The Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma will meet on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7 pm at the former Red Cross building at 502 S. Jackson St. Members and interested persons are invited to attend.
The panel will give an update on Short Springs State Natural Area. The preservation of the then city-owned 608.6 acre site was initiated by the Historic Society in 1982 when member Paul Pyle moved that the area be preserved. The help of naturalist Dennis Horn and others were enlisted to look at various alternatives and their efforts resulted in the establishment of Short Springs State Natural Area in 1994. The panel, all of whom are members of the support group Friends of Short Springs, will discuss the beginnings, the significance, political issues and current activities.
Marjorie Collier is a retired engineer and a charter member of the Historic Society and Friends of Short Springs and has served as president of the Friends group.
Collier, reported that copies of the Historic Society’s 1914-15 publication,” Tullahoma Time-Table” are still available and may be purchased for $10 each at Couch’s Electrical Appliance Store at 117 N. Atlantic St. The issue features the story of the Dixie Highway, the first paved north-south highway in the country, built mostly between 1915 and 1917 and passed through Tullahoma.
Short Springs Natural Area Update
