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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Fri May 16, 2014, 04:47 PM May 2014

The Town That Hanged an Elephant

The town of Erwin, Tennessee....

http://hypervocal.com/culture/2014/town-hanged-elephant

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The Town That Hanged an Elephant (Original Post) onehandle May 2014 OP

What an odd story 1000words May 2014 #1

More recent news from Erwin: struggle4progress May 2014 #2

Mary was not the first elephant murdered by the public Brother Buzz May 2014 #3

Ahh Erwin and Unicoi County, what horrible racist places Lee-Lee May 2014 #4

1000words

(7,051 posts)

1. What an odd story

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 04:50 PM

May 2014

Rec'd for the completely surreal photo. Thanks for posting.

struggle4progress

(118,296 posts)

2. More recent news from Erwin:

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 04:53 PM

May 2014

Strawberry Festival set for Saturday
Board approves new roof for school

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

3. Mary was not the first elephant murdered by the public

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 05:07 PM

May 2014

Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison (odd history, but a good read) and Behemoth: The History of the Elephant in America detail a couple of sad examples.

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)

4. Ahh Erwin and Unicoi County, what horrible racist places

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 07:15 PM

May 2014

Not a fun place to live if you are not lily white. Around 100 years ago they ran all the blacks out of town, and it's been that way every since.

I have had the misfortune of working there. Good job for a good employer, but I made sure to never spend a dime in that county or do more than drive too and from work.

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