Pearls in Tennessee

[PaulaPaints]

While antique shopping in Clinton , Tennessee today, I was surprised to find an historical marker downtown proclaiming Clinton the “ Pearl marketplace”.... seems at one time there was a booming business harvesting freshwater river pearls from the Clinch River .
http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricM...001-03&MarkerTitle=The Market Place of Pearls

 

[Red]

There is more information about Tennessee pearls here.

http://www.tennesseeriverpearls.com/