McMinnville

Lying at the western base of the Cumberland Table Land, the Middle Tennessee country in which McMinnville was situated in 1810 was generally referred to as the Mountain District and the town as the Mountain City. Since its height is several hundred feet above Nashville and the counties of the basin, the town has enjoyed the distinction of the cool mountain air along with the fertility of its surrounding valleys. McMinnville, the county seat of Warren County, is presented here by its authors in an assemblage of images commemorating its 200-year history. The images are selected primarily from the authors' archives, augmented by selections from the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville.

Images of America: McMinnville authors Monty Wanamaker and Chris Keathley have intimately known McMinnville throughout their lives. Artist and poet Monty Wanamaker has exhibited his art since 1960 in numerous museum and gallery solo exhibitions and has presented his poetry in multimedia productions in New York City and Sewanee, Tennessee. Artist, genealogist, and historian Chris Keathley has served as codirector of the Southern Museum and Galleries of Photography, Culture, and History, created and operated with Wanamaker since 2001 in downtown McMinnville.