|
Recent Articles
- Clarksville Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of February 1st, 2015
- Tennessee County Unemployment Rates for December 2014
- Austin Peay State University Women’s Track and Field have big day at Thundering Herd Invitational
- Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for February 1st, 2015
- Top 10 Gifts your heart will love for American Heart Month
- NASA launches Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory into orbit around Earth
- APSU Governors Basketball falls at home to Southeast Missouri Redhawks 70-64
- Austin Peay State University Lady Govs Basketball offense clicks in 70-62 win over Southeast Missouri Redhawks
- 264th Combat Communications Squadron soldier returns home from Liberia, Ebola free
- Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Tai Chi program to begin at Crow Community Center February 3rd
- AAA Urges Motorists to Celebrate the NFL Super Bowl Safely
- Grant Leaver, Ed Bunio, Bob Bradley inducted into APSU’s Athletics Hall of Fame
- Clarksville Police Officers Gather to Support of a Local Girl Diagnosed with Leukemia
- Austin Peay State University Men’s Golf picked second, Women’s Golf seventh in OVC preseason poll
- Major General Gary Volesky awards Maintenance Duo for keeping Joint Forces Command – United Assistance running
- Austin Peay State University Women’s Tennis loses close one to Evansville Purple Aces
- Partners Join Statewide to Remind Tennesseans to Avoid Destructive Decisions This Super Bowl Weekend
- NASA studies how Fluids move in Microgravity aboard International Space Station
- APSU Men’s Tennis beats Abilene Christian Wildcats, 6-1
- NWS reports Wintry Travel Conditions possible for Clarksville – Montgomery County Sunday Night and Monday Morning
Official Sites
- City of Clarksville, TN
- Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council
- Clarksville Department of Electricity
- Clarksville Gas and Water Department
- Clarksville Montgomery County School System
- Clarksville Police Department
- Clarksville, Montgomery County Economic Development Council
- Clarksville, TN Ordinances
- Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library
- Fort Campbell, Ky
- Montgomery County Animal Control
- Montgomery County, Tennessee
- Montgomery County, Tennessee Sheriff's Office
- Parks after Dark
Topic: Mississippi River
Battle of New Orleans Commeration to kick off in Clarksville Tennessee with keelboat sendoff
November 6, 2014 | 
Clarksville, TN – On November 13th, 1814, a group of Tennessee Militia rendezvoused at Nashville to join Gen. Andrew Jackson in what has come to be called the Battle of New Orleans. They left Nashville on November 18th, 21st, and 23rd and marched to Clarksville, where they boarded flatboats for the long journey to New Orleans.
On November 15th, 2014, two hundred years later, Clarksvillians will again send Militia volunteers on a 40-fort keelboat replica down the Cumberland to re-enact that famous battle in New Orleans.
The keelboat Aux Auc under sail
«Read the rest of this article»
American Queen to dock again at Clarksville’s McGregor Park, Friday
Clarksville, TN – The American Queen of the American Queen Steamboat Company will be making another stop at McGregor Park on October 31st.
Make your way down to the Cumberland River on Friday, and you can see the largest steamboat in the world dock. There you can take look at the massive American Queen, a “genteel, floating antebellum mansion”, as their website describes it.
American Queen back in Clarksville, Friday
«Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville Beginnings – Part 2: Revisiting the Massacre at Sevier Station; In Their Own Words
Clarksville, TN – I love history and find it fascinating – and you must enjoy it as well or you would not be reading this article! Yet, I could listen and listen to someone who is alive and well with me today go on ad nauseum about the dry facts from the past and get absolutely nothing from it.
But, to hear the very words of those who lived before us – those priceless journals, letters, and testimonies – that is gold to me! It is amazing to be able to peak into their minds and hearts for just a moment and experience with them the joys, the struggles, the hopes, and the pain of the experience of life.
That is what we have with the story of the lives of Valentine Sevier, his family, and community – their own words.
Sevier Station
«Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is November 20th, 2013
The 116th meeting.
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Topic: “The Arkansas Post Campaign”
Battle of Arkansas Post/Fort Hindman
«Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is June 19th, 2013
The 111th meeting
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Topic: “The Tullahoma Campaign And its Effects on the War, June-July 1863”
Union General William S. Rosecrans
«Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is April 17th, 2013
The 109th meeting.
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Medical Center. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00 pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Topic: “Grant’s Canal in the Vicksburg Campaign”
Ulysses S. Grant
«Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville Montgomery County Library has Civil War Photo Contest Exhibit on Display
Clarksville, TN – A winning photograph of cannon at Fort Donelson by Clarksville Middle-school student Miles Wilbur is among photographs currently on display at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library as it hosts the photo exhibit “Living Legacies: Capturing the Scenic Beauty in Tennessee’s Civil War Heritage.”
The exhibit is located in the library’s first-floor alcove (behind the fiction section). At the end of May the exhibit will close and move to the Obion County Public Library.
“Ready to Fire” by Miles Wilbur, Palmyra, TN – 7th grade, Montgomery Central Middle School, Clarksville, TN
«Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission amends Commercial Fishing Proclamation at March Meeting
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved an amendment to the commercial fishing proclamation among business at its March meeting held Friday at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Region II Ray Bell Building.
TWRA Assistant Fisheries Division Chief Frank Fiss presented Proclamation 13-02. The amendment added black carp to the list of commercial fish species, modified commercial fishing hours on embayments of Kentucky Lake, and changed gillnet mesh size regulations. «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee State Parks’ Restaurants Open Thanksgiving Day
Enjoy Food, Friends and Family for a Traditional Holiday Meal at Eight State Parks
Nashville, TN – Spend less time in the kitchen and more time with friends and family, while surrounding yourself with Tennessee’s natural wonders during this season of thanksgiving.
Once again, Tennessee State Park officials are pleased to announce that all eight state park restaurants will be open Thursday, November 22nd, serving their annual Thanksgiving Day feast.
Thanksgiving turkey and all the traditional trimmings, along with an assortment of desserts, will be available beginning at 11:00am until closing at state park restaurants across Tennessee. «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee State Parks Announce Special Winter Rates
Offering convenient quality accommodations at an exceptional value
Nashville, TN – Tennessee State Parks will offer special winter rates for 360 villas and cabins, along with six state park inns from November 15th, 2012, through March 15th, 2013.
With a state park within an hour’s drive of just about anywhere in Tennessee, families and groups seeking unique recreation opportunities and high-quality accommodations can find the perfect getaway – all at an exceptional value and a bit closer to home. «Read the rest of this article»
Personal Controls
Now playing at the Movies
- American Sniper
- Big Hero 6
- Black or White
- Into the Woods
- Mortdecai
- Paddington
- Project Almanac
- Selma
- Strange Magic
- Taken 3
- The Boy Next Door
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- The Imitation Game
- The Loft
- The Wedding Ringer
Archives
Local Community
- Clarksville Community Concert Association
- Clarksville Family Magazine
- Clarksville Kiwanis Club
- Comedy on the Cumberland
- Dunbar Cave State Natural Area
- Friends of Dunbar Cave
- Gateway Chamber Orchestra
- Leadership Clarksville
- Magic at the Museum
- Tennessee Alliance for Progress
- The Customs House Museum
- The Leaf Chronicle
- The Roxy Regional Theatre
Affiliated Web Sites
Full