Cross Plains, TN

2023 Kilgore Station Bluegrass, May 19-20

Save the date for the 2023 festival in historic Cross Plains. Friday night is the Dan Kelly Junior Fiddle Contest followed by the Big Barn Dance. Saturday has live bluegrass music all day long. Plenty of food and fun for all ages. Admission is only $10 with children 12-under admitted free. Visit kilgorestation.com for more information.

Trash and Treasures, June 23-24

Trash and Treasures returns to downtown Cross Plains June 23-24, 2023. Come shop for all kinds of items.

Interested in being a vendor and supporting the Cross Plains Heritage Commission? Download the application form today!

Across the Plains

Originally published by the Cross Plains Heritage Commission as part of Tennessee’s bicentennial celebration in 1986, “Across the Plains: A History of Cross Plains, Tennessee” by Rita A. Read is once again available. Order your copy today! Limited copies are also available at the Doctor’s House museum.

In this patchwork of pictures and journals, letters and stories, memories and recollections, Rita A. Read has captured a moving, living portrait of Cross Plains, Tennessee—a small, rural American town. From the stories of its early settlers, the memories of its soldiers, the development of its churches and schools a picture gradually emerges of not just a town but its people—a people collectively endowed with colorful spirit, humor, and humanity.