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Thanks for an interesting piece of history. Although I was a history major in college I had never heard of the incident before. I will have to do a little more research on the subject. Has anyone written a book about the "war?" I would certainly be interested in reading it.

Wow... I have lived 30 miles from there for the last 13 years and never knew anything about it

Thanks for sharing

Interesting history of things in that whole area of TN. over to the West of there in Rhea Co. was the Scopes/Monkey trial.

was the old "walking tall" movie based on this incident, a different incident, or completely made up?

Sycamore

The "Walking Tall" movie(s) was/were very loosely based on a completely different but basically true incident that occurred in McNairy County located over in the western part of TN on the TN/MS state line. In the original "Walking Tall" movie, Joe Don Baker, played the part of sheriff, Buford Pusser.

Thanks for the thread. I haven't thought about that in a while.
That example is truely the reason the Second Amendment was drafted into the Constituion....
The father of a friend that I grew up hunting with in Tellico Plains TN was a participant in the siege. His dad is Bill White, He owns the old tellico lodge property between the bald river falls and the fish hatchery on the tellico river. He was one of the returning GIs that took over untill the federal gov could take control of the situation. If you want more insite heres one book that I know of that was written on it.
http://www.amazon.com/Swifter-than-eagles-battle-nonfiction/dp/0938212001

I read this after I posted......



The Walking Tall roots had nothing to with the siege in athens....

great restaraunt in athens called the country patch. good country cooking. it burnt down but it was rebuilt.