On Saturday we came back and it was PACKED and I was surprised at how efficient and friendly the wait staff were regardless of their volume. We came two nights, Friday night was super slow and unfortunately the bone dipper sandwich left a bit to be desired, as did the brisket atop the Mac and cheese. I definitely enjoyed the chicken dip appetizer we had on our second night here. The pumpkin creme brûlée was an interesting twist and delicious. Don't get me wrong - the mac and cheese with beer cheese and bacon bread crumbs was probably the best Mac I've ever had. The food, surprisingly, is where I had to take a star off. The beer selection is pretty good, and the seasonal octoberfest beer and their autumn punch cocktail were both fantastic. I used to go there as a kid and they've definitely ramped up the interior but maintained the same hunting lodge feel. Can't comment on the distillery, or was closed for a private event. We bought some peach moonshine and it's really great. The liquor store is small bit effective, with a sleek modern interior and beautiful displays. The gift shop was a super smart move - they sell custom merch, t shirts, branded hats, even hot sauce that they serve in the restaurant. The outdoor bar does quick cheap drinks in plastic cups for those who want to hangout outside, the outdoor grill has a limited selection of burgers/cheap quick meals that are pretty tasty. They do a great job of catering to every age - we saw babies up to elderly people on site and it's definitely a family friendly environment. There's also a greenhouse with picnic benches to sit in, and PLENTY of seating on the meadow area in front of the stadium. Now, there's an on-site distillery, a liquor store, an outdoor bar, an outdoor grab and go grill, a gift shop, a stage and large outdoor area for concerts, music festivals, events etc. 10 years ago, they would brew in the restaurant behind the bar if I'm not mistaken. I haven't been back in a number of years and was SHOCKED at how much it's grown - it's basically it's own complex. Back then, it used to be one of the only stops on the way up to Wintergreen, and was a restaurant with a small brewing focus in the middle of a huge empty field. It's grown considerably since when I was a kid (around 2010). continue reading on Backbone is a great place to stop with your family. All the good land had already been purchased in the East.” “People wanted the opportunity to own their own land. “The Natchez Trace became the ‘Cradle of Southern Culture,’ where people from the Northeast and East Coast started out heading further southwest to find homes,” Turnbow said. (pronounced “Easy”) and his younger brother, David, find as the “men of the family” they have to quickly learn survival skills to provide for their mother and the community of people with whom they travel the dangerous route. Many influential people came through the Williamson County area on their way to New Orleans and other Southern towns, Turnbow said. In 1809, the southwest frontier offered land and possibilities. This is an early period of our history - a missing part the early history of Franklin.” “At that time, it started at Granny White, and the Indian Trail ran through Franklin to Leiper’s Fork at Garrison Creek and continued southwest from there. “The Natchez Trace had several different trails and roads,” Turnbow said. Meanwhile, the boys had a number of encounters, adventures and learned more about the wilderness they were about to enter. Perkins and her boys traveled down the Cumberland River to Nashville, where they disembarked and the boys experienced the first of many new adventures.Īfter meeting other families heading for the Natchez Trace and a new life, they joined their wagons and continued on to Franklin, staying at Whites Tavern on Margin Street - where the Old, Old Jail, aka the McConnell House, is now located - and waited for a few more families to join them. In his first children’s book, “Fighting the Devil’s Backbone The Shadow of E.Z.’s Fear,” Turnbow brings that piece of history to life with tales of “cutthroat” bandits, Indian raids and spies who terrorized those traveling along the Natchez Trace, better known as the “Devil’s Backbone.” It was one of the first highways built by the federal government. Just eight years earlier, in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson sent soldiers to convert the Natchez Trace, an old Indian trail running from Nashville to the busy seaport of Natchez, Mississippi, into a wagon highway. “Imagine the courage that took,” said Tony Turnbow, a Williamson County attorney turned historian and author. Read the full article on .Ī widow with two sons and no family to help her, Sarah Perkins faced a bleak future remaining in Pennsylvania with her boys in 1809, so she got them passage on a keelboat to Nashville.įrom there, they would take the Natchez Trace, which ran from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi and the southwest Mississippi frontier.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |