So nice of you to do all of these historic tours. I watch all kinds of videos of people walking about, but getting guided tours of places you’ve never been and may never be is so important for folks who can’t get out.
If you will notice at 7:03 the three story building across the street from the courthouse. The second story row of windows is where my office was for 11 years. I loved my view especially in the winters when it would snow. I had the perfect view when there were parades. I am retired now and still miss it.
As you may know the brick house at 22.30 on the video was the residence of the late great Appalachian / Jonesboro historian and well known published author Paul M. Fink. I was in that house in 1973 and talked to him about his relic and artifact collection. I highly recommend his books and I am a resident of nearby Telford.
He was not only a historian, he was also an avid outdoorsman, who helped popularize hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains and even helped to change the planned route of the Appalachian Trail from going from Mt. Kathadin in Maine to Mt. Mitchell in N.C. He said that would mean the trail would not go through some of the best parts of the Appalachians in the South. The Trail would eventually go from Kathadin to Roan Mountain, along the N.C. and Tennessee border to the Great Smoky Mountains and then on to Northern Ga.
I enjoyed your video. I was born and grew up in Jonesborough ( Jonesboro) when I was young. I lived about two miles out of Jonesboro in a small community called Jimtown. It’s to the south of Jonesboro. My grandparents lived in the west side building you showed west of the Inn that’s for sale. I graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1969. I soon left , now live in Cleveland , Ohio. I still have two brothers that live near Jonesboro.
So nice of you to do all of these historic tours. I watch all kinds of videos of people walking about, but getting guided tours of places you’ve never been and may never be is so important for folks who can’t get out.
If you will notice at 7:03 the three story building across the street from the courthouse. The second story row of windows is where my office was for 11 years. I loved my view especially in the winters when it would snow. I had the perfect view when there were parades. I am retired now and still miss it.
As you may know the brick house at 22.30 on the video was the residence of the late great Appalachian / Jonesboro historian and well known published author Paul M. Fink. I was in that house in 1973 and talked to him about his relic and artifact collection. I highly recommend his books and I am a resident of nearby Telford.
He was not only a historian, he was also an avid outdoorsman, who helped popularize hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains and even helped to change the planned route of the Appalachian Trail from going from Mt. Kathadin in Maine to Mt. Mitchell in N.C. He said that would mean the trail would not go through some of the best parts of the Appalachians in the South. The Trail would eventually go from Kathadin to Roan Mountain, along the N.C. and Tennessee border to the Great Smoky Mountains and then on to Northern Ga.
I enjoyed your video. I was born and grew up in Jonesborough ( Jonesboro) when I was young. I lived about two miles out of Jonesboro in a small community called Jimtown. It’s to the south of Jonesboro. My grandparents lived in the west side building you showed west of the Inn that’s for sale. I graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1969. I soon left , now live in Cleveland , Ohio. I still have two brothers that live near Jonesboro.
The now Academy Hill condominium building was originally Jonesborough High School. The building dates back to the mid 1920s.