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APTA of Hardeman County The Hardeman Co. The Pillars was the long time home of early Bolivar settler John Houston Bills and his descendents. http://youtu.be/Rjxhu1hBK5o
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APTA is NO LONGER ACTIVE but pictures and comments are still here about The Pillars home of the John Houston Bills and The Little Courthouse Museum is the oldest "Log" Courthouse and Jail in America. The Pillars has many "firsts" since it was built in 1828. It was the first brick residence in Bolivar, has the first indoor bathroom, and the first free lending library. It is one of a very few house

museums with most of the original furnishings and family artifacts. John Houston Bills, a Hardeman County planter, maintained private journals for the years 1843 to 1871; they are an invaluable source to the history of the county. His house, "The Pillars," is a historic house museum in Bolivar maintained by the Hardeman County Chapter A.P.T.A. Usually on our Historic Home Tour each spring, it is available for tours by appointment, only.

08/06/2024

Someone lost something of value in the ladies restroom last night at Music on the Square, Bolivar, TN. Tell what it is to claim it.

18/03/2024

We are so proud to announce that this year's Hardeman County Guide is here and available to pickup at locations around the county beginning this week! If you can't find a copy near you, please come visit us at 200 E. Market St.
Hope you enjoy this year's Guide!

Today in 2007 the Hardeman County Chapter of APTA, planned to bring to the county the first and only Smithsonian exhibit...
28/02/2024

Today in 2007 the Hardeman County Chapter of APTA, planned to bring to the county the first and only Smithsonian exhibit ever to come here to the county at The Little Courthouse Museum. The theme of the exhibit was "American's Roots Music.". This step brought about events that would later that year would turn into Music on the Square, Bolivar, TN . This event is still on-going and will be starting back up this May. We hope to
see you all on the Square!

 

I can't make this up. Learn your history!
23/01/2024

I can't make this up. Learn your history!

Can't wait to hear all the apologists try to explain this…

"The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable." - General Ulysses S. Grant’s Personal Memoirs

"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." Abe Lincoln 1st inaugural address

~✟Robert✟~

THE SOUTH WAS RIGHT...!

23/09/2023
14/03/2023

200th Anniversary of Hardeman County special edition of the Hardeman County Guide is available now. Get a free copy today. It is packed with lots of local history. Sadly APTA has disbanded our local chapter, but our history is important as ever, maybe even more so.

Tune in for Real Country Music on WMOD 96.7FM!

08/04/2022
07/04/2022

Join us for our Book Reading by author, Richard Cates, Saturday, April 9th at 10am.

This is the way the LIttle Courthouse Museum looked during it first overhaul in the mid 1960s... A lot of good citizens...
07/04/2022

This is the way the LIttle Courthouse Museum looked during it first overhaul in the mid 1960s... A lot of good citizens came together and made it happen.

Almost 60 years later, today I saw scaffolding going up around the Little Courthouse.

Sometimes if you stir the pot right a small spoon will do. Thanks for everyone for your posts that kick started something that was needed to be done 6 years ago.

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