Crocker Ridge, Bound and Determined
This is a story told me by Wayne Baskins — In 1961, a fella couldn’t start deer hunting legally until he was twelve years old. That’s why Jim Renfroe was all-fired delighted when his dad told him that come opening day, he (having recently celebrated his momentous twelfth birthday) could indeed carry his very own rifle into the woods, and accompany his father up on Crocker Ridge. Crocker Ridge, one of 34 high ridges...
The Hollywood Playboy Who Came to Town
Anyone who has seen the 1933 film King Kong may remember the actor Bruce Cabot who played rival to a giant gorilla for the romantic affections of Fay Wray. The role was his big break, made only two years and seven pictures into a Hollywood career that lasted 40 years. Yet, before stardom, he struggled a bit to find his place in life — which must have been a disappointment to his father, a most capable and ambitious man....
Paul Wing: True Hollywood Hero
On November 7th of 1940, as World War II seemed imminent, Paul Reuben Wing, a 49 year-old Hollywood filmmaker, decided to reenlist in the Army. In the previous war, he had advanced to the rank of Captain with the 19th Field Artillery Regiment of the Red Diamond 5th Division while seeing action in “five major battles and two minor engagements” during the victorious St. Miheil Campaign of September 12-16, 1918. Additionally, he served...
Henry Horton Trap and Skeet
The establishment of the Henry Horton State Park Trap and Skeet Range in Chapel Hill, Tennessee began with a conversation between Governor Buford Ellington and his good friend Sam Linton, a Marshall County industrialist and sportsman. Governor Buford Ellington Newly elected to his third, non-consecutive term, Governor Ellington asked Mr. Linton, “What can we do for Marshall County?” Linton replied, “Our community...
The Pointing Dog Social Club
The Pointing Dog Social Club is a 30-minute outdoor/musical variety show produced through a collaboration among WKRM Radio (Kennedy Broadcasting Company), lilDRAGON Entertainment, CountryRoad.TV, Marshall County Community Theatre, The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and Spotted Dog Productions. 🎥 The show is filmed and recorded at the famous Dixie Theatre, a classic 1930’s venue located in historic Lewisburg, Tennessee, The...
On Hot Days After the Dusty Mexican Squirrel Fight…
On hot days after the dusty Mexican Squirrel Fight, no one likes Yazoo — nor does he expect them to. He has been an incendiary and worked hard at it: heckling the mean, little Latin-tongued squirrels, tossing hickory nuts onto the mat breaking up the game…No one likes that; and when we go to Peggy’s for good lemonade and fried raising pie, he is not invited. Yet, he is there anyway — with Dwayne. I remember...