Reeves maps Farragut
Charles Reeves, 82, of Farragut has created maps of the Town’s subdivisions, “which include the dates they were first created and of their sections,” he said.
He uploaded a simple web page onto his website at the link: https://www.reevesmaps.com/FarragutSubdivisonMaps/FarragutSubdivisonMaps.html
“I would like to see them go on some Farragut website somewhere,” said Reeves, adding they are available for the public on his website at no charge unless copies are requested.
Retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Reeves said his interest in maps started when he and his now ex-wife, Jane Hembree Crowley, became interested in genealogy.
“We started looking for and at cemeteries,” he said. “It’s really difficult to find some of them, so I started drawing cemetery maps.
“I drew three — Putnam County, Clay County and Jackson County,” Reeves said. “That’s where all my family’s from. She had some from the same area.
“This was all pre-GPS,” he added and laughed.
Once Reeves started making cemetery maps, he became interested in drawing maps in general, which led to drawing maps for the Map Store.
Since then, he has made maps of every subdivision in the Town of Farragut.
“I did one for Stonecrest (his subdivision), just out of interest, and thought, ‘maybe I can do some more,” Reeves said. Once he got started, he made them all, “just because I like drawing maps and I was a little concerned about losing my drawing skills, and I just enjoy doing it.”
Additionally, he has a reproduction of a booklet, “The First Farragut High School,” produced by the U.S. Bureau of Education in 1913.
“(The book was published) before that actual school was built (in Farragut) or as it was being built,” Reeves said. “It’s a history of the first school that was on the corner of Concord Road and Kingston Pike, where my son actually went to junior high school.
“I found the original copy on e-bay, scanned it and put it in book form,” he said. “I never really printed copies.
“I have also uploaded a PDF of it to my website (a 7.1 MB file),” Reeves said. “I submitted a printed copy to the (Farragut) Museum a few years ago for possible sale in their store, but I did not receive a response.”
The reproduction can be found at the link https://www.reevesmaps.com/FarragutSchoolReport1913.pdf
A reproduction of another Farragut School book, published in 1959, “The Admiral’s Voyage - Farragut - A History of our School,” includes “not only a history of the school but of the Town,” he said. “It also includes an excerpt from the 1913 booklet.
“I scanned a copy borrowed from a friend,” Reeves said. “A PDF copy (9.5 MB file) is available at the link: https://www.reevesmaps.com/FarragutSchoolBook1959.pdf
“I have no plans to publish printed copies but would consider doing so,” he said.
