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The river system in the United States is unique of all the land masses on planet Earth, especially the Mississippi River basin.  The Mississippi River basin overlays the industrial heartland of our country allowing efficient transportation of all manner of … Continue reading →

Jose and Jennifer Velazquez are making great progress in restoring the James Lee house as a bed and breakfast inn. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-James-Lee-House/167165240041348?hc_location=stream  

This Rees Lee postcard is a colorized version of the card pictured below.   This colorized card recently sold for approx. $40 on EBay.                 This Rees Lee postcard also sold on EBay recently and … Continue reading →

This picture is from the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University call 560.52 1907-028 and is used with permission.

Congratulations Jennifer and Jose Velazquez on being able to start your restoration of the James Lee House.

                        A newly seem Lee Line brochure was recently listed and sold on EBay.  Sadly I did not see this brochure until after it sold.   One of the inside … Continue reading →

This rare postcard just appeared for sale on Ebay.  The listing dates the card 1910.

    Page 1 James Lee Born 1808 died 1889      Captain James ‘Sunrise Jim’ was eldest of 12 children born to John and Sara Lee in Dickerson County, Tennessee on December 15, 1808; all of these children were given … Continue reading →

This page was copied from the microfilm version of William Tippitt’s History of the Anchor and Lee Line on file at the Tennessee State Library, Nashville Tennessee.   While at the library recently, we ordered digital copies of this 2 roll … Continue reading →

The steamer in the center is the REES LEE, formerly the SS BROWN.  This card like the card of the sunken GEORGIA LEE below is one that I had not seen before.  There are several different postcards of the St. … Continue reading →