Wellwood Remembered
Posted by Deborah at 6/23/2009 11:23 AM 
Categories: To Go,In the News,In the Village,Old Country Store
Categories: To Go,In the News,In the Village,Old Country Store
Posted June 23rd, 2009: Wellwood Remembered
Dave Hinman, station manager of WLJT, the PBS station in Martin at the University of Tennessee at Martin campus, was enlisted to document the move of the Wellwood Country Store to Casey Jones Village. He did an incredible job of telling the Wellwood story from it's beginning to its new life in Casey Jones Village. He interviews Romus Hight, Joy Moss and Clark Shaw. It aired on Channel 11's "West Tennessee Journal" recently.
It is touching, historical and the priceless tale of a family and story come full circle. Old Country Store founder Brooks Shaw worked at the Wellwood country store as a young boy and it later inspired his love of antiques and the creation of the Old Country Store we know today. His son, Clark Shaw, saved it after it closed when he purchased the store built in 1925 a number of years ago. His dream came true when it was moved to Casey Jones Village in March of 2009 to sit beside the Store it inspired. It is undergoing renovation and will reopen soon.
WLJT has the segment posted on their website http://www.utm.edu/organizations/wljt/ and on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib1SGKiUG1o .
Enjoy this trip down memory lane and our heartfelt thanks to Dave Hinman for preserving Wellwood's heritage for all of us.
Dave Hinman, station manager of WLJT, the PBS station in Martin at the University of Tennessee at Martin campus, was enlisted to document the move of the Wellwood Country Store to Casey Jones Village. He did an incredible job of telling the Wellwood story from it's beginning to its new life in Casey Jones Village. He interviews Romus Hight, Joy Moss and Clark Shaw. It aired on Channel 11's "West Tennessee Journal" recently.
It is touching, historical and the priceless tale of a family and story come full circle. Old Country Store founder Brooks Shaw worked at the Wellwood country store as a young boy and it later inspired his love of antiques and the creation of the Old Country Store we know today. His son, Clark Shaw, saved it after it closed when he purchased the store built in 1925 a number of years ago. His dream came true when it was moved to Casey Jones Village in March of 2009 to sit beside the Store it inspired. It is undergoing renovation and will reopen soon.
WLJT has the segment posted on their website http://www.utm.edu/organizations/wljt/ and on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib1SGKiUG1o .
Enjoy this trip down memory lane and our heartfelt thanks to Dave Hinman for preserving Wellwood's heritage for all of us.
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