If you drive 90 miles northeast of Nashville,
into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, you'll land in Gainesboro, Tennessee.
How would you describe this place?
I think raw would be a good word to start.
Just over a thousand people live here.
Many go back generations.
I was related to pretty much everyone here.
But in the fall of 2024, a group of outsiders started scooping up big tracts of land.
That piques my interest because most of the time he would sell it to Jim Bob over the holler.
As the battle for the future of America plays out in one small town.
We were all flat-footed.
We didn't have a clue.
Developers with right-wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land in the area.
The first thing you see when it pops up is pioneers in Appalachia.
Pioneers in Appalachia.
But the goal wasn't just to buy real estate.
We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and embody the healthy,
natural, human way of life, the Christian way of life.
Stop right there.
Is that normal?