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The two RV Gypsies |
![]() Historic Collinsville is a living history museum featuring authentically restored log houses and outbuildings dating from 1830 to 1870. The settlement takes visitors from the earliest first home to the expansive big house on the hill with separate kitchen, living and sleeping areas. Each home and outbuilding has been painstakingly restored to its original condition and furnished authentically. This is the land where the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Iroquois and Shawnee Indians traveled. It is where the soldiers of the North and South met; just 45 miles to the northwest is Fort Donelson National Battlefield, the site of a major battle of the Civil War. Cotton and sheep were raised by the early settlers and then transported by land and down the Cumberland River which lies just two miles away. |
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a creative
rain gutter |
The Smokehouse |
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Lee
Duquette with friends, Larry Richards and Paul Massa, checking out the
Wildlife Center at Historic Collinsville. |
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Lee
Duquette checked out The Blacksmith Shop at Historic Collinsville |
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Below:
A very small bathtub |
Delicate
crochet work |
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An active U.S. Military Service Man earning part-time money making professional chain saw carvings. | |
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Larry
Richards, Paul Massa and Karen Duquette |
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Lee
Duquette at Historic Collinsville throwing potatoes into the baskets |
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a hail storm, and lots of art sculptures |