Today we rode to Lawrenceburg.
Our granddaughter didn't have school today and wanted to go to a museum.
Just this year she has gotten interested in museums so we are always looking for a new one to visit.
Today we went to the James David Vaughn Museum located at the
Visitor Center 31 Public Square Lawrenceburg, TN 38464.
Opened Monday-Friday 9:30-11AM and 1-3PM call to get an appointment (931)762-8991
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A Piano, Microphone and Worship and Service Hymns of James D. Vaughn |
Sheets of his music: Gospel Chime, Working on the Road, Hills of Tennessee, Jesus Forgives and Forgets, I Believe in the Lord, Jesus is All I Need, Talk it Over with Jesus, Love Lifted Me, My Loved One sare waiting on me, Heaven Must be my new home, and O what a blessing he is to me.
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Vaughn School of Music |
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David Crocket Log Cabin (Closed for Repairs) |
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Old Jail Museum Waterloo St Lawrenceburg, Tn 38464 Opened only Tuesday-Friday 10-2PM Please call (931-212-1944) |
Upstairs are the jail cells the Sheriff's office and the home. You can walk inside the cells that once housed prisoners which Ave didn't like She would not go inside the prison cell blocks.
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News Paper Article about Sheriff Greg O'Rear killed by a prisoner. |
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Inside the cell with prisoners
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The museum had artifacts about people, places, Military Uniforms, School Uniforms, cameras of every shape and size, famous people from Lawrence County, Old Apple Computers, bicycles, quilts, etc. You just have to come to see for yourself.
Our historian could go on all day and never cover everything in this build. It is loaded with information about Lawrenceburg. Well worth a visit.
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A.L. Cantrell Lawrence Co Confederate Veteran I lived to be 112 years old Bet he had some stories to tell!
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People from Lawrenceburg went on to be famous or important in different fields.
Senior Texas Ranger Captain, Bruce Casteel (also Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Waco, Texas)
David Crockett 1786-1836 King of the Wild Frontier
James David Vaughn 1864-1941Gospel Song Writer
Silas Mercer Beasley 1834-1914 Early Settler
Rollie D. Beckham (1879-1978)
Fred Dalton Thompson 1942-2015 Actor, politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio personality
J.H. Stribling (1863-1951)Church leader, entrepreneur, financier