Faxon, Kentucky
Faxon is an unincorporated community in eastern Calloway County, Kentucky. There is no signage or any cluster of businesses, roads or homes defining the community. History of Faxon The origins of…
Eggners Ferry Bridge
Prior to the 1920s highway bridges crossing large rivers were almost non-existent in rural America. The reason for this is most highways, as we know them, simply didn’t exist. And the reason for that is not many people in rural America had cars.
How It All Started – The Bridge Near US 79
The purpose of Four Rivers Explorer can be traced back to my years as a kid. My family traveled down US 79 between Paris Landing and Dover, Tenn. several times back in the early 1990s.
Each time we went down the road, I always looked for the bridge. No, not the one crossing Kentucky Lake or the one at Dover, but a small abandoned bridge right on the edge of US 79. It’s hard to see it in the summer with all the overgrowth, but you could get a great look at it in the winter time.
Patsy Cline Memorial in Camden, Tenn.
You’ve probably heard the old 1960’s song “Crazy” sung by a woman whose voice was unmistakably gifted. Or you may have heard that same voice bellow out the words of “I Fall To Pieces”, or perhaps you might be familiar with the fun and poppy song “Walkin’ After Midnight”.