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As curb appeal goes, it doesn't get any better than this. This stately home is not on the market but imagine if it was....is this not a realtors' dream of "curb appeal?!" It's on State Highway 297 in Oneida, Tennessee. I go Oneida, through the gorge, from Jamestown, Tennessee about every five we...
03/08/2010
Big South Fork National Park is a destination for trail riders from all over the east coast, and with good reason. The trails are wonderful and there are a number of horse campgrounds in proximity to the park that offer accommodations for visitors. Many riders plan their vacation well in advance ...
03/07/2010
At first, you think this is just another cabin in an area renowned for its fabulous trail riding. Wilderness Resorts in the Station Camp area of Oneida, Tennessee, is renowned for the opportunity to vacation in fully-furnished log cabins. Each is tucked away on beautiful wooded sections throughou...
03/06/2010
During the 1970’s and 80's, there was a wildcat boom in this part of middle Tennessee to tap the natural gas and oil found in the subsurface shale deposits in this area. Within a decade or two, the wells petered out and drill sites were abandoned but it's possible that, if there was an untenable ...
03/03/2010
When you're trail riding through the Big South Fork National Park here in Jamestown, Tennessee, you will very often see pipes sticking up at odd angles….so many pipes in so many places that you wonder what they are…or were…or why they're there. They are natural gas wellheads. Unlike oil wells, a ...
03/02/2010
How would you like to have 125,000 acres as your big back yard? (with no yard work to do!) From here, you're literally two minutes by horseback from the Cumberland Trailhead into Big South Fork National Park ...measured in yards, not miles. This is a major trailhead; start out in one direction o...
02/27/2010
One of the things I like about living out here by the Big South Fork in Jamestown, Tennessee is the little family businesses you find, off the beaten track, tucked away here and there. Jeff's Glass is one of those. Last year, I bought a wooden crate at The World's Longest Yard Sale. It's a lettuc...
02/25/2010
Best Friends Sanctuary is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping animals in Jamestown, Tennessee and surrounding Fentress County, an area that has no shelter or county-run "dog pound." Most of the animals have been abandoned in rural areas and there is a tremendous need for this service. B...
02/22/2010
How many times have I driven past this old barn and not even seen it? The light conditions must have been just right last week, late in the afternoon on a rainy-ish day. It had been fairly warm but the thermometer suddenly plunged, with fog forming due to the difference in the temperature of the...
02/20/2010
We at Tennessee Recreational Properties planned to "launch" our new webpage on March 1st, to coincide with a full-page ad in The Trail Rider magazine, due out at about that time. We've had several long "brainstorming" sessions and we know two things....what we want and what we don't want! We've s...
02/18/2010