Pine Bluff today, taken from a boat.
Pine Bluff, Tennessee
John Wayne, the Hollywood legend who starred in dozens of films, is directly tied to Pine Bluff, Tennessee. The story is quite amazing, but first, we need a quick overview…
The map shows a drug store, livery, mill, and other stores in town.
Detailed 1933 Map of Birmingham, KY
This map from the Kentucky Department of Highways shows land owners and businesses on the main road in Birmingham, Ky.
Danville Transfer Elevator
Old Danville Transfer Elevator
We’ve always enjoyed experiencing and seeing the oddities of the Four Rivers region. That’s why this site, Four Rivers Explorer, exists. But before we began this site, we had a section of our main tourism site, Explore Kentucky Lake, that was dedicated to the unusual and lesser-known aspects of our area. We called the section “Explorations”.
The view of Kentucky Lake from Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob
We set out for an exciting exploration of an area we had not had many opportunities to investigate: Camden, Tenn. We had heard that there was a wonderful place to view Kentucky Lake at an overlook called Pilot Knob. Obviously, this was right up our alley. What we didn’t know was that the Tennessee River Folklife Center was located nearby.