A Fictional Account of Christmas 1868 Based on Documented Historical Facts Julia Ann Joines Carvell was a real Giles Countian and the great-great-great grandmother of Claudia Johnson, who hosts this page. Although no journal exists attributed to Julia Ann, everything...
The Pulaski Citizen, 1866-1898 The Pulaski Citizen has been in continuous publication since 1866. Its origins, however, can be traced back to December 1854, when Abe Watkins and George E. Purvis purchased the Pulaski Gazette and changed its name to the Pulaski...
The Sam Davis Theater Published April 28, 1937, Pulaski Citizen Before the picture show people start work on the new theater at the north-west corner of the Square, it might be interesting to notice the door to the basement room at the north-west corner of the...
Unexpected Visitor Was Giles Oil Driller in 1947 by Johnny Phelps, GILES PATHS, The Giles Free PressThursday, June 25, 1987-staff photo by Johnny PhelpsTommy Horne points to the remains of Giles County’s first oil well dug in 1947 at a cost of $200,000.Two weeks...
Willa McCord Blake Eslick Willa McCord Blake Eslick is best known as the first woman elected to serve in the U. S. Congress from the great State of Tennessee. That was in 1932. With the strong encouragement and backing of her family, friends, and a lifetime of civic...
