We began our journey in Pulaski, stopping at Walmart to pick up a few items and at Murphy to fill up with fuel.
We continued on Hwy 64 to Fayetteville, then took 50 through Lynchburg and Tullahoma, and finally took 55 to Manchester and McMinnville.
Hwy 56 to Smithville to I-40 to Hwy 70 is a very curved road to 53
We drove from I-40 to 840, then to I-65, to Saturn Parkway, to 412, and finally to 31 South, before heading home on US-43 South.
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| Welcome to Granville, Tennessee |
My husband and I rode to Granville, TN, a historic town on the Cumberland River.
Tennessee Mayberry Town. We bought tickets at $7 each to visit the Museum of Granville.
We first stopped at the Farm to Your Table Agriculture Museum. We saw farm equipment, milk trucks, tractors, a mural, and signs throughout the building telling the history of farming and Funeral Services in Granville.
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| T.B. Sutton Store |
Next, we stopped at the Sutton General Store, a two-story building with fixtures from the early 20th century.
They had ordered grilled hamburgers left over from the day before.
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Whistle Stop Saloon |
Next, we stopped at the Whistle Stop Saloon, where we learned that this building and area were used as offices by Dr. Wm B. Holmes, John B. Ragland used it as a Saloon during the Steamboat days, and Davis Huff used it as a General Store. CW and Martha Ramsey arrived at their home, and SW and Dorothy Powell placed a trailer on the property. Randall and Peggy Clemons purchased the property and constructed a building that was similar to the original one.
We visited a three-part museum highlighting the Andy Griffith Show, which featured characters such as Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Opie, Otis, Floyd, Gomer, Goober, and others.
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| I love Lucy |
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| Andy is getting his hair cut by Floyd. |
A part of that museum was dedicated to The I Love Lucy Show, featuring Lucy, Desi Arnaz, Ethel, and Fred Mertz with Little Ricky.
A third section was dedicated to Whiskey Decanter, a collection donated by several people.
The Barretts of Watertown collection of over 2,000 Jim Beam decanters.
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| I Love Lucy, the Andy Griffith Show, and the Jim Beam Whiskey Museums |
Gussie and Joe Miller of Cookville donated 3,000 decanters, including the Elvis Presley collection, which depicts the "King."
We also visited the Sutton Homestead, Granville Museum, the Daniel Barber Shop and Post Office, Clemons Car Museum, and the Tennessee Quilt and Textile Museum.
Lastly, we visited the Historic Granville Pioneer Village, which is full of museums and crafts.
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| Pioneer Village |
Sutton Service Station, Quilt benches at Pruett Stages, and Webster's barn that showcased farm equipment.
We learned how they grind corn into cornmeal at Ellen Grist Mill.
We saw a chicken house, an outhouse, and a smokehouse.
We saw the 1820-built Williamson Pioneer Cabin and walked through Pauline Carter Johnson Cottage Garden, where Tobacco, broom corn, and other vegetables were growing.
It was beautiful, but it got increasingly hot by the afternoon. We ran into rain on the way home.
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