By Anne Adams Today we shop for clothing or other personal items at a local big box store,  maybe at a smaller locally-owned shop or also...

By Anne Adams If you were a merchant in Athens in 1901 and you obstructed the sidewalk with a cotton bale you could be fined $25. Or if...

by Anne Adams Listed in the 1904 Athens City Directory, besides the names and addresses of city residents, there were also numerous...

By Anne Adams Suppose you lived in Athens about a hundred years ago, and you sought something unique in the way of entertainment?  Today...

by Anne Adams We see the name all over Athens – on maps, on buildings or in print and it all identifies us as living in Henderson County....

By Anne Adams In appearance it’s an antique chest of drawers, the four wide drawers opened with carved pulls, and there were two smaller...

By Anne Adams The circumstances seemed clear. There was a scene of a scuffle, traces of blood on leaves and tufts of hair on bushes, and...

Athens is famous for many different things. Perhaps you've heard of a few such as our being The Home of the Hamburger and The Black-Eyed...