2003
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Jan. - The Great American Success Story (Rev. John David Laida)
Feb. - The Bell Witch (William T. Turner) Mar. - Wilma Rudolph (Yvonne Prather) Apr. 12 - Dinner with the Dead, Smith-Trahern Mansion Apr. - History of Wessyngton Plantation (John F. Baker, Jr.) May - program by Phila Hach Sep. - An Evening with Dorothy Dix Oct. - Edgar Cayce (William T. Turner) Nov. - Woodrow Wilson and His Ties to Clarksville (Otis Stephens) |
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2002
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Jan. - City Hall (Mary Jo Dozier)
Feb. - program by Dr. Wally Cross, APSU, and Ned Crouch, Director, Customs House Museum Mar. - program by Mark Timmons, Clarksville Parks and Rec. Apr. - program by Mark Clark Oct. 19 - Riverview Cemetery tour with reenactors |
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2001
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Jan. - program at Dunbar Cave in the "Old Bath House"
May 12 - Riverview Cemetery tour with reenactors |
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2000
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Jan. - program by Gene Washer, publisher of the Leaf-Chronicle
Feb. - history of St. Bethlehem Mar. - program by Allen Henderson Apr. - recognition of past Society presidents (Cleo G. Hogan) May 13 - "Not Gone With the Wind" tour of homes June - picnic at Windy Hill July - Historic Collinsville (Jo Ann Weakley) Aug. - Montgomery County Archives (Jill Hastings) Sep. - program by Bob Thompson Oct. - program by Phil Kemmerly Dec. - release of family history book, Montgomery County, Tennessee History and Families |
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1999
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Jan. - program by Mary Beach
Feb. - program by Mayor Johnny Piper Mar. - program by Marie Riggins Apr. - program by Dan Hanley May 9 - Tour of Homes featuring North Clarksville and New Providence May - program by Randy Rubel July - Lifeguards of Dunbar Cave Aug. - Montgomery County's penal system (Lt. Doug Tackett) Sep. - program by Gary Tuttle, City Forester Oct. - Civil War Atrocities |
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1998
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Mar. - The Drouillard House at Cumberland Furnace (Janet Lockert)
Apr. - skit by Sally Welch, APSU May 9 - 3rd Tour of Homes featuring Madison St., Glenwood and Dog Hill Sep. - iron industry (Dr. Howard Winn, APSU) Oct. - rebuilding the Port Royal covered bridge (Melody Evans, Friends of Port Royal) Dec. - "Coat Caboose" clothing drive at the L&N train station |
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1997
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Jan. - 200th Anniversary of Port Royal (Tim Poole)
Feb. - A Steamboat History of the Cumberland (Dr. Stuart Bonnington, APSU) Mar. - So You Want To Buy an Old House? (David & Debbie Denton, Don Sharpe) Apr. 26 - Grand Opening of the restored L&N Train Station May 10 - 2nd Tour of Homes featuring Glenwood May - The State of Historic Preservation in Clarksville (Dr. Howard Winn); first program in the Society's new home at the restored L&N Train Station Aug. - The History of Churches in the County (Eleanor Williams) Sep. - historic bottles (James McClure) Oct. - Horace Lurton, Clarksville's Contribution to the Supreme Court of the United States (Dr. Otis Stephens) Dec. - "Coat Caboose" clothing drive at the L&N train station |
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1996
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Feb. - Anna "Stockade Annie" Mabry Barr (Bill Mabry, nephew)
Mar. - Night Riders During the Black Patch Wars (Rick Gregory) Apr. - Life at the Station (Tom Barenchick) May 18 - Tour of Homes May - childhood memories (Dan Ross) July - History of the Clarksville Fire Department (Randy Rubel) Aug. 9 - bus tours to historic Clarksville sites Sep. - History of the Johnson-Hach House, 403 Greenwood Ave. Oct. - The Bell Witch (Rick Gregory) Nov. - Clarksville-Montgomery County Historical Museum expansion and plans (Robert Patterson) |
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1995
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Jan. - Tennessee's Bicentennial (Tennessee 200 State Bicentennial Committee representative)
Feb. - The History of the Historical Society (Mary Winters Gray) Mar. - Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum expansion and plans (Robert Patterson) May - Renovation of the Train Station (Jay Albertia) June - The Holocaust (Dr. Dewey Browder) July - picnic at Oak Top, Madison Terrace Aug. - The History of Theater in Clarksville (John McDonald) Sep. - The Politics of Clarksville and Secession (Dr. Howard Winn) Oct. - Salem Witch Trials (Dr. Richard Gildrie) Nov. - World War II experiences (Billy Manning, Howard Gray, Charles Burney) |
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1994
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Feb. - Recognition of past Society Presidents
Mar. - program by Bob Thompson, Montgomery County Executive Apr. - program by Charles Waters, editor of Cumberland Lore May - Renovation of the L&N Station (Alvin Oldham, City Councilman) June - Guilford Slaughter, Postmaster at St. Bethlehem (hosted by Betty Meriwether, descendant, at Cherry Station Antiques) July - picnic at Dunbar Cave Aug. - historic preservation ideas for downtown (Paula Thacker, Main Street Clarksville) Sep. - River Walk Phase II (Jeff Bibb) Oct. - program by Frank Runyon and Sharon Duncan |
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1993
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July - picnic at Dunbar Cave
Sep. - Early Schools of Montgomery County (Sam Winters) Oct. 16 - Tour of Homes Nov. - Soldiers Serving in World War I from Montgomery County (Howard Sleigh Jr.) |
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1992
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Jan. - Dunbar Cave: Past, Present and Future (Robert E. Wells, Manager)
Feb. - Tobacco Night Riders (William T. Turner) Mar. - Ma Bell in Clarksville (South Central Bell representative) May 9 - Tour of Homes June - Historical Findings and Dead People We Have Known (Richard and Bristol Gannaway) |
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1991
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Jan. - Ordeal By Fire: A History of the 14th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, CSA (Dr. Wally Cross)
Mar. - A General State of Lawlessness: Montgomery County and the Night Rider Movement, 1907-1909 (Greg Poole) Apr. - Homes and Happenings (Eleanor Williams) May 4 - Tour of Homes Sep. - day-long symposium on Dorothy Dix, co-sponsored with APSU Sep. - tour of historical sites in west Robertson County (Yolanda Reid, Robertson Co. Historian) Oct. - Andrew Jackson (Dr. Mack Wayne Craig) |
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1990
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Feb. - Nineteenth Century Heritage (Ursula Beach and Eleanor Williams)
May - law and lawyers in Clarksville (Waldo Rassas) June - 30th Birthday Celebration and History of the Society, at Smith-Trahern Mansion Aug. - Historic Rugby, Tennessee (Barbara Stagg, Director) |
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1989
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July - picnic at Stone Box Lodge; Trail of Tears (Dave Davidson)
Nov. - local yard art (Tom Brumbaugh) |
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1988
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Jan. - The Diary of Margaret Terrell Brockman, 1872-1873 (Sam Winters)
Feb. - Practice of Medicine in Clarksville (Dr. V. H. Griffin) Mar. - The Importance of History in Tracing Families (Irene Griffey, CG) |
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1987
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Jan. - Higher Education in Montgomery County A Century Ago (Dr. James X. Corgan)
Apr. - Night Riders and Local History (Dr. Howard Winn) May - program by David Sayre, 3rd Kentucky Infantry CSA Reenactment Group July - local Mississippian Indian culture and artifacts (Mark Clark) Aug. - Clarksville Female Academy (Jackie Littleton) Aug. 19 - special meeting about the push for Historic Zoning in Clarksville Sep. - Guerrilla Warfare and Occupation During the Civil War (Dr. Richard Gildrie) Oct. - proposed historic district in downtown Clarksville (Dr. Howard Winn) Nov. - The Frontier Preacher in the Clarksville Area (Dr. Danforth Ross) |
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1986
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Feb. - Joseph Buckner Killebrew and the New South Movement, 1870-1900 (Dr. Sam B. Smith, TSU)
Apr. - Clarksville in the Civil War, 1862 (Dr. Richard Gildrie & Dr. Howard Winn) May - Early Economics in Montgomery County, 1800-1820 (Ann Evans Alley) June - picnic at Port Royal State Park July - The Riverside Drive Project (Charles Burney & Dr. Frank Willard) Aug. - Early Tobacco Industry in Clarksville (Elinor Hach Martin) Sep. - Early Historic Sites in Clarksville (Ursula Smith Beach) Oct. - Clarksville and the WPA Tradition: the Post Office Murals in the Federal Building, 1930s (Thomas Brumbaugh) Nov. 5 - genealogy seminar at the Public Library Nov. - History of Prince's Meeting House and Spring (Mark Swann) |
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1985
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Feb. - Family Cemeteries in Palmyra (Donald "Duck" Davidson)
Mar. - Using Historical Documents for Research (Dr. Wally Cross) Apr. - Use and Interpretation of Old Photographs (Dr. Dennis Frobish, Tennessee Community Heritage Project) May - Clarksville and Montgomery County Politics (H. W. Smith, former Circuit Court Clerk) June - picnic at Fort Defiance July - Early Railroads in the Area (Sam Winters) Aug. - Southern Silversmithing in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Ned Crouch) Nov. - Women Writers and Their Struggles: Caroline Gordon and Elsie Scott (Nora Beiswenger) |
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1984
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Jan. - Plans for the Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum (Bob Patterson, Director)
Feb. - The Growth and Development of the Public School Movement in Montgomery County, 1806-1913 (Frank Hodgson) Mar. - steamboat trade, 1819-1937 (Dr. Howard Winn) Apr. - Restoration and Preservation of County-Owned Buildings (Joel Plummer, County Executive) May - Memoirs of Allen Tate (Dr. Dan Ross) June - History of the Boillin-Harrison Co. (Dan Stark) July - picnic at Allendale Farm Aug. - The Capture of Fort Donelson (Jimmy Jobe, Superintendent, Fort Donelson Military Park) Sep. - program by Dr. Wally Cross Oct. - introduction to Homecoming '86 (Janice Nolen) |
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1983
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Jan. - profile on Clarence Saunders (Jessie Robinette)
Feb. - The Barrens (Joe Allen) Mar. - The Early Development of Montgomery County Prior to 1820 (Ann Evans Alley) Apr. - Bicentennial Commission planning (Angela Hatton, Executive Director) May - program by Debbie Dale Mason, Director of Historic Nashville, Inc. June - review of Tennessee Heritage Alliance conference (Jessie Robinette) July - picnic at Ringgold Mill Aug. - The Visit of Carry Nation to Hopkinsville (Tom Riley) Sep. - Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County (Nancy Hailey) Oct. - viewing of Robert Loftin Newman's Madonna and Child |
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1982
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Jan. - The Need for a Local Museum (Dr. Howard Winn)
June - Holdings of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC (Derita Williams, field researcher) Aug. - The Tennessee Monument at Gettysburg (Jessie Robinette) Sep. - Civilian Conservation Corps (Preston Hubbard) Nov. - History of Dunbar Cave |
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1981
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Nov. - Show and Tell to build interest for a local museum
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1980
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Mar. - plans to celebrate the 200th anniversary of 'Arrival Day,' April 12, 1780
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1979
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Jan. - vacation slides from Spain (Marie Riggins)
Feb. - panel discussion on the social life at Dunbar Cave and Idaho Springs Hotel Mar. - Show and Tell Apr. - The Mineral and Fossil Collection of Larder Vanuxen, 1792-1848 May - community authors and their works (Mary Alley and Ursula Beach) June - picnic at Alley farm, Port Royal; visit to Glen Raven; supper at Maple Hill farm July - old photographs of Clarksville and Montgomery County (Dr. Richard Gildrie) Aug. - collection of old photographs (Ursula Smith Beach) Sep. - county and country homes and architecture (Ann Evans Alley) |
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1978
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Jan. - vacation slides from Asia (Marie Riggins)
June - potluck at the home of Mary (Smith) Alley; tour of Port Royal Park and area Aug. - program by Ursula Smith Beach Sep. - Dunbar Cave Excavations (Victor Hood, TN Division of Archaeology) Oct. - program by Ed Vengrouskie, APSU graduate student in biology Nov. - World War I Armistice memories (Albert Durrett, Hartwell Marable, Smith Keel, Jesse Perry, William Orgain, Sen. Halbert Harvill, Oscar Beach) |
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1977
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Feb. - architecture in Montgomery County (Robert Dalton, field director, Tennessee Historical Society)
Apr. - archaeological work at the zinc plant site (Joseph Benthall, State Archaeologist) June - Historical Roots Common to Christian and Montgomery Counties (William T. Turner) July - panel discussion on the Odd Fellows Home in New Providence Aug. - Life and Times of Gov. Austin Peay (John H. Peay, grandson) Sep. - Southside (Mrs. Earl Townley & Mrs. R. M. Workman) |
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1976
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Jan. - vacation slides from Europe (Marie Riggins)
Feb. - The Night Riders in Clarksville (Frank Goodlett) Apr. - Educational Experiences in Tennessee (Sen. Halbert Harvill) Apr. 25 - Tour of Churches (Bicentennial event) June - The Story of Uncle Sam (film) July - A Trip to the People's Republic of China (Marie Riggins) Sep. - 19th Century American Folk Art (Olen Bryant) Oct. - Life in the Tobacco Industry (Vic Albright) Nov. - Development of 15 Middle Tennessee newspapers (James E. Charlet Sr.) |
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1975
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Jan. - vacation slides from Europe (Marie Riggins)
Feb. - White House Christmas decorating and how to care for house plants (Juanita McCord McKinney) Mar. - local industries and services of the Chamber of Commerce (Walton Griffin) Apr. 20 - Tour of Churches Apr. - movie and art exhibit on pottery (Olen Bryant) May - Show and Tell June - local archaeology digs (Paul Eden, Adams) July - local architectural design (Harry Morgan Jr.) Sep. - History of Palmyra (Erma Broome) Oct. - American Indian Art (Martha Goldsmith) |
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1974
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Jan. - vacation slides of Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece (Marie Riggins)
Feb. - Cheekwood and its Robert Loftin Newman exhibit (Ursula Smith Beach and Olen Bryant) Mar. - ornamental iron (Zelma Porter) Apr. - experiences as a public health nurse in East Tennessee (Margaret Trudel Pickering) May - local authors (Ursula Smith Beach) June - picnic at Rotary Park July - The Origin of Clarksville (Col. William D. Reeder) Sep. - Land Between the Lakes (Dan Hanley) Oct. - local legends and superstitions (Frances Lyddy Moore) Nov. - panel discussion on early New Providence (Ursula Smith Beach, Frances Lyddy Moore, Anita Whitefield Darnell and others) |
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1973
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Jan. - vacation slides of the Middle East (Marie Riggins)
Feb. - The Iron Industry in Montgomery and Adjoining Counties (Earl E. Sexton) Mar. - Wildflowers from the Collection of the Audubon Society (Priscilla Weathersby) Apr. - Revolutionary War Soldiers in Montgomery County (Ann Evans Alley and Anita Whitefield Darnell) May - Show and Tell June - Shakertown at South Union, Ky. (Ursula Smith Beach) July - early transportation in the area (Ralph Winters) Sep. - Early Academies and Tuition Schools (panel led by Ursula Smith Beach) Oct. - Passing Institutions - the Log House, the One-Room School and the Corner Grocery (Frances Lyddy Moore) Nov. - Early Methods of Dyeing Cloth (Olen Bryant) |
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1972
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Jan. - origin of names of streets and communities (Ursula Smith Beach)
Feb. - vacation slides of the Holy Land (Rev. W. H. McGinnis) Mar. - Church Architecture (Olen Bryant) Apr. - Tennessee Authors and Their Works (Mamie Jean Harper) May - Early Homes in Montgomery County (Ann Evans Alley) June - Local Participation in the Spanish-American War (Ursula Smith Beach) July - Old Port Royal (Mary Smith Alley) Sep. - Folklore of the Area (Ben and Marion Page Lumpkin) Oct. - Entertainment in Early Clarksville (Frances Lyddy Moore and others) Nov. - Tools of Earlier Days (J. D. Hanley) |
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1971
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Jan. - Art Styles Found in Clarksville Cemeteries (Olen Bryant)
Feb. - program by George Zepp, Community Ambassador to Denmark Mar. - The Role of the Newspaper, Past and Present (James E. Charlet Jr.) Apr. - genealogical workshop May - Architectural Heritage of the Area (Ursula Smith Beach) June - Civil War Show and Tell July - Reviews of the Kentucky-Tennessee Journal, 1912 (Mary Smith Alley and Ann Evans Alley) Sep. - Crafts of Early Montgomery County (Ursula Smith Beach) Oct. - The Audubon Society and Its Concerns (Dr. Floyd Ford) Nov. - program by Mark S. Prichard, State Archaeologist |
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1970
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Feb. - Regional Development (Warren Causey)
Mar. - Routes of Early Travel in Montgomery County (Eileen Baggett, Sinclair & Helene Daniel, Ralph Winters) Apr. - Family History Research workshop May - Sadler's Cave (Geneviere Sadler) June - 10th Anniversary celebration and Show and Tell July - Port Royal Bridge restoration and State Park creation (Warren Causey) Sep. - Early County Schools (Norfleet L. Carney and others) Oct. - Outstanding Tennessee Women of the Confederacy (Helene Thurstensen Daniel) Nov. - Thanksgiving Then and Now (Ralph Winters) |
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1969
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Jan. - The Holy Land (J. C. Gill)
Feb. - workshop on genealogical research, conducted by Raymond Wheeler Mar. - ornamental iron (Zelma Porter) Apr. - Tools of Early Craftsmen (J. D. Hanley) May - Historic Homes, including the Neely Log House at Hachland Hill (Ursula Smith Beach) June - Civil War Bushwhackers (William A. Baldwin) July - Indian artifacts (Ann Evans Alley) Sep. - Show and Tell of local Bibles, diaries, letters, documents, books Oct. - workshop on genealogical research Nov. - vacation slides of Turkey (Riley Darnell) |
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1968
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Feb. - excavation of artifacts of pre-Indian cultures in the Port Royal area
Mar. - program by Ann Louise McGrane, American Field Service exchange student Apr. - heirlooms and relics May - Architect William Strickland (Olen Bryant) June - The Federal Occupation of Clarksville, 1862-1865 (W. A. Baldwin and Ursula Smith Beach) July - School Days of the Past (Ursula Smith Beach) Sep. - Historic Virginia (Mary Bee Clark) Oct. - The Bell Witch (Ann Evans Alley, Mary Smith Alley, Jane Batts) Nov. - Sketches of Adams and Port Royal (Ralph Winters), Montgomery County Cemetery Records (Ann Evans Alley) |
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1967
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Jan. - Cumberland Town or Early New Providence (Ursula Smith Beach)
Feb. - Patriotism (Frank J. Runyon and John Henry Winters) Mar. - customs and scenes of Japan (Makoto Ozawa, exchange student from Japan) Apr. - Wild Flowers of the Area (Dr. Haskell Phillips, APSC) May - Early Days in Clarksville: 1810-1820 (Ursula Smith Beach) June - Prisoners of War from the Battle at Fort Donelson (W. A. Baldwin) July - The Medical Profession in Early Montgomery County (Cleo G. Hogan) Sep. - Research for Publication (Cleo G. Hogan) Nov. - Historic Rugby, Tennessee, a Town Being Restored (Mrs. Randall Zepp) |
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1966
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Feb. - Historic Homes and Sites in Montgomery County (Ursula Smith Beach)
Apr. - More Archeological Findings (Ted B. Hay) May - The Iron Industry Between the Lakes (Henry Brannon) June - Re-dedication of the Montgomery County Courthouse (Ursula Smith Beach) July - Clarksville Montgomery-County Library resources (Ann Taylor Brown & Ursula Smith Beach) Sep. - Seven Stages from Shiloh to Southside (Ralph Winters) Oct. - Local Superstitions (Ursula Smith Beach from material collected by Marion Taylor Page) Nov. - Recollection of Armistice Day, 1918 (Brown Harvey Sr., G. G. Foskett, Ralph Winters) |
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1965
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Jan. - news highlights of 1964 (Stanley Gower)
Feb. - old an unusual coins and currency (Marie Riggins, Collier Goodlett, William Shelton, Joe Howard) Mar. - slides from a trip to Portugal and Spain (Collier Goodlett) Apr. - Tragedy at Valentine Sevier Station (Ursula Smith Beach) May - The Train Which Plunged Through the Drawbridge in September 1906 (D. G. McKnight) June - local activities of the Civil War centennial (William Shelton, Ursula Smith Beach) July - history of early Baptist churches (Ralph Winters) Sep. - current concepts of schools (William Sanford) Oct. - The Clarksville That I Have Known (panel of senior citizens) Nov. - Clarksville's Old Gang (Dave Bradley) |
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1964
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Jan. - Confederate Veterans of the Clarksville Area (William Shelton)
Mar. - Vignettes of Civil War Clarksville (W. A. Baldwin) Apr. - Tennessee in the Civil War (film strip) May - color slides from a trip to South America (Frank Miller) June - Clarksville's oldest buildings (Ralph Winters) Sep. - program by Miss Frances Butler, Community Ambassador to Greece Oct. - The Changing Scene of the Cumberland River (Judge Laurence M. McMillan & Dr. A. F. Russell) Nov. - Along the Trail of Tears (Ann Evans Alley and Ursula Smith Beach) |
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1963
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Jan. - Prohibition Enforcement in the 1920s (Collier Goodlett Sr.)
Feb. - An Early Tennessee Almanac (Dean F. G. Woodward) Mar. - A Trip to Fort Donelson and a Discussion of Old Guns (Billy St. John Sr.) Apr. - The Earliest Roads to the First Mill May - Archeological Findings among Indian Remains in the County (T. B. Hay) June - Gen. John Hunt Morgan (Billy St. John) July - local rocks and fossils (John Moorefield) Sep. - History of Walnut Grove Mills / "Hill's Mills" (Ralph Winters) Oct. - Interesting Homes of the Community (Ursula Smith Beach and Mrs. Jim Darnell) Dec. - Christmas in an Occupied Community (Ursula Smith Beach) |
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1962
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Jan. - Historical Sketches of Palmyra Community (multiple speakers)
Mar. - The Night Rider Era, 1905-1909 (Ralph Winters) Apr. - Historical Sketches of Woodlawn (Mabel Meacham) May - The Literary History of Montgomery County (Ursula Smith Beach) July - The Secession of Tennessee (J. Milton Henry) Sep. - A Study on the Nature of Communism (Marie Riggins) Oct. - Early Government of Clarksville (Ursula Smith Beach) |
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1961
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Feb. - Historical Sketches of Port Royal (Ralph Winters)
Apr. - (William T. Alderson, editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly) May - The Valentine Sevier Family (Ursula Smith Beach) June - The First Independent Government in the U. S. and the Governor with a Price on His Head (Charles H. Willett) July - Clarksville's Whiskey Poured into the River, 1862 (Collier Goodlett Sr.) Nov. - Historical Sketches of Early Port Royal (Ann Evans Alley) |
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1960
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July - folklore (Dr. George Boswell)
Aug. - the 1928 political campaign cycle (Leslie M. Gower) Sep. - History of Montgomery County (Ursula Smith Beach) Oct. - History of Montgomery County - 1856 (Ursula Smith Beach) Nov. - History of Austin Peay State College (V. C. Moffitt) |
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1959
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June - reorganizational meeting
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1945
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Mar. - Judge Fort still seeking material for the county history
Apr. - gathering material for the county history; discussion of the County Court for having appropriated $500 for the Society's expenses in publishing the history July - Society is storing submitted historical items in the Austin Peay State College library for safekeeping Sep. - gathering material for the county history |
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1944
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July - collecting material for the county history to be ready for the 1946 Tennessee sesquicentennial
Nov. - plans for Judge Dancey Fort to write the county's history for the state sesquicentennial publication in 1946; meetings to be monthly instead of quarterly |
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1943
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May - local historical sites of interest (Lt. Carleton E. Riser, Camp Campbell)
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1942
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Mar. - reorganizational meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Norman Smith, 1209 Madison St.; The Army of Tennessee (Stanley Horn); discussions on moving the Gov. Willie Blount home to Austin Peay Normal School
May - Tennessee Sesquicentennial plans (Judge Samuel Williams) |
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1934
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May - annual business meeting; planning to open the new museum room in the Castle Building at Austin Peay Normal School in conjunction with the June commemorations of Clarksville's Sesquicentennial
June - a display window at McNeal & Edwards store on Franklin St. was loaned for displaying additional relics Oct. - planning to add relics to the museum room in the Castle Building |
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1933
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Oct. - annual meeting; historic relics to be moved from Judge Cunningham's office in the courthouse to a new room in the Castle Building at Austin Peay Normal School, donated by President P. P. Claxton
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1932
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Feb. - Commemoration of the 200th birthday of George Washington at Trinity Episcopal Church
Oct. - annual meeting; planning for a replica of the Gov. Willie Blount home to be constructed on the Austin Peay Normal campus as a museum |
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1931
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June - first meeting since 1926; planning for a county history museum
Oct. - Memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Church for deceased Society charter members (Judge Callis Tate) |
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1926
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June - annual meeting, at the home of Mrs. Hunter Meriwether
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1925
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Apr. - annual meeting at the Woman's Club; Judge Cunningham offered the old library room in the courthouse to display the Society's collected relics
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1924
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March 5 - organizational meeting at the home of Mrs. Herbert N. Leech voted to create a "Historical Department" of the Federation of Women's Clubs of Clarksville, with annual meetings and a focus on collecting and display historic county relics; the Historical Society was created as a separate entity rather than the proposed department of the Woman's Club and held its early meetings at the Woman's Club house on North 2nd St.
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1922
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Oct. 19 - organizational meeting of the Montgomery County Historical Society at the Woman's Club; guest speaker John Trotwood Moore, State Librarian; Charter Members were
John Conroy Matt G. Lyle N. L. Carney Sr. Mrs. Austin Peay Mrs. H. N. Leech Mrs. Harriet Parkes Miller Mrs. Lula B. Epperson Miss Kate Fuqua A. V. Goodpasture W. M. Drane Judge J. W. Stout Mrs. Norman Smith Hervey Whitfield |