Monday, October 4, 2010


This is Jim at the front of the Buford Pusser Home. I wish I had taken a photo of the house itself. But anyway.....this was the home of Buford Pusser of Adamsville, TN. Did any of you ever watch Walking Talll? It is really an incredible story. This former Marine (Paul had to love him) went back home and wanted to clean up his town to be good and safe. But the Dixie Mafia reigned in the area.....Buford wanted to clean up the town of the moonshining and prostitution without carrying a gun. He did a great job. But his wife was murdered in an attempt on his life, and years later, Buford died in a questionable car "accident" when he was killed. The people who man the museum actually knew him and his family. I was thinking this would be another "Roadside America" stop, but it was really quite moving. You have the opportunity to move through the home that his remarkable man inhabited. You can stand in his living room, his kitchen, the garage where his car that he was killed in stands. The shoes (size 13 1/2) that he wore when he was murdered are on display. It is all so touching. This was a big man who really lived such a humble life. This is quintessential Americana. Thank you, Buford. And thank you Adamsville, for preserving this great piece of America.

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