Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour

Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour Read the book and take the tour!

Based on the best-selling book Southern Ghost Stories: Ghosts of Gallatin, Allen Sircy leads a 90 minute walking tour around the haunted Gallatin Square.

Opening weekend is Sept 25th! Get your tickets now! Come find out why the Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour is rated the ...
09/14/2026

Opening weekend is Sept 25th!
Get your tickets now! Come find out why the Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour is rated the #1 Tour & Attraction in Sumner County according to TripAdvisor!

Built in 1815, Blythewood is one of Sumner County’s most historic homes, and supposedly one of its most haunted. During ...
09/14/2026

Built in 1815, Blythewood is one of Sumner County’s most historic homes, and supposedly one of its most haunted. During the Civil War, the house was used as a hospital following a skirmish between Confederate and Federal soldiers fought just behind the property, and bloodstains are still said to be visible in the old wooden floors. Decades later, Blythewood became the home of famed ragtime pianist Johnny Maddox, who learned to live comfortably with the house’s unexplained activity. According to friends and family, objects would occasionally disappear without explanation, but Maddox never became upset. He would simply tell the ghost that he needed the missing item back—and, within an hour or two, it would invariably turn up sitting on one of the stairs.

On this date in September 1794, men from frontier settlements across Sumner County, including Bledsoe’s Station joined a...
09/13/2026

On this date in September 1794, men from frontier settlements across Sumner County, including Bledsoe’s Station joined a militia campaign that would help bring an end to years of bloodshed along the Cumberland frontier. On September 13, 1794, the force moved south on what became known as the Nickajack Expedition, targeting the Chickamauga Cherokee towns of Nickajack and Running Water near the Tennessee River. For years, settlers around Sumner County and Nashville had endured raids, killings and retaliatory attacks as conflict between Native warriors and the rapidly expanding Cumberland settlements intensified. The militia expedition struck and destroyed the towns, dealing a devastating blow to the resistance based there. Although tensions did not disappear overnight, the Nickajack campaign marked a major turning point, effectively ending the prolonged period of organized frontier warfare that had shaped life in the Cumberland settlements for more than a decade.

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09/13/2026

The dates are locked in! Get your tickets now! Some dates will sell out!

Did You Know that Gallatin and Murfreesboro were once supposed to be connected by their own railroad? The Gallatin and M...
09/12/2026

Did You Know that Gallatin and Murfreesboro were once supposed to be connected by their own railroad?
The Gallatin and Murfreesboro Railroad was organized in 1867, with plans for a line running through Gallatin, Lebanon and Murfreesboro. The company sold stock and even surveyed the proposed route, producing a detailed hand-drawn map showing roads, churches, tollgates, waterways and the names of property owners whose land the railroad would cross. There was just one problem—the railroad was never built. Opposition from powerful railroad and business interests in Nashville, combined with the company's inability to raise enough money, eventually bankrupted the venture. Today, the surviving map offers a fascinating glimpse at a Middle Tennessee railroad that existed on paper but never carried a single passenger.

09/12/2026

Two more weeks until family fun at Shuckles! Just a short drive from Nashville in Greenbrier!

In 1968, a fire destroyed Roy Orbison’s Hendersonville home on Caudill Drive overlooking Old Hickory Lake. Two of his th...
09/12/2026

In 1968, a fire destroyed Roy Orbison’s Hendersonville home on Caudill Drive overlooking Old Hickory Lake. Two of his three sons, Roy Jr. and Anthony died in the blaze. Afterward, Orbison sold the property to his close friend and neighbor Johnny Cash, who promised him that he would never build on the site. Instead, the Cash family maintained the fruit trees and grapevines there, transforming the former homesite into what became known as The Orchard. After Johnny Cash died in 2003, neighbors and country music legends Marty Stuart and Connie Smith purchased the property from John Carter Cash and restored the struggling orchard; Stuart also added a cross marking the property as sacred ground while continuing to honor Cash’s promise to Orbison. Today, historical markers along the fence tell the story of a little patch of Hendersonville land forever connected to Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, tragedy, friendship and a promise that survived them both.

At the end of East Franklin Street stands the building known as the Plaster House. Exactly when and why it was construct...
09/11/2026

At the end of East Franklin Street stands the building known as the Plaster House. Exactly when and why it was constructed has long been a subject of debate among local historians and descendants of Judge Josephus Conn Guild. One tradition holds that Guild, his wife, and their five children lived there during the mid-1830s while their grander home, Rose Mont, was being built a little more than a mile away; another suggests that the building served as Guild’s office. A third theory claims the Plaster House was constructed from materials left over after Rose Mont was completed and became the judge’s in-town retreat—a sort of 19th-century “man cave” where he could entertain friends, talk politics, and enjoy a drink. According to legend, those visitors occasionally included two of Tennessee’s most famous political figures, Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, who supposedly joined Guild at the Plaster House to discuss horses, politics, and perhaps share a glass or two.

The Gallatin Mayor who Robbed a BankIn the early morning hours of March 20, 1914, Gallatin awoke to the shocking news th...
09/11/2026

The Gallatin Mayor who Robbed a Bank

In the early morning hours of March 20, 1914, Gallatin awoke to the shocking news that the First National Bank had been robbed of tens of thousands of dollars. Within weeks the investigation took an incredible turn. Mayor Will B. Brown, who also worked as assistant cashier at the bank, was arrested and charged with embezzling more than $30,000 from the institution. Another Gallatin man was accused of conspiring with him, raising suspicions about whether the mysterious “robbery” had been what it initially appeared to be. While surviving records don't establish that Brown staged the burglary itself, they do answer the biggest question: the mayor was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to seven years in prison.

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09/10/2026

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