A view from Fort Southwest Point Park in Kingston, Tennessee. The "Cherokee Cabin" is at the bottom right. You can also see Kingston's TVA Fossil Plant in in the background. Picture by the author. Native-American Roots, Records, and the Cherokee Nation in Roan County, Tennessee! Tracking your ancestors' journeys is always fascinating! You never know what you'll find or learn about a place until you stop, explore, and discover the historical events that shaped it. During a stay in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, we decided to spend a few days checking out the courthouse and other historical sites while researching my Stracener line and their allied family, the Kuykendalls. Of course, I am always thrilled to find that a county courthouse's records were not burned! Roa
One of the smaller mounds on top of Emerald Mound on the Natchez Trace near Natchez, Mississippi. Photo by author. Colonial Spanish From Childhood Wonder to Ancient Lives — The Mounds That Stay With You Traveling across the South, you see occasional road signs for Native American Mounds. We try to stop and visit each of them when we come across them. Mounds have been important to me since I was a child. We visited the LSU Campus many times since my father went to LSU, and my parents took us to the football games as soon as we were old enough to walk the long distance from the parking lot to the stadium. Two things on campus were always our favorites: Mike the Tiger and the mounds! At first, we
