#a2zchallenge Jonesborough, Tennessee on SkywatchFriday
Participating in the A-Z Challenge keeps me on my toes. I am making a sincere attempt in getting my posts composed the day before to near completion. I am a diamond in the rough when it comes to polishing my work. I find it necessary to go over my posts several times until I’m satisfied. Do you do this or are you an easy-as-you-pleasy, post popper?
For the alphabet prompt, I will share archived photos from 2012 of the small community Jonesborough, Tennessee.
We visited Jonesborough shortly after I got my big girl camera (Nikon D7000) in July 2012. These photos are not the best, but more importantly, I had fun experimenting with my new camera capturing pictures of a beautiful historic town.
The only building we went inside was the Chester Inn. The street level entrance accesses a museum. No sooner had we darkened the doorway when a summer cloudburst poured out buckets of rain. We enjoyed half an hour walking past articles of history while waiting out the rain. The gal behind the counter offered to give us a tour upstairs, but the staircase was too narrow to suit my claustrophobic self. In retrospect, I wish I had pushed past my anxieties and climbed that stupid staircase. The good news is Jonesborough isn’t far from us, so another time will make itself available for us to do just that.
Interesting facts about Jonesborough:
- Jonesborough is Tennessee’s oldest city established in 1779
- Listed as one of the top ten most haunted towns in America
- Storytelling Capital of the World
- Receives about 100,000 from around the world annually
- Home to a Natural History Museum at the Gray Fossil Site, where you can see the remains of shovel-tusked elephant, a semi-aquatic pot-bellied rhino, a saber tooth tiger, red panda, alligator, and a humpless camel.
When we were there in 2012 the streets were under construction. The city was burying utility lines underground to bring back the simplicity and charm from the 1700s era. According to Jonesborough’s officials, this job is complete. With that in mind, this will make another excellent day trip destination on weekend soon!
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6 Comments
lisa-marie
Great pictures! That’s a really beautiful courthouse! Thanks for stopping by my blog, and have a great day!
Julia
To me it is so amazing how now cities are burying their utility lines, when at one time utility lines were considered so forward looking. I imagine the city looks nicer without these, and often wish I could take a picture of a sunset without these obscuring the view. I would love to go to that museum, and maybe someday I will, but I do not get to travel much these days.
ladyfi
What a great town. Love that old Taylor house.
sarapoyfairphotography
Looks like a cute little town. I really like your blog, and your photography. I plan my posts out too. For the A to Z challenge I have a list of what I’m writing everyday, and I work on each one reading and re-reading several times. It helps that I’m married to an English teacher. He is always in my head as I write!
KVVS MURTHY
Great series of pictures….!
uberrhund
So much history in one place! If I am ever in the area I will make a point to visit Jonesborough!