In 1846, the widowed Katherine Schneider Baum and her 15-year-old son Karl (1831-1916) left their native country during the German Revolution and immigrated to America on the sailing ship New …
How Baum’s Bearden blooms transformed the world of flowers
It’s spring, and East Tennessee is a riot of colorful flowers. Wild irises are popping up in surprising blues and lavenders, purple hyacinths and yellow daffodils are lining walkways, and …