Nankipoo Tennessee

Nankipoo Tennessee

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Welcome to Nankipoo.com a small country town in west Tn

Nankipoo was established in the 1800s. During this era towns were located sporadically. Each small town had at least a blacksmith shop, and general store. The blacksmith shop provided repair and construction of buggy and harness equipment. But it was the general store that was the heart, sole and center of the town. It was not only where you got the things of life that we needed but it was also a place to get news first hand from the owner or the "old timers".

The old timers always seemed to be there at whatever time of the day that you wanted to go. They were always quick to give an opinion on whatever topic you wanted top talk about. Yes, sometimes a topic that you did not. They on most occasions engaged in games of checkers or the most popular dominoes. There were some very intense dominoes games played at that store. I used to watch them play, and wondered if I could someday do that. Time seemed to stand still for the domino players.

Across the road there was an old live oak located on a mound the tree was probably 90 years old. It had a bench built around it. This is where the old timers would go if the dominoes where not hot that day. It became known as old timers hill, some say it was called "monkey hill". I wonder what stories were told on that hill? I know what some of you are thinking, that it's just a building, it was just a hill. I think it was a place of community and peace.

Photo to come

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The background photo is of a hill in front of my house.