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Big South Fork, Tennessee, is a destination for trail riders and many who have come to ride in the Big South Fork National Park have come to stay. Several equestrian communities have been developed now near Big South Fork. Ten years ago, people who wanted to come here for the riding bought parcel...
03/30/2010
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Put your feet up and make yourself at home. Sit on the front porch of this cute cabin with your feet up on the rail, up there at the top of the hill in a very private setting. Or maybe you'd rather while away a summer afternoon on the lovely long screened porch with a good book and a glass of lem...
03/27/2010
These big plastic fleas and ticks are hanging above the reception desk at Dogwood Animal Hospital in Jamestown, Tennessee, a vivid reminder that spring is here and it's time to start thinking about protection for pets. Veterinarian Cindy Johnson has a very busy full-service practice, with a const...
03/26/2010
I keep writing about how the Big South Fork is rugged country and trail riders in the backcountry need to be prepared for any eventuality. I personally have never had a problem but I try to think of what emergencies might occur and to be prepared to deal with them. Cell coverage is iffy-so you ca...
03/22/2010
Yesterday was a glorious early spring day here at the Big South Fork in Jamestown, Tennessee so I packed a lunch and set off with a riding buddy to explore a trail that we had not been on before. We had a good map and the Ridge Top trail is well marked, so where did we go wrong? We obviously mis...
03/21/2010
But it's going to be, very soon! Anyone interested in buying property or in building doesn't have much time left to see "the lay of the land." Trees are barely budding but, in a month, when the leaves have unfurled, it will be too late to get a good sense of the topography or to site buildings. P...
03/20/2010
The Big South Fork area in Jamestown, Tennessee is horse country, all right. And with horses comes….as every horseman knows….repairs to leather tack! But WHERE do you take your tack and equipment when it needs to be repaired? Not to worry. You take it to Jay Beauman in Muddy Pond. Jay certainly k...
03/19/2010
The Spruce Creek equestrian community is located at the west entrance to Big South Fork National Park, almost equidistant between Jamestown and Oneida, Tennessee so Spruce Creek residents will travel to one town or the other, depending on the nature of their errands. To get to Oneida, you head ea...
03/18/2010
Big South Fork is horse country and most of the local realtors advertise themselves as "Equestrian Specialists" or say that they are "Specializing in Equine Properties." In this case, actions speak louder than words because buyers who are looking at horse properties are going to ask LOTS of quest...
03/15/2010
We at Tennessee Recreational Properties mainly list and sell horse properties since the Big South Fork is such a destination for trail riders. That means that we need to know our stuff, to be thoroughly familiar with the locations of various trailheads and where properties are located relative to...
03/11/2010