The last day I was in Tennessee, I visited the Museum of Appalachia, where they had collections of personal items from people who lived in the area. They also had relocated some buildings from the area to the museum. I found out that tis museum has just recently become affiliated with the Smithsonian
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These are some homemade toys. The train at the top of the picture is a replica of a circus train. A boy was so excited by seeing the circus that he spent three years making the replica.
A one room cabin
Jail cells from a small town prison. Each cell has four bunks.
Hammers used by convicts and road crews to break big rocks into small rocks when building roads.
A small town post office
Part of a room of a house owned by someone named Cedar Creek Charlie, who painted everything with red white and blue polka dots
Some religious road signs. A man made about 2,000 of these signs and had them placed across the country.
Mark Twain family home
Interior of one of the cabins
One room schoolhouse
Inside of a one room church
