Based on actual events occurring December 5th, 1856 in Dover, Tennessee. The following portrayals would have been very hard to photograph. THE EXCITEMENT Chapter 1 “Turn with me in your Bibles, if you will, to Isaiah 1:15 and follow in the scripture.” “And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from […]

Chapter 2 THE MONKEY AND THE IGUANA When we reached the house Drew went by the fireplace to sit.  Once there, he soon fell asleep.  Mama went about her regular Sunday after Church routine of helping Miss Elly with the chores.  They sat on the side porch rocking, talking, and separating the last of the […]

Chapter 3 Great Western Days Proverbs 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. July 1854 “Miss Eleanor, you and Samuel get ready to come with me, if you like, to the meeting house.  Mr. Brandon Elam says his brother, Luke, is coming across […]

Chapter 4 Riverboat Days Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength and the beauty of old men is the gray head. Monday morning and fifty Monday mornings came and went.  The men worked hard and the Great Western Furnace prospered like its name, greatly in its first year of operation. After just […]