Any tour of eastern Tennessee would be incomplete without a visit to the Museum of the Appalachia in Clinton, Tennessee, just sixteen miles north of Knoxville and on one of the new White Lightening Tennessee Trails this one called Thunder Road to Rebels Trail.  Truly a museum “village”, visitors will understand the social and cultural history of the resourceful and creative people of this area and all aspects of their everyday lives.

One reason the museum is such a wealth of information of area history, music, and farm life is the fact that its creator, John Rice Irwin, was born, raised and lived in this beautiful setting of rivers, mountains and nature....

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