by Leslie Sholly | Oct 27, 2014 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery isn’t exactly off the beaten track. It’s right next to the church of the same name, not far from Kingston Pike on Lyon’s View, just down the street from Cherokee Country Club. You’ve probably driven by...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 25, 2014 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
As I did last week, I asked Siri for advice on a nearby cemetery to visit, and she directed me to Branch Hill, just off the Pellissippi Parkway in the Solway community. In fact, this graveyard shares a parking lot with Solway Park (a place I’ve heard is a bit...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 24, 2014 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
Y’all, I’m getting so excited! Emily and I finished another section of Urban Wilderness Trails last weekend. We look to be on track to get our badges before the end of the year. And really, we will have walked way more than 40 miles, since walking all...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 11, 2014 | Graveyards, Knoxville
It’s a great title but I’m hoping that just because Google cannot tell me much about the graveyard I visited this afternoon it doesn’t mean that my local readers won’t be able to share some of its history with me. I would never have found...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 11, 2014 | Knoxville, Uncategorized, Walking in Knoxville
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that Emily and I have set a goal of walking all forty miles of the trails in the South Knoxville Urban Wilderness. Then we plan to walk the main trail, twelve miles, all in one day. Rain stopped is from walking...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 14, 2014 | Catholicism, Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
I spend a lot of time promoting South Knoxville trails on this blog, and rightly so, since South Knoxville to most Knoxvillians is the Undiscovered Country. But the fact is, it isn’t the only place to walk in town. And it’s a good thing, because I am...