Old Hickory, Tennessee - The Powder City of the World// PODCAST

Old Hickory Village down around Nashville Tennessee - is a thriving neighborhood today, but once was a boom and busy town with a population of 35,000 - and run down to around 500 over night - which once held the largest smokeless gunpowder operation in the world - with the Du Pont company.
The diary of Lou Cretia Owen can be found and read -
Courtesy Tennessee State Library & Archives.
Lou Cretia Owen's diary
Lou Cretia Owen Papers, 1918-1919
35
ID 43261
Location: I-D-1, Folder 1
Item is in the Public Domain - l
More was written about Old Hickory - from an interesting article found at the Tennessee State Library Archives Website - titled "Old Hickory Gun Powder Plant" by Jack Humphrey - and I'll post a link below.
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All music for production was used from Pixabay royalty free music - no attribution required with content ID attached - I'll come back and give attribution for each song - though not required by the license - I feel the artist deserve mention. -- I'll post attribution by 1/20/24 - thank you.
1. Beautiful Contemplation - by RomaRecord1973 - this piece was on the royalty free music there - and was a fantastic guitar part - you can find it at a couple spots in the video and audio - mainly right before the mention of spies in the local plant at 26:30-28.21
2. For When It Rains - by Juan Sanchez - used during some of the sad scenes outlining the Spanish Flu - another beautiful piece used from royalty free music on Pixabay - you can hear this at 26:30-28:21

[@JohnnyRhett]

I was born and raised in Old Hickory Village. I’m actually sitting in a parking at the corner of Lawrence St and 9th ave in the village right now… almost every house in the village, are the original homes. The guard posts still exist on the bridge that enters the village. The original shopping center in the village burned down 2 decades ago due to arson. The layout of the village was designed for specific purposes. The village is split in half, with Hadley Ave being the main road. One side of Hadley housed workers and execs. The other side housed families. Riverside drive has the biggest homes, built for execs. The home I grew up in, is on Hadley Ave. This town is full of memories. I don’t live in the Village anymore, but the connection is still there, and I spend a lot of time driving through the Village, or sitting in a parking lot.

[@midwestghosttown]

I absolutely love that you responded to this in the comments! What a fascinating history. I knew the neighborhood was still there...I ran into the story while researching the DuPont Powder facilities and the connection to company towns....amazing to have a former resident catch the podcast. Oh the stories I'm sure you have! Thank you for stopping by a d commenting.