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Occasionally, visitors to the Big South Fork area get lost while they are out riding and may end up traveling along the road, trying to get back to wherever they are staying. Sometimes riders may need to consult a map or tighten a girth. If so, the right of way is their "breakdown lane." There ha...
10/20/2009
There is a Mennonite community in Muddy Pond, south of Jamestown, Tennessee in the Big South Fork area that is well known for wooden lawn and porch furniture. One of the woodworkers there obviously has a sense of humor, since he's obviously making sawdust on Sawdust Lane!
10/18/2009
You may have seen that slogan on a teeshirt; it's considered "Cowboy Wisdom." Well, it's pretty much of a true statement and can certainly be applied to the world of real estate. Gone are the days when realtors went to a real estate office and waited for customers to walk in. Now it's all about g...
10/15/2009
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Because I mainly list and sell horse properties near the Big South Fork National Park in Jamestown, Tennessee, I ride with a variety of "horse ladies" and we usually bring LUNCH! The scenery is breathtaking and there are many beautiful places to stop and eat. There are hitching rails throughout t...
10/08/2009
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There is a Mennonite community in the Big South Fork area, south of Jamestown, Tennessee in Muddy Pond that is known for three things: wooden sheds, gazebos, lawn and porch furniture, a leather shop that makes saddles and harness and does repairs and a sorghum mill. Sorghum looks like corn but i...
10/07/2009
If you're thinking of making a trip to the Big South Fork in Jamestown, Tennessee to buy land, don't wait! All summer the foliage made it impossible to see "the lay of the land," but now...with the leaves coming off the trees...it is the perfect time to think about looking at property! Baby Boome...
10/05/2009
You may remember that the middle part of the country had about 10 straight days of rain last week...all that flooding in Atlanta. Once the sun finally reappeared, I was out riding in Big South Fork National Park, Tennessee and I saw these bright orange mushrooms growing at the base of a tree. The...
10/04/2009
This is the bargain of the century! Here's a five-acre parcel in the desirable Spruce Creek Acres equestrian community with a cute cabarn, set back from the road in a pleasant setting. Spruce Creek's "Evergreen Trail" borders this property and it is a mile and a half from the Cumberland Trailhead...
10/03/2009
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This is good advice in any situation but especially for realtors. I just sent my husband over to my newest listing to put a sign in the yard, to take a couple of pictures and to find the key that the sellers said was hidden. I told him not to feel around on the ledge "near the door there, to the ...
09/30/2009
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You don't often see kids amusing themselves these days. This picture was taken in the Mennonite community of Muddy Pond, Tennessee, which is just northwest of Crossville. The Mennonites have a general store there, a seasonal greenhouse, they are known locally for making porch swings and porch fu...
09/27/2009
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Leslie Helm
Real Estate For Trail Riders
I live minutes from the Cumberland Trailhead into Big South Fork National Park, in Spruce Creek Acres, an equestrian community that abuts the park itself. Horses are a major part of daily life here and this is a very active, supportive horse-oriented community. It is a gift to work as a realtor here, listing horse properties and selling horse properties to horse people! We joke that I've probably done more real estate on horseback than off!
If you want to "live where you love to ride," let me help you find YOUR Big South Fork horse property .