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Mr. Joe Guy is County Historian for McMinn County, Tennessee, our assistant County Mayor and holds positions

 on many other prominent organizations in our area.

 

 

Joe Guy is a nationally published author,

newspaper columnist, story teller

and historian.

He may be reached via email at

guyjd@hotmail.com or at

PO Box 489,

Englewood, TN 37329.

Joe's books are available for purchase. 

If you are interested please contact him

at the email address above.

 

 

 

We most certainly appreciate Joe's generosity in contributing these historical articles for use on this web site.

 

ARTICLE LINKS

White Street (Athens)

The Van Dyke Legacy of McMinn County

What's Out in Brock Hollow

A Decision in 1819 (the Hiwassee Purchase)

The Forgotten Tribe of the Hiwassee (The Yuchi)

The Remarkable Life of Niota's Isaac Lane

A Hidden History of Christmas

Balconies of Stone

The Grave Mystery of Cedar Grove Cemetery

Duel on the Kingston Road

When “Whiteways” Were All the Rage

The Most Prominent Builders in East Tennessee

Cornstalk's Indian Confederacy

The Murder Case That Doomed the Cherokee parts 1 & 2

The "Great Hailstone" of 1932

The Maplewood Cane

Caleb Starr's Tennessee Mountain

Joseph McMinn's Other Grave

The Cleage Slaves and the Bricks of History

Jesse's Uncle Daniel

The Church and School That Jake Cook Built

When The Light Shone on Ridge Road

Gray Faces and Few Words

When The Enemy Was Right Next Door

Englewood's Starlight Movie Theater

Hymn of the Slave Trader

Inside the McCulley Mausoleum

The Legend of Madoc

A Grave of Ice, A Grave of Fire (the story of Jenkins Grave Gap)

The History of Saliba's Sanatorium

Freehill-A Forgotten Community

Names of White on a Sea of Blue

A Hidden History of Christmas

The Last Battle of the Cherokee