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SPECIAL THANKS

We'd like to extend a special thanks to the following folks who helped us make this project possible:

We'd like to that our funders USDA Rural Development , Tucker Foundation, Tennessee Department of Tourism Development, the Cracker Barrel Foundation, our sponors, and the numerous other private and public donors that made this Web site and it's promotion possible.

MMA Creative
Thanks to Darrell Kerley, Jesse Kaufman, Donna Zec and all the Web site programmers at MMA Creative for nuturing the idea of this project and making it a reality. 

Thank you Randy Williams of the Upper Cumberland Development District for giving this project the Edge, and thanks to all our members and partners who have always participated with the Alliance, and supported our efforts to pursue a more inclusive vision for the region's future.  

 

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Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex

Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex

The Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex includes the Lenoir Pioneer Museum, the18th Century Rice Grist Mill and Crosby Threshing Barn. The museum contains early American items including Appalachian artifacts, tools from the pioneer era, and a pre-dam pictorial account of the area submerged by the lake.

Things to see at the Lenoir Museum

Rice 18th Century Gristmill
Built around 1790, the gristmill survived four generations of usage by the Rice Family until 1935, when TVA bought the mill and its surrounding land that was going to be flooded by the lake from Rufus Rice and moved it to its present location. It is fully operational between April 15 & October 31.
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Caleb Croby Threshing Barn
Another historic structure dismantled and moved to escape the waters of Norris Lake, the Threshing Barn stood in the valley covered by the lake since 1830, until dismantled and and later errected at the state park in 1978. A must see for those interested in 19 century farm machinery.
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For More Information

2121 Norris Freeway
Norris, TN 37828

Phone: (865) 494-9688
Website: http://www.norrisdamstatepark.org/about/lenoirmuseum

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