Recently, scientists at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute received a delivery we look forward to every summer: hundreds — and HUNDREDS — of juvenile Lake Sturgeon! For more than 20 years, we have worked alongside numerous partners to bring this living fossil and modern day river giant back to the Tennessee River. To date, human-led propagation has seen more than 300,000 sturgeon returned to the river, which they had all but disappeared from by the 1970s. When they join their fellows

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (1955) "Sixteen Tons," performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955, became an iconic anthem reflecting the struggles of American workers, particularly coal miners. With Ford's deep baritone, the song vividly depicts the harsh realities of labor and debt under the company store system. Originally written by Merle Travis in 1946, inspired by the coal mining hardships in Kentucky, the song resonated with Ford, whose rendition cemented its place in American music hi