Category: Blog

Historical records are happening all around the White House in Washington D.C. and the election of 2024 was not nothing different.

White House 2025 Inaugural Portrait

Republican 45th and 47th United States president Donald Trump has been no exception to another historical record!

President Donald Trump being elected to the oval office this past November allowed him to be the second United States President to ever be elected in two non-consecutive terms!

Donald Trump was elected in 2017 and left the White House in January of 2021.

So I know what you are all probably thinking, just who was the first United States President to ever be elected to the White House in two non-consecutive terms?

The answer is no other than President Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.

President Grover Cleveland was elected in 1885 and left office in 1889 and was re-elected after President Benjamin Harrison’s presidental term had ended for a second term from 1893 to 1897.

By Donald Trump being elected to office this past November, he became both the 45th and 47th President of the United States.

Have you ever seen a Bald Eagle in the wild eating it’s dinner or breakfast and just wondered how they know whether or not if their food is spoiled or if it’s safe to eat?! Let’s find out!

Bald Eagles can taste their food but they cannot smell their food very well so they depend on their taste to tell them whether or not their new found meal is spoiled or is safe and still okay to eat.

If a Bald Eagle tastes a certain food and believes that it is spoiled, the Eagle will turn away from the meal and will not eat it.

This being said Bald Eagles unlike other animals do not have a keen sense of smell to help them locate food so instead they depend on their incredible eyesight to help them hunt and locate food.

Bald Eagles live near marshes, lakes and rivers where they hunt and locate staple foods such as fish, turtles, waterfowl (such as ducks, loons and etc.), squirrels, rabbits, snakes and other small animals.

When a Bald Eagle selects and locates it’s meal the Eagle will then make a dive for its meal, diving at speeds of 75mph to 100mph.

After finding it’s dinner or supper as we say here in the South, the Eagle will decide whether or not they want to eat their meal where they found it or if they want to bring it back to the nest. It’s kinda like us when we decide whether or not we want to eat out or get it to-go.

I hope ya’ll all enjoyed learning this unique facts about these beautiful animals as they truly are one of a kind!

That’s right all you hunters all heard this exactly right, or did you?

It is law that hunters cannot hunt turkeys, elk, bear, deer, rabbits, quail, ducks, doves, grouse and etc. from their car but it is stated that hunters can legally hunt whales from your car in the state of Tennessee!

This law I truly find unique because well for one thing… They ain’t no wild whales in the state of Tennessee nor any ocean bordering the state of Tennessee!

That’s when I got to researching this statement as to whether it was indeed a fact or just plain fiction?

According to Tennessee law TCA 70-4-109, it is unlawful for anyone to hunt from aircraft, motor vehicles and watercraft in operation except as provided by law, rule or regulation or proclamation. Any violations of that section are a Class C misdeamor.

The misdeamor of hunting from a vehicle in Tennessee carries a penalty of 30 days in jail or a $50 fine and sometimes even both.

So with that being said, it is probably safe to say that it is illegal to hunt whales from your vehicle in the state of Tennessee as well.

However, if any of you hunters do stump across a wild whale while driving through the “volunteer state”, pull over and take a picture as you will need this to go along with your story when you tell your buddies that you see a wild whale on the side of the highway while driving through Tennessee.

Have you ever been trying to incubate duck or chicken eggs and sadly noticed a hairline crack in the shell and wondered whether or not that egg would hatch? Let’s find out!

Eggs with a hairline crack or cracks, the shell is broken and the egg’s underlying membrane is ruptured can unfortunately result in the dehydration and death of a embryo if left alone. However, there is some ways that we can help repair the egg!

Here is a few ways that we can help repair a fractured egg but first I wanted to go over something really quick!

Eggs that are open for a certain amount of time are at risk of bacteria and are likely infected. To help kill the bacteria on the egg before preparing it, simply add antiseptic around the egg.

One of the first ways that you can try to repair the egg is by using white glue to the hairline fractures or brakes in the egg.

Another way is by using candle wax! You can drip the wax directly from a melting candle onto the egg’s brake or you can shave some of the wax off of the candle into a bowl and microwave it until it gets warm. The warm wax will spread into the egg’s crevices and will seal the egg back up. However, only use as much wax as is needed because too much wax can make it difficult for the baby fowl to hatch.

Some people also use tape to cover up the brake as well.

Be sure to tend to the broken egg as fast as you find out that it is broken to help give the baby the best chance of life!

Vidalia onions are known in Georgia for their mild and sweet flavor. But did you know Georgia is the only state that can legally grow these Vidalia onions? And only in 20 counties.

In 1986 Georgia’s Legislation passed a law giving Vidalia onions legal status. So how did these sweet onions get invented here, if you will?

There was a farmer in the Vidalia, Georgia area in the year of 1931 by the name of Moses Coleman that had decided to plant a crop of onions to sell to the public. But when Mr. Coleman went to harvest his onions they were not at all what he was expecting them to be. Instead of having a strong odorous flavor they were really sweet and mild.

Since Mr. Coleman had grown these onions to sell to the townspeople he loaded them up and took them into town to sell them but no one wanted to buy them at first because of the mild taste. After much persuasion he was finally able to sell all of his onions at a much higher price than he had orginally planned. Since this was during the Great Depression this opened the other farmers eyes around him and they wondered if their land in the area would produce these sweet onions as well. And it did!

So, in 1940 the town of Vidalia started a farmer’s market and begin selling these sweet, mild onions to anyone that would come and word spread fast about these wonderful, sweet and mild onions.

The Vidalia onion was named as the state of Georgia’s official vegetable in 1990.

The Dan Lawson log cabin was constructed in 1856. Several additions to the home were later added on and the entire structure was covered in siding.

Dan Lawson was a postmaster of the Cove for over 25 years. For many years the post office of Cades Cove was ran inside of the center room of the Lawson cabin.

The small room on the front porch with an interior window is thought to have been where the Cades Cove residents came to pick up their mail.

Others wonder if the room was indeed an office for Dan Lawson because he was also the Justice of the Peace during this period.

What is known about the room is before either event occurred, the room was used as a “stranger’s room” for people passing by to be able to stay inside of the cove and his home.

Dan Lawson operated a store and owned one of the largest tracks inside of Cades Cove during this period of time.

In the 1890’s, Dan along with a few other residents constructed a telephone line into Cades Cove. This allowed many homes inside of the cove to have a telephone and for those who could not, the Lawson store had one on standby for anyone to use.