Mar 29, 2013 | The Tennessean
Cumberland Road was nation's first federal highway
On March 29, 1806, President Thomas Jefferson, whose father, Peter, had been a surveyor, authorized construction of the first federally funded "highway," the Cumberland Road.
Patch Poll: Should High Schools Focus More on Vocational Education?
College has always been part of the American dream. Laborers didn't want their children to have to do manual labor.
FOCUS: American History -- The Noir Forties / Forbes Road
The Noir Forties -- The American People from Victory to Cold War by Richard Lingeman, Nation Books '12, $29.99, 420 pages, ASIN #1568584369. Index, notes, no bibliography, b&w images sprinkled through text.
Fire chief suffers heart attack while fighting house fireThe Forbes...
The Forbes Road fire chief is recovering after suffering a heart attack in the middle of battling a house fire.