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Beersheba Springs, Tennessee has a population of about 500 but holds a special place in the hearts of thousands. There are families that have been here since the first days of settlement in the 1830s and '40s; and, even though their descendants have spread across the nation, Beersheba retains a hold on their hearts. Around a core of antebellum summer cottages, another group of families has found rest and refreshment here for generations and brought scores and scores of guests. And new families and new homes have gradually been added. The Hotel – United Methodist Assembly stands at the center of the community and attracts many people to the mountain who have often formed a deep attachment t...
Beersheba Springs, Tennessee has a population of about 500 but holds a special place in the hearts of thousands. There are families that have been here since the first days of settlement in the 1830s and '40s; and, even though their descendants have spread across the nation, Beersheba retains a hold on their hearts. Around a core of antebellum summer cottages, another group of families has found rest and refreshment here for generations and brought scores and scores of guests. And new families and new homes have gradually been added. The Hotel - United Methodist Assembly stands at the center of the community and attracts many people to the mountain who have often formed a deep attachment to ...
A mineral spring on an Indian trace was discovered in 1833 by Beersheba Cain, an adventurous lady from McMinnville. It soon became the focal point of a 19th-century summer resort attracting visitors and cottage owners not only from Middle Tennessee but from as far away as Natchez. James K. Polk held a political rally here in 1840, but his wife could not come because the roads were too muddy. Key meetings in the development of the University of the South at Sewanee took place here. The Civil War destroyed the fortunes of most of the early cottage owners, but the buildings themselves, including the grand hotel, miraculously survived. More remarkably, something of the serenity of a by-gone age ...
A mineral spring on an Indian trace was discovered in 1833 by Beersheba Cain, an adventurous lady from McMinnville. It soon became the focal point of a 19th-century summer resort attracting visitors and cottage owners not only from Middle Tennessee but from as far away as Natchez. James K. Polk held a political rally here in 1840, but his wife could not come because the roads were too muddy. Key meetings in the development of the University of the South at Sewanee took place here. The Civil War destroyed the fortunes of most of the early cottage owners, but the buildings themselves, including the grand hotel, miraculously survived. More remarkably, something of the serenity of a by-gone age ...
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