Tennessee National Parks Archives

Meriwether Lewis’s Grave: A guide to his mysterious death

Steven Shaw2024-10-23T20:24:34+00:00Categories: Nashville, Tennessee|Tags: Lewis and Clark, Natchez Trace, Tennessee National Parks|

How did American hero Meriwether Lewis die? It's a mystery that is more than 200 years old. He is buried along the Natchez Trace in rural Tennessee, but no one knows for sure why.

Chickamauga’s Ghost: The Legend of Old Green Eyes

Steven Shaw2024-10-22T17:32:15+00:00Categories: Chattanooga, Georgia, Tennessee|Tags: Civil War, Georgia National Parks, Tennessee National Parks|

Old Green Eyes is an apparition that roam Chickamauga Battlefield. It's thought to be the head of a Confederate soldier forever searching for his body.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Legend of Spearfinger

Steven Shaw2024-10-17T16:36:12+00:00Categories: Knoxville, North Carolina, Tennessee|Tags: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina National Parks, Tennessee National Parks|

Spearfinger is a Cherokee legend. It's said the witch roams the Smoky Mountains in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina looking for children to eat.