Years ago, Loretta and her husband, Mooney, purchased the town of Hurricane Mills and made it their own. While Loretta was on the road, Mooney would go and purchase more property. The town has about 300 residents and a post office.
We walked up the hill to an exact replica of Loretta's Butcher Holler home. We were able to tour the home with our tour guide. It was amazing to see the size of the home compared to the number of people that lived in this home!
The old fashioned radio was prominent in the living room. You can picture everyone gathered around it on Saturday night to hear the Grand Ole Opry!
The "big" house was large, but modestly decorated. To me the furnishings were what every home would have had in the 70's and 80's. There were only a few lavish items. Many eccentric items, yes... but the majority was what you would find in your friends home's.
We passed by Mooney's office on our way into the house. It is still just the way he left it.
Loretta Lynn loved collecting many things, including collector plates, salt and pepper shakers, dolls, and more. She also never threw anything away – a throwback to yesteryear where you kept everything you own. That is pretty impressive, but not nearly as cool (or weird, depending on your taste) as Loretta’s collection of 1970’s-era Avon perfume bottles. I loved the salt & pepper collection.
Loretta also hosted a cooking show in her kitchen. To help with the small space, Mooney added onto the house to give room for tv cameras and crew members.
Very 1970’s, lots of orange and brown in the kitchen and the downstairs bathroom was all done in lime green right down to the sink and toilet!
The dining room was the most ornate room in the house!
Loretta's "writing room" was a real mix of everything. It does show how she did not get rid of anything.
The living room had family pictures on the wall, just like we all do at home!
As we left the house, we heard about her pretty in pink downstairs bedroom. Consider she was touring over 250 days a year and Mooney stayed in that pink bedroom!
Outside the house there was Loretta's Peacock coop. Notice that she has an albino peacock!
As you look throughout the Coal Miner’s Daughter Museum, you see a real depiction of the life of Loretta Lynn.
To me, it reminds me of the displays at the Country Music Hall of Fame. You can see the very dresses that Loretta herself designed and handsewn prior to meeting her designer, Tim Cobb.
Many of these dresses are timeless and could be in style even today.
We departed the ranch about 11am on TN 13. We headed north into the town of Waverly and then we turned east onto US 70.
After Benton County was created from Humphreys County in 1835, it was necessary to establish a county seat. At this point in history, the site of Waverly was shown on maps as Pavatts. The name Waverly was given by Stephen Pavatt because of his fondness for Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Waverly was incorporated in 1838. The population in 1838 was a mere handful, but the present population is estimated to be around 4,000.
We will be on US 70 for most of our travel today. It's part of the historic Civil War trails of Tennessee. Dickson was the next town we came to on our Two Lane Adventure. Dickson was officially chartered by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1925. The population listed in the 1900 Census was 1,363. Dickson owes its beginning and early success to the railroad. There was a large switchyard in the area of West End Avenue.
We followed Route 70 N through downtown Nashville. Yes, you read that right... we took the motorhome towing our car through downtown Nashville. What the heck, it was Sunday afternoon! I could not take any pictures, because I was focused on the directions, signs and the pedestrians!
The rest of our drive along US 70 was uneventful. Except the twisting turning road we got on to get to the campground! If Charlie asked me once, he asked me a hundred times, "Do we have to go back this way to get out of here in the morning?"
Arrived at Long Branch COE campground. Our home for the night. We love to stay at COE campgrounds. I have to say that this is the first time we can see the lower side of the dam from our campground!
Our site was large and backed up to the river! Stayed tuned for more #TwoLaneAdventures
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