Mary Kate Patterson Home - LaVergne, TN

West of the Old Nashville turnpike stands the home of Mary Kate Patterson, a Confederate spy. She assisted Capt. Henry B. Shaw's Coleman's Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee, from 1862 to 1865. She befriended Federals and obtained passes to Nashville, where she secured supplies and messages to smuggle to the Scouts in her buggy's false bottom. Her brother, Everard Patterson, also served in the Scouts. Her family sheltered and fed Confederate soldiers, signaling them by an arrangement of louvers and lanterns in the windows when it was safe to come in for medical help and hot meals. She was among the last to see neighbor and fellow spy Sam Davis before he was captured and killed in November 1863. She lived at this house until her death in 1931.

For her full story, check this story from the Murfreesboro Post:
www.murfreesboropost.com/the-unsinkable-mary-kate-cms-27343

Akin Log House - LaVergne, TN

The following description is taken from the brochure entitled "A Traveler's Guide to Rutherford County's Log Architecture"
Akin Log House
Bicentennial Park (La Vergne City Park) beside City Hall - 5093 Murfreesboro Road

The City of La Vergne acquired this hewn red cedar log house from a local family in order to provide residents with a visual reminder of their pioneer past as well as to preserve a rare surviving example of the early built environment of the area. This historic one room dwelling, originally located off Stones River Road, had been obscured by several modern frame additions over the years and was not identified as a separate pioneer structure until after demolition had started on the larger house. Now standing in Bicentennial Park near a 19th-century graveyard, the log building is being carefully restored to serve as an educational experience for both members of the community and visitors alike.

Kennedy & Bowden Machine Co. neon sign

This well preserved vintage neon sign used to advertise their business in downtown Nashville about where the batbuilding is today. The company relocated to the business park area of LaVergne, TN and took their sign with them.

The Inflatable Dinosaur that will eat you...

...is now open for business.

Every July in every highway leading out of Nashville, there is a large gravel lot that is not used 11 months of the year. It is the prime real estate for Fireworks tents. This one is I-24 in LaVergne at the exit for Waldron Rd.

Everybody's fireworks are 70% off, so that doesn't make anybody's sales price better than anyone else. If a fireworks stand had a big sign that said 10% off, nobody would stop there. The only other industry that works this way is Jewelry.