by B.L. Unkel | Jan 7, 2023 | History
Nashville, much less Tennessee in general, is rich with interesting history. Just look at the old Maxwell House Hotel. (If you read Did You Know This Coffee Empire Began When a Traveling Salesman Walked Into This Hotel?, you know Maxwell House Coffee was named after...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 10, 2022 | History
How much do you know about butter? Probably not as much as you think. Butter Contrary to popular belief by the young, butter doesn’t just magically appear on store shelves. It’s a dairy product produced by churning fresh—from real animals, usually cows—milk or...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 3, 2022 | History
Coffee—the lifeblood of millions. One man turned his hobby of making the perfect cup of coffee into a business. The Man Once upon a time (back in 1873), Joel Cheek worked for a wholesale grocery company as a traveling salesman. One day, one of his customers...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 26, 2022 | History
Today Dad turns ninety-five. He’s seen a lot of change during those years. It wasn’t always for the best, either. The “Old” Days Dad often talks about visiting his grandparents’ Tennessee farm as a child. He went most summers. He and his cousins played...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 22, 2022 | History
Some people don’t like history because they see it as a bunch of dates they had to memorize in school. Others believe history, being in the past, is not relevant to the present. But the past doesn’t have to mean the distant past, and certain pieces of information are...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 15, 2022 | History
Since October 7 was National Bathtub Day, it seemed timely to write a DYK on Bathtubs. Bathtub History It’s easy to think bathtubs are a relatively modern invention but think again. The first known bathtub dates back to 1700 BCE and the Palace of Knossos on the...
