THIS TIME ON TENNESSEE CROSSROADS, GRETCHEN BATES GOES TO CUMBERLAND GAP TO VISIT THE OLD MILL B&B.

TAMMI ARENDER HEADS TO WATERTOWN HOME OF WALKER CREEK TOFFEE.

THEN ITS OFF TO JACKSON WITH KEN WILSHIRE TO DISCOVER A MOVING STORY ABOUT PRESERVATION.

THEN TO LASCASSAS WITH ROB WILDS TO MEET A TALENTED PINSTRIPE ARTIST.

THAT'S THE LINE UP FOR THIS EDITION OF TENNESSEE CROSSROADS.

I'M JOE ELMORE.

WELCOME.

♪ >> IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY THERE WERE NO LESS THAN 3000 MILLS IN OPERATION IN TENNESSEE FOR EVERYTHING FROM TEXTILES TO GRAIN.

WELL, TODAY, ONLY A HANDFUL OF THESE HISTORIC MILLS ARE STILL IN OPERATION.

GRETCHEN BATES WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO CUMBERLAND GAP TO MEET A FAMILY THAT NOT ONLY KEEPS THE TOWN MILL RUNNING, THEY USE IT TO RUN A COZY B&B.

>> CUMBERLAND GAP IS AN EASY TOWN TO MISS IF YOU'RE IN A HURRY TO GET FROM TENNESSEE TO KENTUCKY OR VIRGINIA.

IT SITS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF THOSE THREE STATES BUT THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO IN THIS HISTORIC TOWN THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO STAY THE NIGHT AND I KNOW JUST THE PLACE.

>> KATRINA >> WE HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS NOW.

>> GRETCHEN >> KATRINA AND HER MOM HESTER, ARE THE UNEXPECTED OWNERS OF THE OLD MILL BED AND BREAKFAST IN CUMBERLAND GAP, TENNESSEE.

UNEXPECTED BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED THEY HADN'T PLANNED ON STAYING VERY LONG, MUCH LESS BUYING THE PLACE.

>> KATRINA >> THE GIRL THAT WAS A FRIEND OF OURS AND SHE CALLED AND ASKED IF WE'D COME OVER AND HELP AND WE'RE LIKE OKAY, AND SHE CAME OVER AND, WE CAME OVER AND SHE SAID I'M PACKING.

I SELLING, I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.

WE ENDED UP GETTING IT FROM HER AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING SINCE.

>> HESTER >> I HAD NINE MINUTES WORKING AT ASPEN RESORTS UP THERE SO I PRETTY MUCH RUN IT AS I WOULD A RESORT.

I DIDN'T STAY AT A BED AND BREAKFAST BEFORE.

MY SISTERS IN LAW HAVE.

WE BOUGHT IT AND HAPPENED TO GO TO HERS AND GO OH, I GUESS I SHOULD SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A BED AND BREAKFAST, WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

>> HESTER AND KATRINA, THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CAN DO DUO THAT KEEPS THIS OLD MILL BED AND BREAKFAST RUNNING AS A RESORT BUT AS COMFORTABLE AS YOUR OWN HOME.

EACH OF THE ROOMS HAS ITS OWN NAME REMINISCENT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ITS HISTORY.

>> KATRINA >> DANIEL BOONE, THAT'S A LOT OF THE KIDS' PERSONAL FAVORITES BECAUSE IT'S GOT BUNK BEDS MADE OUT OF TREES, IT HAS A QUEEN SIZED BED.

>> GRETCHEN >> THERE ARE SEVEN ROOMS IN ALL, EACH WITH THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE AND FEEL.

FROM THE RUSTIC CABIN TO CREEK SIDE WITH ITS ROMANTIC VIEW OF THE WATER WHEEL.

>> KATRINA >> THE CABIN IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.

ALL THE ROOMS ARE NICE BUT TO ME THE CABIN JUST FEELS MORE HOMEY, MORE PERSONAL.

RELAXED FEEL.

ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITES.

PROBABLY THE PINNACLE, ITS GOT THE NINE FOOT WINDOW, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK OUT AND SEE THE MOUNTAINS, SEE THE PRETTY COLORS IN THE FALL.

>> GRETCHEN >> THERE'S JUST AS MUCH HISTORY HERE AS THERE IS NATURAL BEAUTY.

THE BED AND BREAKFAST WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A ONE ROOM CABIN IN THE 1700'S.

AS THE CABIN PASSED HANDS ROOMS WERE ADDED AND THE HOME TOOK ON A DIFFERENT PURPOSE FOR DIFFERENT OWNERS.

>> HESTER >> FIRST TIME IT WAS SOLD WAS 1905 SO WE'RE GUESSING IT WAS PROBABLY A BOARDING HOUSE BECAUSE BACK THEN YOU WOULD BRING IN BORDERS AND WITH THE TRAIN STATION AT THE END OF THE STREET THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD MONEY FOR THEM YOU KNOW, FOR 25 CENTS YOU COULD SPEND THE NIGHT AND HAVE BREAKFAST.

>> GRETCHEN >> PERHAPS WHAT REALLY MAKES THE BED AND BREAKFAST SO UNIQUE ASIDE FROM THE LONG HISTORY, IS THE WATER WHEEL AND WORKING MILL THAT SITS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THIS HISTORIC HOME.

>> HESTER >> THIS IS THE HOPPER.

YOU NEED A BLACKSMITH AND YOU NEED A MILLER OR YOU DON'T HAVE A TOWN SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM AND THEY WERE PRETTY PREVELANT.

BUT NOW, TENNESSEE IS DOWN TO PROBABLY 10 OR 12 WORKING HISTORIC MILLS AND THAT'S KIND OF SAD.

THEY'RE KIND OF COOL.

THE MILL ITSELF IS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE IN THE 40S.

>> GRETCHEN >> A DEVELOPER ACQUIRED THE MILL AS PART OF A LAND DEAL IN CHATTANOOGA.

IT TOOK A PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR AND A STATE PATROL ESCORT, TO MOVE THE 20 FOOT WATER WHEEL ALL THE WAY FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ITS FINAL HOME IN CUMBERLAND GAP.

>> HESTER >> WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WE WERE TOLD IT DIDN'T WORK.

WE WERE TOLD THEY TRIED TO RUN IT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT AND THAT IT SHOOK SO BAD THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD KNOCK THE HOUSE OFF THE FOUNDATIONS SO WE NEVER DID ANYTHING WITH IT.

WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT A LITTLE TINY MILL AND WENT IN AND THE GUY WAS GRINDING CORN AND I GOT TO TALKING WITH HIM, VERY NICE MAN, I SAID WELL WE HAVE ONE BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.

HE SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR STONES ARE TOUCHING.

I SAID IT CAN'T BE THAT AND HE SAID YEAH, IT COULD BE.

OKAY.

HE SAID WHY DON'T YOU GET A HOLD OF THIS ASSOCIATION THAT I'M A MEMBER OF, IT'S PRESERVATION OF OLD MILLS SO I CALLED AND THEY GOT ME IN TOUCH WITH THIS PERSON, THAT ACTUALLY GIVES HANDS ON CLASSES.

>> GRETCHEN >> AND THIS IS WHERE HESTER'S HUSBAND PETE COMES IN.

LIKE A LOT OF MEN PETE THOUGHT HE'D BE SPENDING HIS FREE TIME REBUILDING OLD CARS WITH HIS SON BUT HESTER HAD OTHER PLANS.

>> DAD >> THIS WAS MY SON AND MINE'S PROJECT.

WELL WE WERE GOING TO DO A '74 FORD BRONCO AND MY WIFE SAID NO, GET THE MILL RUNNING.

>> KATRINA >> DAD TOOK THE CLASS AND CAME BACK AND STARTED TEARING THINGS APART.

MOM IS FREAKING OUT.

SHE'S LIKE HYSTERICAL.

IT'S OKAY IT ALL COMES A PART.

WE TOOK IT APART AND CLEANED IT AND STARTED US GRINDING.

>> DAD >> THAT BOYS AND GIRLS IS HOW YOU MOVE 2000 POUNDS.

>> HESTER >> IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE SPEED OF THE WATER BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER THAT TURNS THAT STONE, BECAUSE THE STONE A 2200 POUNDS SO IT NEEDS A LOT OF TORQUE TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO GO.

THERE'S TWO STONES, THE BED STONE AND MAIN STONE AND THEY TURN AGAINST EACH OTHER SO THEY'LL GRIND IT AND IT COMES OUT THROUGH THE BOTTOM.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

NEVER RUNS THE SAME WAY TWICE.

IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT THAT YOU CANNOT RUSH IT.

TEMPERATURE MAKES A DIFFERENCE, HUMIDITY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

MY ATTITUDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

IN ITS HEYDAY IT COULD DO 300 POUNDS OF CORN AN HOUR.

THAT'S A LOT OF CORN.

WE DO GRITS AND WE DO CORNMEAL SO WE MIX THE BLUE AND YELLOW TOGETHER SO WE CALL IT OUR OWN SPECIAL BLEND OF TENNESSEE SAND.

THIS MORNING WE DID STUFFED CROISSANTS, SCRAMBLED EGGS, BACON, ORANGE CRANBERRY, CORN MUFFINS SHAPED LIKE OWLS AND YOU CAN ADD CHEESE GRITS WHICH IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITES, A STICK OF BUTTER AND A LITTLE BIT OF SALT.

GRETCHEN >> MMMM, CHEESE GRITS SOUND GOOD.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE B&B GUESTS THAT GET SERVED BREAKFAST AT THIS INN.

>> KATRINA >> WE HAVE RAINBOW TROUT, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.

MOM KEEPS SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO END UP IN A FRYING PAN BUT I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE LOST HER CHANCE THIS TIME.

>> GRETCHEN >> THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE OLD MILL BED AND BREAKFAST, WHETHER YOU COME TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FISH, TO EAT THE HOME GROUND GRITS OR TO SPEND QUIET TIME IN NATURE.

>> KATRINA >> IT'S JUST A UNIQUE PLACE.

I MEAN, IF YOU WERE VERY HISTORIC, YOU LIKE THE HEIGHT AND OUTDOORS.

THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE.

YOU'RE IN THREE STATES BASICALLY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, WHETHER IT'S WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING, EVERYBODY COMES HERE TO TAKE THEIR PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE MILL WHEEL, TO FEED THE FISH WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS, EVERYTHING.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS TOWN.

♪ >> NEAT PLACE.

THANKS A LOT, GRETCHEN.

LIFE SURE GETS SWEETER WHEN YOU CAN TURN YOUR HOBBY INTO A LIVELIHOOD.

THAT'S WHAT A COUPLE IN WATERTOWN DISCOVERED, WORKING OUT OF A RESTORED HISTORIC BUILDING DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE NOW MAKING THEIR UNIQUE VERSION OF TOFFEE FOR THE MASSES.

TAMMI ARENDER DROPS IN FOR A TASTY VISIT.

♪ >> COPPER CONDUCTS HEAT BETTER THAN ANYTHING.

IT STAYS HOT REAL FAST AND STAYS EVEN.

>> YOU HAVE 290 YET?

>> ALMOST.

>> LET'S GO.

>> TAMMIE >> BRUCE MOTZ SOUNDS LIKE A SURGEON.

>> CALL IT DONE?

CUT THE HEAT, WE'RE DONE.

>> TAMMIE >> INSTEAD OF A PERSON ON THE OPERATING TABLE, HE HAS A TABLE FULL OF TOFFEE.

>> BRUCE >> IT'S AN OLD FAMILY RECIPE.

I STARTED MAKING IT 30, 35 YEARS AGO.

AND CONTINUE.

>> TAMMIE >> BRUCE AND HIS WIFE KATHY NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D EVER HAVE A CANDY BUSINESS.

BRUCE IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

KATHY WORKED WITH UPS AND HAD NEVER EVEN TRIED TOFFEE BEFORE SHE MARRIED BRUCE BUT WHEN PEOPLE STARTED PLACING ORDERS FOR THE HOMEMADE SWEET TREAT, WALKER CREEK CONFECTIONS WAS BORN.

>> BRUCE >> THE BUSINESS KIND OF GREW ORGANICALLY.

THAT WAS THAT ONE PERSON THAT SAID CAN WE BUY SOME?

THE PEOPLE THEY SOLD IT TO SAID CAN WE BUY SOME AND IT JUST SORT OF SPREAD LIKE THAT.

>> KATHY >> HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY WOULD ASK ABOUT THE CANDY AND I HAD NO IDEA.

THEN I FOUND OUT.

>> TAMMIE >> SO YOU MARRIED HIM BEFORE YOU KNEW YOU HAD A GOOD COOK OR A GOOD TOFFEE MAKER.

>> KATHY >> NO, NO, I MARRIED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A GOOD COOK AND MADE WONDERFUL TOFFEE.

>> TAMMIE >> MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM COOKING IN HIS HOME KITCHEN ON THE BANKS OF THE WALKER CREEK, TO COOKING COMMERCIALLY TOOK GETTING USED TO.

>> BRUCE >> I HAVE THROWN AWAY HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF THAT STUFF.

CANDY IS MORE CHEMISTRY THAN COOKING ACTUALLY.

BUTTER AND SUGAR DON'T REALLY WANT TO PLAY WELL TOGETHER.

THEY JUST DON'T.

SO YOU HAVE TO FORCE THEM TO DO THAT.

>> TAMMIE >> SO BRUCE GETS HIS CAVENNOUS COPPER POT, FILLS IT WITH THREE INGREDIENTS, WATER, SUGAR AND BUTTER AND LETS SCIENCE TAKE OVER.

WELL, SCIENCE AND SOME PERSEVERANCE WITH A PADDLE SPOON.

JUST BEFORE IT REACHES 295 DEGREES, HE ADDS ALMONDS.

>> KATHY >> BRUCE HAS BEEN MAKING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS, HE HAS A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

IT HELPS SO MUCH TO HAVE A KITCHEN HERE WHERE WE CAN REALLY CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL BUT IT IS TRULY A SCIENCE.

>> BRUCE >> I'M WATCHING THE CONSISTENCY AND I'M SMELLING IT.

I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR TELLTALE SIGNS OF BURNING ON THE SIDE OF THE POT.

>> TAMMIE >> AFTER THE BOILING MIXTURE HITS THE COOLING TABLE IT'S ROLLED DOWN TO ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH.

THEN KATHY PAINTS IT WITH DARK CHOCOLATE.

A FINISHING TOUCH IS ALMOND DUST.

THE TOFFEE SETS UP IN A MATTER OF MINUTES BUT THE CHOCOLATE NEEDS TO SET FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE IT'S TAKEN TO THE CRACKING TABLE.

I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU.

BUT I HAVE WAITED AND WATCHED.

I NEED TO TRY A PIECE OF THIS NOW.

CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE?

I'LL GIVE YOU A PIECE.

THANK YOU.

OH, I CAN'T WAIT.

HMMM.

THAT IS DELICIOUS.

THE BUTTERYNESS.

THE DARK CHOCOLATE.

IT IS WONDERFUL.

IT'S A HARD CANDY BUT ALSO SOFT AT THE SAME TIME AND IT'S JUST LIKE, JUST MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH.

THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS HARD CANDY IS IT WAS MADE IN A HARDWARE STORE THAT WAS BUILT AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND USED TO BE THE CENTER OF WATERTOWN.

>> KATHY >> PEOPLE BOUGHT THEIR WEDDING DISHES HERE.

YOU COULD BRING YOUR HORSES UP TO THE BACK.

THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WENT ON IN THIS BUILDING.

THERE WERE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THE COAL STOVE AND HAVING THEIR SOCIAL TIME HERE.

>> TAMMIE >> MANY ITEMS FROM THE AMERICAN HARDWARE COMPANY REMAIN.

THE OLD BOXES THAT HELD THE NAILS AND SCREWS.

THE DISTRESSED WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES.

THE OLD TIMEY LIGHT FIXTURES.

>> KATHY >> IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE FEEL OF THAT AND SOME OF THE ITEMS AND THINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE BUILDING ALONG WITH MAKING IT MODERN ENOUGH SO THAT WE COULD RUN OUR BUSINESS IN HERE.

>> BRUCE >> BEING IN THE BUSINESS I'M IN, WE DO A LOT OF RESTORATION WORK AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE OLD BUILDING.

IT CAME UP FOR SALE AND I BOUGHT IT AND YOU KNOW WE'RE STEWARDS OF THIS OLD BUILDING AT THIS POINT.

>> TAMMIE >> AND GOOD STEWARDS THEY ARE, UTILIZING THE TABLES FOR THE DISPLAYS OR FOR PACKAGING PURPOSES.

IT'S A GREAT MARRIAGE OF THE OLD BLENDED WITH THE NEW, BUT BRUCE SAYS IT'S NOT THIS OLD BRICKS AND MORTAR THAT MAKE THIS COMPANY, IT'S THE PEOPLE.

>> BRUCE >> THOSE LADIES TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF THIS PLACE.

THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.

I GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE GUYS IN THE CREW BACK THEREFORE MAKING THIS BUSINESS A SUCCESS.

>> TAMMIE >> IN HIGH SEASON LIKE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, THEY EMPLOY 12 PEOPLE, ONE OF WHICH IS KERRY MOONEYHAM AND SHE'S SO PUMPED ABOUT THE PRODUCT SHE'S WRITTEN A SONG ABOUT THEM.

>> KERRY >> WALKER CREEK, FINE CANDY, YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR IT CAN COME IN HANDY, IF YOU HAVE UNEXPECTED COMPANY OR JUST NEED LITTLE SWEET TREAT TO EAT.

OUR ALMOND TOFFEE HAS GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ADDICTED TO THAT SPECIAL CRUNCH, BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE SNACKING ON THE SOFTER SIDE, OUR GOURMET CARAMELS BLOW YOUR MIND.

>> TAMMIE >> YES SHE MENTIONS CARAMELS IN HER CANDY CAROL.

WALKER CREEK NOW CARRIES UNIQUE BLENDS OF THE OOEY GOOEY CONFECTION, MAKING SOME JUMP FOR JOY.

>> KATHY >> WE HAD BEEN TO A FESTIVAL BUT WE HAD TO MAKE SOMETHING WITH BOURBON OR BACON AND WE DECIDED TO MAKE A BOURBON CARAMEL AND THAT HAS BECOME ANOTHER BIG PART OF THE BUSINESS AND ALSO A LOT OF FUN.

>> TAMMIE >> SO EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS THE CUSTOMER GETS A TREAT.

WHETHER IT'S CARAMELS OR TOFFEE IT'S SURE TO MAKE YOUR HEART SING.

> WITH LOCAL GOODS TO FIND, FREE SAMPLES TO TRY, BUT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN CHECK US OUT ON LINE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE AND DANDY WHEN YOU'RE EATING WALKER CREEK FINE CANDY > THANKS, TAMMI.

BY THE WAY THE WATERTOWN STORE IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.

THE FOLKS OVER AT CASEY JONES VILLAGE IN JACKSON ARE ALL ABOUT PRESERVATION.

IN FACT THEY'LL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SAVE A PIECE OF IT.

KEN WILSHIRE WENT THERE RECENTLY TO DISCOVER A MOVING EXPERIENCE ALL IN THE NAME OF PRESERVATION.

♪ >> KEN >> IF THE WALLS OF THIS HISTORIC OLD ANTEBELLUM HOME IN A QUAINT TRENTON, TENNESSEE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD TALK.

OH, THE STORIES THEY COULD TELL.

I MEAN IT'S MORE THAN 175 YEARS OLD.

WITH STUNNING GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE.

FOURTEEN FOOT CEILINGS, ORIGINAL WOOD FLOORS AND SO MUCH MORE.

AND WHEN YOU'RE INTO PRESERVING HISTORY LIKE CASEY JONES VILLAGE CEO CLARK SHAW IS, ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS DISCOVER THAT THIS STORY COULD BE LOST FOREVER.

>>CLARK >> WE LEARNED ABOUT IT THROUGH THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE JACKSON SUN, THAT THIS HOME WAS ABOUT TO BE LOST TO HISTORY.

THE CHURCH THAT OWNED IT NEEDED TO EXPAND ON THE LAND THAT THIS HOME WAS ON FOR AN EXPANSION PROJECT, AND THEY TRIED TO WORK IT INTO THEIE MINISTRY FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND JUST WASN'T WORKING.

AND HAD NOT.

AND SO WE READ IT IN THE MEDIA ABOUT THIS HOME THAT WAS ABOUT TO BE DEMOLISHED.

>> KEN >> WELL THEY CALL IT PROVIDENCE HOUSE AND CLARK SHAW COULDN'T GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVED IN TRENTON, SO HE DECIDED TO MOVE IT.

THE PLAN WAS TO TAKE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE FROM TRENTON TO THE CASEY JONES' VILLAGE IN JACKSON WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE JUANITA COULD BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

PEOPLE TOLD HIM IT COULDN'T BE DONE.

NEVER TELL CLARK SHAW SOMETHING CAN'T BE DONE.

>> CLARK >> WE LOVE HISTORY.

WE JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KIND OF REMEMBER AND PRESERVE THAT HISTORY FROM WHICH WE CAME, AND TO SEE HOW PEOPLE LIVED AND WORKED SO MANY YEARS AGO.

YOU CAN'T BUILD THIS, YOU CAN'T BUILD THIS CHARACTER INTO THESE HOMES, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE REAL DEAL AND THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.

>> KEN >> SO, HOW DO YOU MOVE A 175 YEARS OLD TWO-STORY HOUSE?

WELL, CLARK CONTACTED MOVING COORDINATOR JOE MITCHELL WHO EVEN HAD HIS DOUBTS.

>> JOE >> HE HAD THE VISION.

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I'M LIKE NO, NO WAY TO MOVE THIS HOUSE.

BUT, WITH HIS VISION, WE GOT EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

MOVERS, THE DEMOLITION GUY, EVERYTHING JUST WORKED OUT GREAT.

♪ >> JOE >> TO CUT THE HOUSE IN TWO.

WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO UPSTAIRS AND PUT FLOOR JOISTS ACROSS ALL OF THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE THAT WAY WE COULD CUT THE HOUSE RIGHT UNDER THE FLOOR JOISTS.

OTHERWISE WHEN WE RAISED UP THE TOP THE WALLS WOULD JUST FLOP.

THE HOUSE IS POST AND BEAM.

IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT HOUSE TO MOVE.

BECAUSE OF THAT.

YOU JUST COULDN'T LIFT IT UP.

EVERYTHING WAS PEGGED TOGETHER.

THERE WAS VERY FEW NAILS IN THE HOUSE.

EVERY CORNER POST IN THIS HOUSE ARE 12 X 12 TALL, APPROXIMATELY 29 FEET TALL.

FROM THE BOTTOM FLOOR ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.

THERE WERE EIGHT OF THOSE SO WE HAD TO GO AROUND AND SLICE ALL OF THOSE IN TWO IN ORDER TO LIFT THE HOUSE UP, THE SECOND FLOOR UP.

TO TOP IT ALL OFF NOBODY IN THE CREW HAS NEVER DONE, HAD EVER DONE THIS BEFORE SO IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.

YEAH.

>> KEN >> THEN WAS TIME TO OPEN ITS DOORS AND WELCOME ITS FIRST VISITORS.

AND SINCE THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE PROVIDED A VIEWING DECK FOR SPECTATORS DURING THE 1862 CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF TRENTON, TENNESSEE, IT WAS FITTING THAT GENERAL US GRANT PLAYED BY DR. E.C.

FIELDS, BE PART OF THE CEREMONY.

>> US GRANT >> THIS HOUSE IS WHAT IS CALLED A WITNESS HOUSE.

PEOPLE SAT ON THIS ROOF AND WATCHED BEDFORD FORREST PERSONALLY COMMANDING TROOPS AGAINST MY TROOPS IN THE TRENTON AREA.

THIS IS SPECIAL AND PRECIOUS TO JACKSON, TO TENNESSEE, AND TO OUR AMERICAN HISTORY IN GENERAL.

THIS IS A JEWEL.

>> KEN >> BUT PROUDEST OF ALL IS THE SCRAPE FAMILY.

MICHAEL SCRAPE IS THE GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF JAMES T SCRAPE WHO BUILT THE HOUSE IN 1837.

>> MICHAEL >> YOU CAN'T EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION TO THE SHAW FAMILY WHAT THEY DID.

I'M LIKE CLARK, I BELIEVE IT WAS PROVIDENCE FOR THEM TO DO THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS.

IT JUST FASCINATES ME EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE.

>> PROVIDENCE HOUSE IS ANOTHER HISTORIC ADDITION TO THE CASEY JONES' VILLAGE WHERE CLARK'S FATHER'S DREAMS OF PRESERVING HISTORY BECAME REAL.

>> CLARK >> IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY TO BE PART OF HELPING SAVE THIS PIECE OF HISTORY.

MY FATHER, BROOK SHAW, WAS IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING HISTORY WHEN HE STARTED OUR OLD COUNTRY STORE 47 YEARS AGO WITH THOUSANDS OF SOUTHERN COUNTRY STORE ANTIQUES HE COLLECTED, LATER YOU KNOW OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HISTORIC CASEY JONES' HOME AND RAILROAD MUSEUM.

LITERALLY HELPING SAVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED IN THE MID-'70S AND WE RELOCATED THAT TO THE VILLAGE HERE AND NOW IT'S A PART OF THE HISTORY AND THE LITTLE WELLWOOD COUNTRY STORE THAT MY FATHER WORKED IN AS A BOY, TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH HIM AND THEN TO KNOW THAT'S HERE NOW, THE LITTLE 107 YEARS OLD CHURCH THE COUNTRY, FROM HAYWOOD COUNTY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE AND BRING HERE AND NOW THIS WONDERFUL OLD HOME.

>> KEN >> PROVIDENCE HOUSE WILL BE USED AS AN ELOQUENT SETTING FOR ACCOMMODATING WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS AND OTHER MEMORY CREATING EVENTS.

IT'S TRULY BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS WHO KEPT ITS STORY ALIVE.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO AT THE CASEY JONES' VILLAGE.

>> HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW A PERSON'S PERSONALITY IS OFTEN REFLECTED IN THEIR VEHICLE?

MAYBE ROWS OF BUMPER STICKERS, BIG SHINY WHEELS, MIGHT EVEN HAVE A LITTLE ART WORK ON IT.

WELL ROB WILDS WENT TO LASCASSAS TO MEET AN ARTIST WHO HELPS HIS CUSTOMERS MAKE A PERSONAL STATEMENT WHEREVER THEY TRAVEL.

♪ >> GEORGE >> IF I WON THE LOTTERY I'D PROBABLY DO THIS FOR NOTHING BECAUSE I TRULY ENJOY IT.

YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE LOVE FOR IT TO DO IT.

>> ROB >> WHEN GEORGE WILLIAMS IS AT WORK THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET.

THE WHISPER OF THE AIR BRUSH AS HE CREATES HIS WORKS OF ART IS ABOUT ALL YOU HEAR.

WHICH IS PRETTY UNUSUAL BECAUSE GEORGE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT HIS WORK AND HIS ART.

AND GEORGE HAS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

HE AND HIS WIFE PAM RUN THEIR COMPANY VISUAL EDGE, AND HE'S KNOWN AROUND THE NATION AS ONE OF THE GO TO GUYS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTORCYCLE INTO A ROLLING WORK OF ART.

>> GOERGE >> I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THEY CAN PUT ON THAT MOTORCYCLE THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN HAVE.

IT TRULY PERSONALIZES IT.

THEY CAN CHANGE THE EXHAUST PIPES, THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR WHEELS BUT SOMEBODY CAN HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME SET.

I TELL THEM I HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE MAKING TWO SIDES ALIKE, LET ALONE TWO BIKES ALIKE.

WE JUST DID A $50,000 UNIT FOR A FELLOW WITH ALL SOUTHWESTERN ART, WITH THE INDIANS, THE FEATHERS, INDIAN CHIEFS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE DONE THEM AS MILITARY THEMES, SKULL THEMES, YOU KNOW IT JUST PORTRAYS PART OF THEIR PERSONALITY THAT THEY LIKE.

WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PETS ON MOTORCYCLES.

WE'VE, UH, DID A PARROT ON THE FAIRING OF A MOTORCYCLE.

A FULL DRESS MOTORCYCLE.

THEY BROUGHT PROFESSIONAL PICTURES OF THEIR MACAW, WELL IT WASN'T A MACAW.

SOME KIND OF PARROT I CAN'T TELL YOU BUT WE HAVE DONE A PARROT ON A CORVETTE BUT PEOPLE, AND SOME DECEASED.

WE HAD A FELLOW FROM AUSTRALIA WHO DID HIS DOG.

HE HAD BEEN A BUS DRIVER ALL HIS LIFE, TOUR BUSES.

HE HAD HIS DOG WITH HIM, HIS DOG PASSED AWAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE HAD THE DOG BUT WE PUT THE DOG'S PICTURE ON EITHER SIDE SO IT'S REALLY A PERSONALZATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

NOT SO MUCH A CUSTOMZATION FOR THE MASSES BUT A PERSONALZATION FOR THEM PROBABLY.

>> ROB >> GEORGE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR SOME OF HIS CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WITH THESE SPECIAL CUSTOMERS HE SHARES NOT ONLY A LOVE OF ART BUT ALSO A MEMORY OF HARD TIMES IN HARM'S WAY.

>> GEORGE >> A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR WORK IS GEARED TOWARDS THE POW, THE VETERAN IMAGE.

WE DID A VIETNAM VETERAN'S TRIBUTE CORVETTE, MINIATURE CORVETTE THAT ACTUALLY IS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY IN FRONT OF THE CORVETTE MUSEUM IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY.

A LOT OF BIKERS ARE VETERANS FIRST OF ALL AND OF COURSE THAT WAS THE DOMINANT PART OF OUR BUSINESS FOR SO LONG.

SO, THAT PARLAYED INTO A LOT OF EAGLES, A LOT OF FLAGS, POW EMBLEMS AND WITH A LOT OF THE RETURNING VETERANS THEY DO THE SAME THING AS THE VIETNAM VETERAN DID.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW THEY SERVED YOU KNOW IN A PARTICULAR AREA, WE DO A LOT OF UNIT PATCHES AND SOME MEDAL REPRODUCTIONS.

IT'S THEIR TRIBUTE TO THEMSELVES.

IT'S THAT PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW AND IT ACTUALLY IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S PERSONALIZED.

IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING PERSONAL FOR THEM.

IT'S NOT JUST A HAT OR A FLAG OR WHATEVER, IT'S SOMETHING SOMEBODY DID FOR THEM.

>> ROB >> GEORGE KNOWS HOW THE VETS FEEL.

HE IS ONE, SERVED HIS HITCH IN COUNTRY IN THE VIETNAM WAR, AND NOT TOTING AN AIR BRUSH, EITHER.

HE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT AND RETURNED TO THE WORLD A CHANGED MAN.

>> GEORGE >> FIRST OF ALL IT GAVE ME MY PRIORITIES.

AND IT, IT SHOWED ME THAT THESE THINGS ARE JUST MATERIALISTIC.

THEY'RE JUST A THING.

THEY CAN BE CHANGED.

THEY'RE NOT FOR EXAMPLE, LIFE AND DEATH.

AND ANYBODY WHO WAS THERE REGARDLESS OF THEIR JOB, I THINK IT HAD TO CHANGE THEM IN SOME WAY OR SHAPE THEM IN SOME WAY OR SHOW THEM SOMETHING.

IT GAVE ME A FOUND APPRECIATION FOR A LOT OF THINGS.

IT ALSO SHOWED ME THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE A BLESSING AND YOU DON'T ABUSE THOSE BLESSINGS AND YOU USE YOUR TALENTS THAT YOU'RE GIVEN AND ALL OF US HAVE GOT TALENTS IN CERTAIN WAYS.

>> ROB >> GEORGE HAS FACED OTHER CHALLENGES TO MAKING USE OF HIS TALENTS.

>> GOERGE >> I LOST MY EYE TO AN EYE DISEASE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.

I HAVE THE SAME DISEASE IN THE OTHER EYE BUT FORTUNATELY THIS PARTICULAR DISEASE AFTER YOU REACH A CERTAIN AGE JUST DON'T MANIFEST ITSELF AND I PASSED THAT, AND APPARENTLY IT WON'T MANIFEST ITSELF.

I LOST IT GRADUALLY WHICH WAS THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR IT.

I DO HAVE TO DO A FEW THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY DEPTH PERCEPTION BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY I DO IT AND REALLY TO BE HONEST I HAVE NEVER PAID ANY ATTENTION TO IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN, AS AGAIN, WE'RE GIVEN GIFTS AND WE'RE GIVEN TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOT AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF PEOPLE JUST LAYING DOWN AND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ANYBODY -- I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE DO A LOT MORE THAN I DO IN A LOT WORSE SHAPE AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT A FACTOR THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME.

I TELL PEOPLE I CAN DO THIS WITH ONE EYE CLOSED.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME A BIT.

>> ROB >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MEET GEORGE YOU GET THE FEELING THAT NOTHING BOTHERS HIM TOO MUCH.

YOU GET THE FEELING OF MEETING A HAPPY MAN, A MAN HAPPY WITH HIMSELF, AND HIS WORK, NEITHER OF WHICH HE TAKES TOO SERIOUSLY.

>> GEORGE >> ONE OF OUR GREATEST TRIUMPHS WAS A RESTORED MANURE SPREADER SO I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE RUN THE GAMUT.

>> ROB >> A GAMUT ORDERED BY BEAUTY AND COLOR, INSPIRATION AND FUN, CREATED BY GEORGE WILLIAMS OF LASCASSAS.

>> WELL, WITH THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME TO PACK UP AND GO BUT NOT BEFORE MY USUAL WEEKLY REMINDER FOR YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, TENNESSEECROSSROADS.ORG AND PLEASE FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT'S ON NEXT TIME.

KEN WILSHIRE GOES TO LITTLE ERIN, TENNESSEE, HOME OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAINT PADDY'S CELEBRATIONS.

THEN IT'S OFF TO DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE WHERE TAMMI ARENDER EXPLORES THE STATE'S OLDEST SHOPPING MALL.

THEN TO HISTORIC ROGERSVILLE WITH ROB WILDS TO EXPLORE THE HALE SPRINGS INN AND FINALLY TO CHATTANOOGA TO GET ABOARD THE RIVER GORGE EXPLORER.

GOING TO BE QUITE A SHOW.

THE NEXT TENNESSEE CROSSROADS, WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE YOU THEN.

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