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Today I drove the backroads of Tennessee through such towns as Lynchburg, Tullahoma, Normandy, Wartrace and, my favorite name, Bell Buckle, population 506.  According to tradition, the first white man to traverse the area now known as Bell Buckle discovered carvings in the shape of a cowbell and buckle on a tree near a free-flowing creek, which was interpreted as a warning from Indians that the domesticated animals of white civilization were intruding upon their lands. Thereafter the creek was referred to as Bell Buckle Creek and, logically enough, the town, which grew up on the banks of that creek, adopted its name. Today the small town is known for arts, antiques, and home cooking.  I was just a bit early for the annual RC Moon Pie Festival to be held June 20.

Bell Buckle, Tennessee