tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post3966089601131315275..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: Chapels in the History of Altamont TennesseeBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-19335345761146255532017-05-04T16:49:11.685-05:002017-05-04T16:49:11.685-05:00i was so impressed with the mormans i met while in...i was so impressed with the mormans i met while in the navy, i wrote my english theme <br />paper on the MORMAN movement west. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604940506670767726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-33935955864078132182017-05-04T16:44:11.104-05:002017-05-04T16:44:11.104-05:00morman people are trustworthy, devout, and neighbo...morman people are trustworthy, devout, and neighborly. i served in the navy with a few. They were great sailors. can you imagine a sailor not drinking some alcohol. i knew some that did not. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604940506670767726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-78381688749900266582015-03-16T00:09:46.011-05:002015-03-16T00:09:46.011-05:00Thanks Alma. I'll spread the word around.Thanks Alma. I'll spread the word around. Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-30868353703930936272015-03-15T23:01:27.368-05:002015-03-15T23:01:27.368-05:00The Northcutts Cove building was damaged in the re...The Northcutts Cove building was damaged in the resent ice storms we had. Funds are being raised to make the repairs. Any one interested in making a donation can e-mail me at strawberry11723@gmail.com an I will send you the information.Alma Shoemakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-73469772773402315242015-02-22T10:21:15.334-06:002015-02-22T10:21:15.334-06:00You can go to grundycountyhistory.org for more inf...You can go to grundycountyhistory.org for more information, if still interested.Julie Goodinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09105334483465391218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-80926046427814144142015-02-22T10:15:53.713-06:002015-02-22T10:15:53.713-06:00My great-grandfather Lewis Fults built the church ...My great-grandfather Lewis Fults built the church building. He also owned a furniture store in town that still bears his name :)Julie Goodinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09105334483465391218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-83495631756413412652013-09-19T13:09:05.999-05:002013-09-19T13:09:05.999-05:00That is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.That is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-90559161239271934412013-09-18T19:52:36.608-05:002013-09-18T19:52:36.608-05:00I stopped by the old Northcutts cove Chapel today ...I stopped by the old Northcutts cove Chapel today with 2 young Sisters I had taken to a meeting in Altamont. They were excited to see the building and take pictures. Both were from Utah. The building was open so we went inside. Both stood at the podium and recited verses. Before we left, WE RANG THE BELL!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258771470761705920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-37525792482290776972010-10-09T00:06:46.369-05:002010-10-09T00:06:46.369-05:00Yeah, it was about a 40 minute drive. Sometimes, ...Yeah, it was about a 40 minute drive. Sometimes, when late, a little less...fortunately they held priesthood first...but the closest alternates weren't any closer--Tullahoma would have been about 40, too. And it's a wonderful ward, a great group of people. And, unlike most wards I've encountered since. Its differences from Sewanee (wonderful place that that is!), moreover, were enriching to my college experience. <br /><br />One of the interesting things about the ward, so I was told, is that it is largely the descendents of 4 or so families who were converted near the turn of the last century. It would be interesting to know more about that.<br /><br />Again, thanks for your work posting these. <br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-80165711929055777752010-10-08T17:47:15.211-05:002010-10-08T17:47:15.211-05:00Thanks for posting Tom,
Sewanee? I've driven t...Thanks for posting Tom,<br />Sewanee? I've driven through there. I am a little surprised it was in the Altamont Ward area, but I can't think of a closer one. It must have taken you over 40 minutes to make the trip.<br /><br />You are right about the ownership. I spoke with someone who knows the owners two days ago. Hopfully I can arrange a visit indoors.<br /><br />I knew the Easter service at the Northcutts Cove chapel was on alternate years, but I didn't know the other years were at the other chapel. Thanks. (Bats! I love it)Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-86495538678955308292010-10-08T16:28:16.279-05:002010-10-08T16:28:16.279-05:00A decade ago I was an undergraduate at Sewanee, an...A decade ago I was an undergraduate at Sewanee, and attended the Altamont ward. When I clicked through from Kipaptichen it was a real delight to see the Altamont buildings (minus, of course, the early '80's building). <br /><br />The saints in the ward very much retain a relationship to those buildings. At least through the time when I was there, every Easter there would be a sunrise service at 6 AM, held on alternating years at North Cutts Cove or the building on the square. {Unfortunately, lazy college student that I was, I only made it once, and then only to the one in town. The bats between the ceiling and the roof made their annoyance with our disturbance known, which made for an interesting meeting!}<br /><br />Also, I seem to remember being told that both were owned by ward member families, that the land donated for the buildings originally had reverted back to the donor families when the church stopped using them. <br /><br />Alta Mont is a special place, and the ward there is truly special. I really appreciate the sudden swell of feeling that accompanied seeing that name and those pictures. <br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-14594805800908548192010-10-06T13:17:23.765-05:002010-10-06T13:17:23.765-05:00Amy, It was a cool little adventure. Thanks.
Ardi...Amy, It was a cool little adventure. Thanks.<br /><br />Ardis, The lack of competition is why I stay away from the more traditional venues for Church History. It isn't that I don't find them interesting, just that I have so little to add. Here I can add something.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-45250713719327365102010-10-06T10:02:40.766-05:002010-10-06T10:02:40.766-05:00Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Part of me is je...Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!<br /><br />Part of me is jealous of you that you have this whole field of church history wide open to you, almost without competition. You're certainly taking advantage of your opportunities as an historian, and I'm glad to be able to follow from a distance.<br /><br />Did I say this was wonderful?Ardis E. Parshallhttp://www.keepapitchinin.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-55266011717178731462010-10-06T09:45:49.579-05:002010-10-06T09:45:49.579-05:00Cool experience, Bruce.
Architecture as a proxy ...Cool experience, Bruce. <br /><br /><i>Architecture as a proxy for history.</i><br /><br />It looks like it can be done -- you turned a couple of old church buildings into quite an adventure.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com