Area History

Historical DVDs and Books

"Sparta On Parade"

A 4-hour historic film of Sparta during 1941 to 1963 on DVD See yourself, your family and your friends at Oldham's Theatre, Sparta Shirt Factory, churches, schools, local businesses, the fair or in one of the parades On Sale at the Chamber of Commerce and Sparta City Hall: $79.95

All Proceeds go to help rebuild Oldham's Theatre Filmed by James Cardwell Produced by Ross Cardwell and Ted Day, Digi Trax Studio
Send order and check to:

Brenda Cardwell
Sparta-White County Chamber of Commerce
16 West Bockman Way
Sparta, TN 38583

Name_____________________________

Address___________________________

City_______________________________ State_________________ Zip________

Check must be enclosed with this order and made payable to the City of Sparta.

1 copy $79.95

Postage $ 3.00

Total to mail $82.95

The Rock House Shrine

(historic stagecoach stop. Click here for more info.)
Open to the Public Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10AM to 3PM. Ph: 931-738-9966
Call the Chamber of Commerce for more information 931-836-3552

White County Archives

Geraldine Pollard
White County Courthouse Room 304
Sparta, TN 38583
Ph: 931-837-4066
Email: wcarchives@blomand.net
Email: gpollard@blomand.net

White County Genealogical-Historical Society

P.O. Box 721
Sparta, TN 38583
Web Site: http://web.blomand.net/~wcolley/wcghs.html

Books

The History of White County Churches
2006 Bicentennial Edition
Compiled by Gerry R. Cantrell and Norma F. Kirby
Ph: 931-836-3555

Schools of White County Tennessee 1806-2006
Compiled by White County Retired Teachers
Ph: 931-836-6241

“Our Confederate Ancestors Buried in Cumberland, Putnam, Van Buren, and White Counties of Upper Cumberland, Tennessee”
By Captain Sally Tompkins #2123
United Daughters of the Confederacy
In honor of the 200th birthday of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. (1807-2007)
This book can be purchased by sending a check, made out to Capt. Sally Tompkins #2123 UCD for $45 per copy, plus $5 shipping

Mail check to:
Martha Sue Bell Broyles
1735 McMinnville Hwy
Sparta, TN 38583-2425

Pictorial History of Sparta-White County Tennessee
Compiled by The First National Bank in Sparta Tennessee (sold out)

History of White County Tennessee
by Rev. Monroe Seals

Heritage of White County 1806-1999
by W.C. Historical and Genealogy Society
(sold out but can be viewed on site)

White County Cemetery Books
(2 volume set) W.C. Historical and Genealogy Society

Field Trips in White County History
by White County Retired Teachers

It Happened in White County Tennessee
by White County Retired Teachers

History and Heritage of White County
on DVD by The White County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

A Century of Pride-White County History 1900-1999
by The Expositor

A Pictorial History of White County, Tennessee
by The Expositor

Memorable Historical Accounts of White County and Area
by E.G. Rogers
(may be available soon)

The Uneven Yoke
by Lela McDowell Blankenship (fiction but set in White County)

Bon Air Mountain Cemeteries
available at White County Courthouse Room 304
Sparta, TN 38583
Ph: 931-837-4066

Mining on the Mountain: Life in the Coal Towns of White County Tennessee 1882-1936
by Betty Hueles

Mountain Coal: Black Gold 1886-1934
BonDeCroft School Miners Museum, photos restored and content by Ed Wilhite