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Welcome to The Cowan History Page!

Other Helpful Links:

Franklin County Historical Society
Sewanee Archives and Special Collections
Sherwood, TN History & Heritage

General History Articles:

Cowan: Its History and Heritage

The History of Cowan Fire Department

Cowan Branch Library

The History of Telecommunications in Cowan

Neighborhoods, Hamlets, Clusters, and "Wide Places in the Road"

Businesses and organizations:

Memories of Cowan Cafe
     Cowan Cafe Menu from about 1975

Forgy Brothers Department Store:  "We Buy and Sell Everything"

Church Articles:

Existing churches:

Cowan Church of Christ
Cowan Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cowan Fellowship Church
First Baptist Church
First Church of the Nazarene
Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Greenhaw Baptist Church
Hope Baptist Church
Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
New Hope Church of God in Christ
St. Agnes' Episcopal Church

Predecessor churches and closed/disbanded churches:

Boiling Fork Baptist Church
Cowan Methodist Episcopal Church
Cowan Methodist Church (predecessor to Cowan Fellowship Church)
Cowan Presbyterian Church (predecessor to Cowan Fellowship Church)
Rayburn Chapel A.M.E. Church
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Saviour's Mission (predecessor to St. Agnes' Episcopal Church)


People from Cowan

Harold Gene Black
"A gift that keeps on giving"
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W.W. Brakefield

W.W. Brakefield "Portrait of a Railroader"
     A three-part article by Evamaria Krischel

"Grandpa", by Agnes W Pearson
     Includes an explanation of the tractor seat in Cowan-Montgomery Cemetery
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Charles Couser, M.D.

Cowan Mourns the Loss of our "Doc"

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Bill Miller
Do You Know Your Neighbor?  Bill Miller
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Miss Ottie Shook

"When Europe Shook" Miss Ottie's trip abroad in 1929

Trip to Europe 1929:  images from Miss Ottie's scrap book

"When California Shook" Miss Ottie's summer at UCLA

"A New Car on the Price is Right"  Miss Ottie's game prize Mercury convertible
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Personal Memories and Recollections

"Christmas!" by Mrs. Leonard Warren

"Halloween Memories" by L. Jarod Pearson

"My Reminiscing Tea Cup" by Agnes W Pearson
Written in 1975 for Cowan's Bicentennial Celebration

School History Articles:

Acme Academy / Cowan Academy
Big Spring School - also known as the Miller Spring School
South Junior High - later renamed South Middle School
www.CityOfCowan.com
CowanCommercialClub.com

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The Sewanee Mountain Messenger
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Cowan Dental Clinic - Dr. Bryan Elkins, DDS - (931) 967-7092
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(931) 273-4126
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Melinda Drake, Agent License #2299033, 16 S. Jefferson, Winchester, TN, Tel: (931) 262-2024
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Click here for The Franklin House in Cowan
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Legal Hometown Herbs
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