Estill Springs was founded in 1840 and was named for the Estill family that owned most of the land. The springs came from a mineral spring that once graced our town. People from all over the states came to use the spring for theraphy. Things were booming in those days, we even had a couple of hotels for our tourist. Years later the highway department would build a new highway, 41 A, across the land and destroyed the spring. Things came to a halt with the tourist and once again the town became just a sleepy little hole in the road.
During the Civil War the area was used as a training center for Southern troops. The Yankees came through one day and put our troops on the run. Oh, yes they ran!! They ran to the next town, Tullahoma where the North troops kick butt in the battle and what troops remained after the battle went on to fight in Chattanoga.
The most excitement around here lately has been the JESUS FREEZER! A women who lived in a trailer had an upright freezer on her back porch, a picture of Jesus appeared one day on the freezer. People from all over the area would come to observe what appeared to be JESUS. Newspapers, TV's came to tell the world about the JESUS FREEZER! Our little town was back, people beat a path to see the picture of JESUS. An author even wrote a small screen play about the happenings. Some people said the picture didn't look a bit like JESUS but more like Willie Nelson. After a time things would get back to normal in our little town, its once again a little sleepy town.
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