Historic Tours

You can step back into history by taking an Emancipation Journey. Enjoy an encounter with the Embree House Historic Farm during which you will relive its rich history. Your personally guided tour will bring the past to the present revealing why the rich farmland has become sacred ground.

You will journey with the indians who first roamed this land through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and learn how the Kykers and current proprieters have contributed to the recent history. Our hope is you will be touched spiritually and patriotically as you continue your Emancipation Journey.  

To make a reservation, call proprieter Patrick Stern at 423-913-3812.(wait 8 rings to leave a message)

House Tour

See the interior great room and slave quarters of the 1791 Embree House, the original 1791 spring, the Angel Terrace, the Sarah Sevier Memorial Chapel, the Milagros Storytelling Palace and gravesite, and the 1850 train track which triggered the Civil War Battle of Limestone. The tour includes some historic stairs and small slopes on mainly flat ground walking about a ½ mile. The tour takes about 2 hours. Lite refreshments are served at the end of the tour with time for discussion. Enjoy the sights of the farm after the tour.
Fee: $100 for 8 guests; $10 for each additional guest; maximum 15 guests.

Outdoor Walking Tour

View the 1950 Emancipation Journey tobacco barn, the original stone quary, the 1950 farm house, the stone wall entry, the original 1791 spring, the Angel Terrace, the 1791 Embree House, the Sarah Sevier Memorial Chapel, the Milagros Storytelling Palace and gravesite, the 1850 railroad which triggered the Civil War Battle of Limestone and the 911 Memorial Vista. The tour includes walking about 2 miles on mainly flat ground with small slopes and a trail up a steep hill at the end. The tour takes approximately 2 to 3 hours. Lite refreshments are served at the end of the tour with time for discussion. Enjoy the sites of the farm after the tour.
Fee: $150 for 8 guests; $15 for each additional guest; maximum 20 guests.