Town of Jonesborough
September 2021
Chuckey Depot New Exhibit Reception
It’stime to celebrate a new exhibit at the Chuckey Depot Museum! The Museum inJonesborough will host a reception for its newest exhibit “The Greatest Good tothe Greatest Number: The Railroad in Northeast Tennessee” on Thursday,September 9th at 6:30 pm. This exhibit will talk about the East Tennesseeand Virginia Railroad, the first line to come through Jonesborough and Chuckey,and how it grew over time and came to be a part of the Southern Railroad. Thestory is a tale of sacrifice, bankruptcy,…
Find out more »December 2021
Santa Claus at the Chuckey Depot Museum
Ho,ho, ho! Come and meet Santa Claus at the Chuckey Depot Museum on Saturday,December 18th from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Santa will be stopping by thehistoric caboose located outside the museum. Visitors will have a chance tomeet Santa and get their picture taken with him. Special, train ornaments willbe available for a $1.00 donation to the museum. All donations go to help withfuture exhibits and educational programs. After you visit with Santa, make sureyou go inside the museum and…
Find out more »May 2022
National Train Day at the Chuckey Depot Museum
All aboard! The Chuckey Depot Museum will be celebrating National Train Day on Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society member, Brad McCroskey, has created a special audio-visual program about trains around the United States. The program will be approximately 30 minutes long and run every half hour at the museum. There will also be extra museum docents on site to answer any train related questions.National Train Day is a holiday started by Amtrak in 2008 as a method to spread…
Find out more »October 2022
Special Railroad Artifact Sale at Chuckey Depot in Jonesborough
OCTOBER 1, 2022- SAVETHE DATE - IF YOU LIKE TRAIN ARTIFACTS- YOU NEED TO COME TO THE OLDEST TOWN INJONESBOROUGH, TN FOR THIS SPECIAL SALE STEAM AND STEELClassic RailroadArtifact Sale: 830am - 400pm, Saturday, October 1st, 2022To be held at theHistoric Chuckey Depot Museum - 210 S 2nd Avenue, Jonesborough, TNSale sponsored by theWatauga Valley Railroad Historical Society & MuseumLocal East Tennesseecollector is reducing his vast selection of railroad items. For sale will beover 75 books including several hard to…
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