Scott Bowers, Author at www.elizabethton.com

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Part Three of: A Tennessee Vendetta

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a multi-part series. Part One was published on Sunday, Feb. 5, and Part Two was published on ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Monday, February 27, 2017 9:15 am

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Part 2 of a Tennessee Vendetta: Fact of Farce

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a multi-part series. Part One was published on Sunday, Feb. 5. I hope you all caught part ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Monday, February 20, 2017 9:55 am

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Part One of: A Tennessee Vendetta: Fact or Farce?

Before I dive into this Carter County legend, it needs to be prefaced that this account has been hotly contested as fiction. The Louisville Journal ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Monday, February 6, 2017 9:32 am

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The Old Ways of Weather Predictin’

Let’s talk about the weather. Now hold on a doggone moment, don’t go off and take a nap on me yet. We’re not actually talking ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:26 am

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Remembering Civil War’s ‘women of uncommon valor’

It takes quite a bit of guts and grit to face the dangers of wartime. Often when we imagine these men, we envision a battle-scarred ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Saturday, July 4, 2015 10:28 am

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Tiger Whitehead’s nephew Andy earned bear hunter title, too

Most of Carter County’s inhabitants have at one time or another heard a tale of the legendary Tiger Whitehead, but hardly a peep about his ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Monday, June 22, 2015 10:12 am

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Elizabethton’s brightest star among pioneer women

Last weekend Sycamore Shoals State Park hosted the annual event “Siege of Fort Watauga.” I hope everyone took some time to visit some of the ... Read more

by Scott Bowers, Saturday, May 23, 2015 12:16 pm

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