Shownotes
The neighborhood of Old Hickory can still be found around Nashville, Tennessee - but back around WWI - it was a Du Pont company town - forming the largest smokeless gunpowder operation in the world - and earning it the nickname "Powder City"
There are a few other credit that will be added to the notes - but one of the key notes is the diary of Lou Cretia Owen. This work is in the public domain and housed below
The diary of Lou Cretia Owen can be found and read -
Courtesy Tennessee State Library & Archives.
Lou Cretia Owen's diary
Lou Cretia Owen Papers, 1918-1919
35
ID 43261
Location: I-D-1, Folder 1
Item is in the Public Domain - l
More was written about Old Hickory - from an interesting article found at the Tennessee State Library Archives Website - titled "Old Hickory Gun Powder Plant" by Jack Humphrey - and I'll post a link below.
https://tslablog.blogspot.com/2018/08/old-hickory-gunpowder-plant.html
All music for production was used from Pixabay royalty free music - no attribution required with content ID attached - I'll come back and give attribution for each song - though not required by the license - I feel the artist deserve mention. -- I'll post attribution by 1/20/24 - thank you.