Mansker's Station & The Bowen House

06/23/2026

It takes a village to put on a living history event! We are so grateful for our demonstrators sharing their passion for history at our Heritage Day this spring. And that's not all, part II coming next!

📷Thank you James Fullerton for the beautiful portraits!

06/17/2026

If you sent us an email this morning, this is how it found us- at Colonial Field Day!

If you missed the June Demonstration Day at Mansker’s Station, be sure to join us for the next one on July 16 🇺🇸

Demonstration Day | Living History | Atlatl | Field Day

06/16/2026

Think you have what it takes to launch an Atlatl? Try out your skills tomorrow at June's Demonstration Day, Colonial Field Day!

June 17th, 9:30 am-11:30am
Mansker's Station, 705 Caldwell Drive Goodlettsville TN
$9 Admission for ages 6 and up
No advanced registration required
More information: https://www.goodlettsville.gov/2120/Demonstration-Day

06/15/2026

Thank you WKRN News 2 for visiting us!

Mansker’s Station brings frontier life to modern-day Goodlettsville in Moss-Wright Park.

06/11/2026

While Tennessee was not one of the 13 colonies, the land was. During the Revolutionary War, land that we now call Tennessee, was considered the western frontier of North Carolina. By 1783, the war had depleted North Carolina of nearly all its money, and the state had no way to pay their soldiers and military suppliers. Instead, North Carolina offered land grants from their western territory, modern day Tennessee. However, not every colonist fought in the Revolutionary War. Some families moved westward to more wooded areas where they could build wealth as long hunters. Kasper Mansker was one of those hunters who moved west during the war. In 1783, Kasper Mansker built his second station on the east bank of Mansker Creek, and it became a prominent station hosting notable people such as Isaac Bledsoe, Andrew Jackson, and John Overton. Visitors included the French botanist André Michaux.

Take a tour of our authentic reproduction fort, Mansker's Station to step back in time to America 250 years ago!

Sources:
Griffey, I. M. (2018, March 1). Land grants. Tennessee Encyclopedia. https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/land-grants/
West, C. V. (2018, March 1). Mansker, Kasper. Tennessee Encyclopedia. https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/kasper-mansker/
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06/10/2026

When you drive by a Tennessee farm, you will likely see chickens. But did you know that these animals are not native to Tennessee? The pioneers that first settled in Tennessee introduced chickens to the area because they used them for their egg production. The chickens wandered the frontier freely and it was the children's responsibility to find the eggs each morning. Our youngest Heritage Day demonstrator, Sophie, is a natural at taking care of her family's chickens!