The Fourth of July was celebrated in style at Watauga Lake. The annual Boat Parade just concluded when a brief rainstorm arrived in the area but all was clear again by fireworks time.

Visitors and residents celebrated with picnics, parties, boating, fishing and fireworks . . .

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"The Greene County Partnerships Iris Festival was created in 1995 and has become the community's major festival of the year, featuring artists, craftsmen, food vendors and entertainers from across the country.

"The festival was designed to offer great local and regional talent, and was promoted as a juried arts/crafts festival. As a juried festival, participating artists and craftsmen must meet certain criteria and can only sell handmade items. All applications go before a committee, which studies submitted photographs and information before accepting or denying each applicant. This insures that all items are handmade and eliminates duplication of arts and crafts . . . "
    ~ GreeneCountyPartnership.com

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Memorial Day weekend was filled with warm temperatures, blue skies and the return of many visitors to Watauga Lake.

See how visitors to three of the lake's most popular sites, Pioneer Landing, Cove Ridge Marina and the Butler Bridge spent what many consider the first weekend of the summer season . . .

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The dates have been set for the 4th annual Watauga Lake Triathlon and the 2nd annual Watauga Lake Experience celebration.

Learn about these events and see how you can participate in these 2 lake happenings. . .

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The skeleton of "Sue" the Dinosaur was discovered in 1990 in South Dakota. It is the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. It was purchased by the Field Museum in Chicago in the 1990s.

A full size replica of the skeleton is on display at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum in Gray Tennessee along with interactive displays and videos. . . .

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Follow the track of the old Tweetsie Railroad through the beautiful Doe River Gorge near Elizabethton Tennessee and Watauga Lake.

You will ride along the path that was partially hand cut in the 1880s to bring the train that opened up travel to many mountain people . . .

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Photos from the 2007 Cranberry Festival in the beautiful mountain valley town of Shady Valley Tennessee.

See scenes from the parade, the historic school building and the town festival which celebrates the valley's early days as a large cranberry bog . .

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The Watauga Lake Triathlon is a relatively new event in the area.

The lake in late September and early October is the perfect setting for this athletic event. Athletes must swim, bicycle and run either alone or in teams . . .

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Sycamore Shoals State Park

Elizabethton Tennessee

September 22-23 2007

In 1780, the Overmountain Men marched to South Carolina and defeated British Major Patrick Ferguson and his men at King's Mountain. This turned out to be a turning point in the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

Each year on the anniversary of that March and victory, the Sycamore Shoals State Park, where the Overmountain Men mustered and set out for the battle, celebrates that event . . .

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The Watauga Lake Fourth of July is the busiest boating day of the year on the lake. See the large houseboats lavishly decorated for the parade.

Find the location, history and details in this article.

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Local residents, visitors and returning "Old Butler" citizens pay tribute to the community of "Old Butler" Tennessee which was sacrificed in the 1940s for the flood control benefits of the Watauga Dam and Lake.

This year's celebration was under beautiful blue August skies . . .

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