HISTORY PURSUITS

The majority of local-history museums in the area are small, but they are mighty in number. Their scope includes everything from mining to military to African-American history. Here are some of the places around Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama that help tell the story of the tri-state.

› 6th Cavalry Museum, Fort Oglethorpe,Ga.

› Arrowheads/Aerospace Cultural Center, Manchester, Tenn. › Bandy Heritage Center, Dalton, Ga.

› Battles for Chattanooga Electric Map and Museum, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

› Beersheba Springs Historical Society Museum, Beersheba Springs, Tenn.

› Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center, Chattanooga

› Charles Hall Museum, Tellico Plains, Tenn.

› Chattanooga African American Museum

› Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.

› Chieftains Museum/ Major Ridge Home, Rome, Ga.

› Chief Vann House, Chatsworth, Ga.

› Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum, Crossville, Tenn.

› Ducktown Basin Museum, Ducktown, Tenn.

› Dunlap Coke Ovens Park, Dunlap, Tenn.

› Emery Center, Dalton, Ga.

› Englewood Textile Museum, Englewood, Tenn.

› Fort Payne Depot Museum, Fort Payne, Ala.

› Gilmer Arts Gallery, Ellijay, Ga.

› Gordon-Lee Mansion, Chickamauga, Ga.

› Grundy County Heritage Center Museum, Tracy City, Tenn.

› Grundy County Miners Museum, Palmer, Tenn.

› Hamilton House, Dalton, Ga.

› Harris Arts Center, Calhoun, Ga.

› International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, Chattanooga

› Jasper Regional History Museum, Jasper, Tenn.

› Louisville & Nashville Railroad Station/ Museum, Etowah, Tenn.

› Marion County Coal Miners Museum, Whitwell, Tenn.

› McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, Tenn.

› Meigs County Historical Museum, Decatur, Tenn.

› Military Memorial Museum of the Upper Cumberland, Crossville, Tenn.

› Mitchell Museum, Tullahoma, Tenn.

› Museum Center at Five Points, Cleveland, Tenn.

› Oak Hill and Martha Berry Museum, Rome, Ga.

› Old Jail Museum, Winchester, Tenn.

› Old Stone Church Museum, Ringgold, Ga.

› Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, Manchester, Tenn.

› Red Clay State Park, Cleveland, Tenn.

› Rhea County Courthouse and Museum, Dayton, Tenn.

› Rome Area History Museum, Rome, Ga.

› Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, Vonore, Tenn.

› South Pittsburg Heritage Museum, South Pittsburg, Tenn. › Sweetwater Heritage Museum, Sweetwater, Tenn.

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Tabor House and Civil War Museum, Ellijay, Ga. › Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga

› Vonore Heritage Museum, Vonore, Tenn.

› Walker County Regional Heritage/Train Museum, Chickamauga

› Wayne-O-Rama, Chattanooga