Roane County families and the Century Farm Project

Today is the first time I've read about Tennessee's Century Farm Program in existence since 1975. It honors Tennessee farm families who earn at least $1000 a year in revenue from a farm their family has owned continuously for 100 years or more with at least ten remaining acres belonging to its original owner. First managed by the state's Department of Agriculture, in 1985, the program was turned over to the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University.

At least three Roane County, Tennessee farms are honored by the program (though more may qualify because submission of the paperwork is strictly voluntary. Roane County Century farms include the EDGEMON Brothers Farm near Erie, established by Robert CAMPBELL in 1829; the MARTIN Farm south of Kingston, established by James JOLLY in 1830; and Valley View Farm between Rockwood and Harriman, established in 1848 by Eliza and Margaret MARTIN, Jr.

Middle Tennessee State's website contains a little more information about each of the three farms and the lines of descent of its owners | here |.

christmas in august rockwood tennessee style

 



on the first weekend of december every year, many rockwood, tn residents open the doors of their homes to visitors for the rockwood christmas tour of historic homes. i've heard about it for a couple of years, and since the moment i heard, i've been telling myself that i need to make my roane county visits coincide with it - at least once. until her sudden death last year, a distant cousin, sara grasham mee, was one of the tour's organizers. in doing a search on my ellis family today, i came across a wonderful set of pages that let me remember sara and let me tour some of rockwood's homes any time i want. they're all part of a site called rockwood 2000+ :

• an introduction to the tours which explains what they're all about is here


• on that page, too,is a photo of my cousin sara (in red, on the left)


• part of a news release for the 2005 tour was a tribute to sara link


• photos of the homes that were featured last year are here


• the photos for the 2004 tour include many indoor shots and give, i think, a better flavor of the kind of celebration the tour really is. the 2004 pages can be accessed here

♥ and maybe my two favorite albums - because i feel like i'm walking around rockwood - are here and here [this last one is a two-page pdf brochure with a walking tour of the town.♥

harriman newspapers - results from the tennessee newspaper project

tennessee newspaper project catalog search page

this is a wonderful resource for finding out who holds copies of local (historical) newpapers.

a key word search will give you the locations of the institutions holding historic newspapers as well as the dates and format of those holdings. using the key word, harriman, got the following list of results for harriman, tn papers (i have removed call numbers and some other details from these results):

citizen (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
detail holdings: <1904:10:19,11:2,1905:2:15>
summary of holdings: 1904-1905

east tennessean (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
detail holdings: <1906:1:4,18>
summary of holdings: 1906

harriman daily advance.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
detail holdings: <1894:1:26-27,>
summary of holdings: 1894


harriman daily advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
oclc#: 16936596
place of publication: tennessee -- roane -- harriman
frequency: daily
detail holdings: <1893:1:11-21,25-5:29,31-6:30>
summary of holdings: 1893


harriman observer.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1908:10:22-29>
summary of holdings: 1908

harriman observer.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
detail holdings: <1908:1:30>
summary of holdings: 1908

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1900)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
detail holdings: <1902(suppl.),
1903:3:27,1908:3:6,1940:7:18-8:,1949:5:5,
1959:1:1-1961:11:23,12:7-1972:10:26>
summary of holdings: 1902-1972

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1900)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
detail holdings: <1957:10:24>
summary of holdings: 1902-

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1902:12:19> <1904:2:26>
<1908:8:21,> <1957:10:24-31>
 <1961:10:5> <1965:8:5-26,>

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1902:12:19> <1904:2:26>
<1908:8:21,> <1957:10:24-31>
<1961:10:5> <1965:8:5-26,>

harriman record (harriman, tenn. : 1980)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: microfilm master
detail holdings: <1980:4:24-6:26,7:10-1987:11:19,
12:3-17,31-1988:11:17,12:1-1990:11:15,29-1991:11:21,
12:5-1992:11:19,12:3-1993:11:16,30-1994:11:15,
29-1995:11:14,28-12:19,1996:1:9-11:19,12:3-1997:11:19,
12:3-1998:1:6- summary of holdings:
 1980- 

harriman tribune.
holding library: knoxville pub lib - mcclung coll
copy: original call #: detail holdings: <1894:5:10>
summary of holdings: 1894

harriman weekly advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: microfilm master
detail holdings: <1893:1:5-5:25,6:8-15,
29,1894:10:11,1895:12:26,1900:3:1>
summary of holdings: 1893-1900

harriman weekly advance.
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: weekly
copy: original
detail holdings: <1900:3:1>
summary of holdings: 1893-1900

today's news (harriman, tenn.)
holding library: tenn state lib & arch
frequency: daily
copy: microfilm master
call #: har116-136
detail holdings: <1971:9:7-1978:5:4>
summary of holdings: 1971-1978