Historic Clay County Courthouse TN curator Thomas Watson is shown with workers from the Tennessee State Miseum as they deliver Bud Garrett’s marble making machine to the Rolley Hole Marble Museum earlier today. This piece of Clay County history is back home! Pictured...
The Rolley Hole Museum is now open for visitors. Housed in the two east-side rooms of the Historic Clay County Courthouse, the museum contains informational materials, photo albums, Rolley Hole Tournament posters, artifacts, marbles and audio-visual displays. The...
Eric Strong, of Celina, Tennessee, is a second-generation marble maker and an experienced player in the Rolley Hole marble folk game tradition. Eric has been making marbles for nearly three decades. His father, the late Junior B. Strong, and his uncle, Malcolm, were...
by Robert J. Fulcher In early spring the ground in Clay County, Tennessee is too wet to plow, and too wet to play marbles. In late fall the frosty nights are too cold for the game, and besides, tobacco is in need of stripping. But on warm, dry evenings between those...
This article is reprinted from The Tennessee Arts Commission. The Arts Commission has been a tremendous supporter of the National Rolley Hole Marbles Championship and Festival, providing funding and other support. The Arts Commission also provided funding for this...
