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Jim Barth offers many years of civic serviceJim Barth is the grand old man of the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation board of directors. He and his wife, Judy, live in Dayton an...
June 20, 1925—THIS DAY IN SCOPES HISTORYDayton Mayor A.P. Haggard and Sheriff Robert “Bluch” Harris ask Governor Austin Peay for state guardsmen to protect residents and visito...
There can be a fine line between “history” and “story,” ... On July 16, as part of Evolving Conflict: Scopes at 100, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Edward J. Larson will discuss how the Scop...
Joe C. DeVille cover band headlines Summer NightsThe Joe C. DeVille Band, a popular Chattanooga cover band, will take the Rhea County Courthouse outdoor stage Friday, June 20, for the t...
Rhea County Commission Meeting Agenda 6.17.2025RHEA COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING CONFERENCE ROOM, PHIL SWAFFORD BUILDING TUESDAY, JUNE 17 th , 2025, AT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COMMISSI...
Summer Nights concerts continue with Eddie BeaversEddie Beavers, a highly versatile musician, will take the Rhea County Courthouse outdoor stage Friday, June 13, for the second night of ...
One month to go!The centennial production of the Scopes Trial Play Destiny in Dayton begins in a month. The trial of the century itself began one month ...
County Commission Workshop Agenda 6.10.2025RHEA COUNTY COMMISSION WORKSHOP CONFERENCE ROOM, PHIL SWAFFORD BUILDING TUESDAY, JUNE 10 TH , 2025, 6:00 P.M. 1. Prayer 2. Pledge To Fla...
June 5, 1925—THIS DAY IN SCOPES HISTORYWhile in Nashville, William Jennings Bryan tells the Chattanooga Daily Times that “Professor Scopes can think anything he pleases and sa...
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!The July 12 matinee performance of Destiny in Dayton is sold out! Don't wait to order your tickets for the remaining three shows. ORDER NOW!
Paleoanthropologist to speak at Scopes Trial SymposiumWhat says “Scopes Trial” better than a hominin fossil? And what makes a fossil a human or human relative? Lawyers spent much of eight da...
May 28, 1925—THIS DAY IN SCOPES HISTORYBryan writes to Dayton attorneys Sue and Herbert Hicks that John Scopes’s upcoming trial is “the easiest case to explain I have ever fou...