Sunday April 21, 2024 Savannah To Soddy Daisy! (Daily Diary Synopsis)
We drove northwest toward Chattanooga. Soddy Daisy is just outside Chattanooga. Marilyn and Peter moved there from Orange about three years ago and we wanted to visit them. Marilyn was Mary's hairdresser for many years.
Did You Know? - Soddy-Daisy is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 13,070 at the 2020 census and estimated to be 13,619 in 2022. The city was formed in 1969 when the communities of Soddy and Daisy, along with nearby developed areas along U.S. Highway 27, merged to form Soddy-Daisy.
There are two popular stories about how the city of Soddy got its name. The first is that the word "Soddy" is an anglicization of Tsati, a shorter form of the Cherokee word ᎠᏂ ᎫᏌᏘ Ᏹ (Ani-Kusati-yi), referring to the Muskogean Koasati people who lived there in the 18th century prior to Cherokee migration to the area after 1776.
The second theory is that Soddy was named for William Sodder, who ran a trading post in the city. Others claim that Soddy's name is a reference to Soddy Creek, which is believed to have originated from the Cherokee word Sauta, which is derived from Echota. Soddy was a very small town until the Soddy Coal Company began mining in 1867.
Daisy is rumored to have taken its name from Daisy Parks, the daughter of Thomas Parks. Thomas Parks was vice-president of the Tabler-Cleudup Coal & Coke Company, and founded the Daisy Coal Company in April 1881
Drive from Savannah Georgia to Soddy Daisy , 6 hours 382 miles; visit neighbors, have dinner with Marilyn & Peter. Stay overnight with them.
Gourmet roadside restaurants.
The roads were beautiful.
Marilyn and Peter are fantastic hosts
Cheyenne wanted to know how Scout was!
They have a beautiful home in the forest.
We will see them again in Memphis in a day!
