The Other Side of Sewanee

By Makris Patricia Short

THE OTHER SIDE OF SEWANEE spotlights the town of Sewanee, Tennessee, and its people. Much has been written about the University of the South, but hardly anything is known about the town, its people, and the adjacent communities. The first residents on the Sewanee Mountain were the Creek and Cherokee Indians. They lived on the Cumberland Plateau when it was known as "The Nation". The first known white settlers were Jesse Barnes and George Smith who lived on the mountain before 1827. In 1856, the steepest railroad in the country was completed to the coal banks at Midway. The railroad brought the coal miners and railroad workers to the area. By 1860, the Episcopalians built the first log buildings associated with the University of the South. The Civil War soldiers burned all the cabins associated with the University of the South. After the war, the Episcopalians returned to the mountain and built the University of the South, and the town of Sewanee was born in the midst of a wilderness. By the 1870s, churches, schools, and stores had been built. People came from all over to be a part of the growing population of the mountain town. Even one of Queen Victoria's former guards lived in the village with a group of Confederate Veterans. There were people from all over Europe living on the mountain and operating businesses. 1n 1888, an order of Episcopal Nuns came and established a girls' school. In 1911, President William Howard Taft came to visit the beautiful town perched high upon the Cumberland Plateau.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002PS8EJO
• ISBN13: 9781628904246
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Dogwood Printing
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.