Preserving our past for our future
An archive of pictures, documents, and stories relating to Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport, Tennessee
Favorite Stories...
How Bays Mountain got its name
Early settlers on the mountain
That time that Ruby Nelms fell off the mountain!
How Hugh Hamblen lived to regret teaching his wife to read and write
Why 14-yr-old John Fincher had to return from Chattanooga alone
Life as a 1953 Fire Tower Lookout on Bays Mountain
Odell Harbour Depew, schoolteacher on Bays Mountain in 1915
Recent Updates
- Sun July 17
- Added pages about History Features & Programs and Donations
- Wed Apr 13
- Added new pages about early settlers and the Bays name
(a special shout-out to Sally in New Zealand for asking those questions!) - Added new content to the Hamblen, Fincher, and Filter Plant Operators page
- Added new pages about early settlers and the Bays name