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Columbia's Mule Day Festival Sparks "Mule Mania"
Lexington raises racehorses and Shelbyville turns out Tennessee Walking Horses, but Columbia has been majoring in mules for nearly 200 years.
In fact, the area has been called the Mule Capital of the World, thanks to its rich history as a mule-trading center and Mule Day, its signature celebration of the hard-working farm animal.
An annual springtime mule show and sale that started here in the early 1800s – formerly called First Monday and Breeders Day – became for a time one of the largest... Read More »
Sunset Symphony Tops Columbia's Cultural Calendar
Opportunities to enjoy and explore the arts abound in Columbia and Maury County, with a year-round cultural calendar that includes everything from juried artisan craft fairs to classical music performances.
The area is home to a sophisticated population that not only appreciates creative expression, but also encourages it throughout the community.
Arts immersion starts young at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School for the Visual and Performing Arts, where students build self-confidence and develop... Read More »
Rippavilla Plantation Offers History and Fun
There's a lot going on at Spring Hill's historic Rippavilla Plantation.
A treasured landmark, the home was completed in 1855 by Nathaniel Cheairs is one of the largest antebellum homes in the state.
In its heyday, the 1,100-acre plantation raised wheat, corn, hay, cotton, tobacco, cattle, sheep and mules.
Today, it offers visitors a glimpse of life in the 19th-century South through the many original period family antique pieces on display throughout the house.
The mansion features Greek... Read More »
Columbia Athenaeum Thrived as Historic Girls-Only School
Girls learning physics in the 1800s?
Only at the Columbia Athenaeum, a girls-only school that flourished from 1852 to 1904.
The school taught young women everything that well-educated young men would have learned at that time, including world history, physics, calculus and English literature.
The rectory at the Athenaeum is all that stands of the campus today, and the building is admired for its Moorish Gothic architecture.
Today, The Athenaeum Rectory is owned by The Association for the... Read More »
