Oral History Tape 040

AUTHOR: Travillian, Roy.
TITLE: An interview with Roy Travillian Weakley County businessman and author /
PLACE: Martin, TN :
PUBLISHER: University of Tennessee at Martin, Paul Meek Library, Special Collections,
DATE: 1995
PUB TYPE: Recording
FORMAT: 1 sound cassette (38 min.) : analog, 2 track, mono. + 1 tape index (1 p. ; 28 cm.)
SERIES: Oral history tapes (University of Tennessee at Martin) ; 040
NOTES: Recorded by Weakley County State Bicentennial Committee at Martin, Tennessee, July - August 1995. A description of Weakley County and Carroll County, Tennessee from the late 1910's to the 1960's. Discusses the tornado that hit Ore Springs, Tennessee in 1917, the 1944 explosion at the Wolf Creek Ordinance Plant, the construction of the McKenzie and Gleason Cumberland Presbyterian Churches, the family-owned candy wholesale business and recollections of the people and events in northwest Tennessee.
SUBJECTS: Travillian, Roy.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (McKenzie, Tenn.)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Gleason, Tenn.)
Wolf Creek Ordinance Plant.
Candy industry -- Tennessee, West.
Weakley County (Tenn.) -- History.
Carroll County (Tenn.) -- History.
McKenzie (Tenn.) -- History.
Gleason (Tenn.) -- History.
Tennessee, West -- History -- 1901-1953 -- Sources.
Ore Springs (Tenn.)
OTHER: Vaughan, Wilbur.
University of Tennessee at Martin. Paul Meek Library. Special Collections.

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