Thirty years before the Civil War, the resort town of Beersheba Springs was founded around a natural mineral springs near the current site of a popular wilderness area known as the Savage Gulf. Visitors to the Savage Gulf are amazed by the beautiful views and extensive hiking trails. In the mid-1860s, the town of Gruetli-Laager was formed by an immigrant population from Switzerland. Today many of the original family names are found amongst the local population. Today many people, on their way to Fiery Gizzard and Foster Falls, will pass through the quaint and friendly town of Tracy City. Tracy City is home to the Grundy County Historical Society which is located in the Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company Library & Research Center and is staffed daily by many local residents who assist visitors with tours of the museum and offer assistance for genealogical research. Near by Tracy City many visitors enjoy Grundy Lakes. The Grundy Lakes Park surrounds a series of mountain lakes and streams. The park offers swimming, picnic areas and a lengthy paved road used by runners and walkers. The lake is bordered by a honey comb of Coke Ovens that remain from when coal was mined in the area.
Thirty years before the Civil War the resort town of Beersheba Springs was founded around a natural mineral springs near the current site of a popular wilderness area known as the Savage Gulf Visitors to the Savage Gulf are amazed by the beautiful views and extensive hiking trails In the mid-1860s the town of Gruetli-Laager was formed by an immigrant population from Switzerland Today many of the original family names are found amongst the local population Today many people on their way to Fiery Gizzard and Foster Falls will pass through the quaint and friendly town of Tracy City Tracy City is home to the Grundy County Historical Society which is located in the Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company Library & Research Center and is staffed daily by many local residents who assist visitors with tours of the museum and offer assistance for genealogical research Near by Tracy City many visitors enjoy Grundy Lakes The Grundy Lakes Park surrounds a series of mountain lakes and streams The park offers swimming picnic areas and a lengthy paved road used by runners and walkers The lake is bordered by a honey comb of Coke Ovens that remain from when coal was mined in the area