POLK'S FOLKS

Andy, By God, Jackson was a good friend of the Polk family and was a visitor to this home on several occasions. When you visit the dining room in this house you are in a room that Andy belched, told lies, and farted in many times. There was no indoor plumbing or electricity. The property had a well hand dug by slaves, and a two room kitchen in the backyard. Meals are sometimes still prepared in that kitchen. The second room seems to be where the cook lived.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

May 4th 2013
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DAY TWELVE: MAY 3, 2013 I bellied up with my cold pizza breakfast this morning and then went to Columbia, TN. Columbia is a town that has a dozen highways and none of them are marked. I had to just drive around until I found the James K. Polk Home and finally came up on it from the opposite direction than I planned. <strong ... read more

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