Organization

Franklin on Foot Classic Franklin Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

August 9, 2011 - Ongoing

Our Classic Franklin tour is a daytime walking tour that provides an enlightening look at the town's past. Our most popular daytime tour provides an overview of Franklin's history, including stories about Franklin's founding, the War years and occupation, up to the present time.

Franklin on Foot Civil War Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

August 9, 2011 - Ongoing

Commemorate the Civil War Sesquicentennial on our Civil War tour. This two-hour tour explores Franklin's Civil War experience though the eyes of civilians as well as soldiers.

Franklin on Foot "The Widow of the South" Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

August 9, 2011 - Ongoing

The Widow of the South, written by long-time Franklin resident and Historic Carnton Plantation Association board member Robert Hicks, centers on the life of Carrie McGavock, the mistress of Carnton before, during and after the Civil War. After the hardcover release in September, 2005, the book rose to #5 and spent eight weeks on the New York...

Franklin on Foot Haunted Franklin Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

August 9, 2011 - Ongoing

Lives cut short.... Sudden, violent death.... Unfinished business. All reasons spirits remain behind. But sometimes it's something entirely different: folks get so attached to their homes that they just can't bear to leave...even after they die.

Franklin seems to be full of both kinds. We've got departed socialites, spies, businessmen,...

Franklin Food Tours

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Historic Downtown Franklin

June 16, 2012 - Ongoing

It's Franklin's first food tour! Home to more than 20 locally-owned and operated restaurants, guests will explore Southern staples at six downtown restaurants, and learn a bit of background behind each tasting. The five-block walking tour also comes with Franklin history along the way.

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I Spy Downtown Franklin

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Historic Downtown Franklin

June 19-July 27, 2012

Franklin on Foot is offering a children’s tour twice a week to help parents combat the long summer hours. Beginning June 19 and continuing through July 27, the local tour company will host “I Spy Downtown Franklin” each Tuesday and Friday. The tour is a scavenger hunt-like game that combines entertainment with education...

Franklin on Foot Grave Matters Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

October 29, 2011

Dead men tell no tales, but their tombstones do. Twice a year, on the first Saturday in June and the last Saturday of October, Franklin's Rest Haven and City Cemeteries come alive as costumed reenactors portray some of the most interesting (and often tragic) souls that rest there.

Franklin on Foot Murder and Mayhem Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot

August 9, 2011

Yes, Franklin is a quaint and charming town. But Franklin also has some dark secrets and a gruesome past. This tour peels back the town's genteel exterior and takes a hard look at the seamy underbelly that is Franklin's history. This tour includes the very best of the worst. It's the kind of tour that makes Franklin natives of a certain age...

Widow of the South Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Historic Carnton Plantation

January 5-December 31, 2009

To learn about the people and places in The Widow of the South book, we offer, in conjunction with Carnton Plantation, a joint Widow of the South tour. The tour includes the 90-minute walking tour of downtown Franklin and an hour-long guided house tour of Carnton Plantation in one combined price. For the Carnton portion of the tour, a...

Ghosts and Gore Tour

Presented by Franklin on Foot at Historic Downtown Franklin

May 27, 2008-November 15, 2010

A 90 minute walking tour of downtown Franklin by a costumed guide features the best of downtown Franklin's ghost stories and explores some of the crime from Franklin's past --from rape, murder and prostitution to abortion, bootlegging and murder for hire--as well as the horrifying Battle of Franklin and its gruesome aftermath.

The Ghosts...