Memories of Marion

    The Pryor Institute at Jasper was founded in 1887 and until 1910, was the only school in the county comparable to a high school.… Login to continue reading Login…

    For decades the Dixie Highway was the main thoroughfare for tourists coming from the Chattanooga area heading to Monteagle and on to Nashville. This… Login to continue reading Login…

    This picture was taken at the juncture of 4th Street and Cedar Avenue in South Pittsburg. This street scene of South Pittsburg dates… Login to continue reading Login…

    This real picture postcard of Proal’s Grade “A” Tourist Lodge at Kimball is postmarked April 24, 1940. The tourist lodge faced Jasper along… Login to continue reading Login…

    This 1940s image looks upstream toward Hales Bar Dam & Lock on the Tennessee River at Guild. The picture was no doubt taken from the… Login to continue reading Login…

    Shown here is the W. L. Kirkpatrick store at Copenhagen (Richard City) around 1908. The store carried everything from clotheslines to plow lines, and… Login to continue reading Login…

    James and Mabel Shook built Shooks Motel in the 1960s at Kimball near Turney Grocery. The motel was located on U. S. Highways 64-41-72, and… Login to continue reading Login…

    This circa 1930s postcard shows Highway 41 as it crosses the Sequatchie Valley heading into Jasper. The image was likely taken atop Anderson… Login to continue reading Login…

    The Ka-Mar Motel and Restaurant was located on U. S. 41 and 72 at the Dixie Lee Junction at Kimball. Owned and operated by Arthur… Login to continue reading Login…

    This real picture postcard shows what the U. S. Post Office South Pittsburg looked like in 1939, a mere four years after its… Login to continue reading Login…