Harrogate, Tennessee pronounced Hair-a-Git

You may be wondering more about where we will be living since you have probably never heard of it before. When I found out where we were going I instantly googled Harrogate and I was floored, it is so gorgeous! Looked like a beautiful city with tons of shops. Then I realized I was looking at a photo of Harrogate in the UK. Harrogate, TN is also very beautiful but lets just say doesn't have quite as many shops or people...more like cows.

The population is about 4,000 and I wouldn't  be surprised if that included medical school students and their families. Yes, Rexburg friends, Harrogate is 6 times smaller than Rexburg. There is one apartment complex there but really it isn't the nicest so we opted for renting a house. In our hunt for a house we found several on about 40 acres with livestock on the property, thank heavens we found one that doesn't. 

Tom's school is about 3 miles away from our house. He is going to Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. You guessed it, the university is all about good ol'  Abe Lincoln. They have parades for Lincoln and you will see several Lincoln monuments and quotes all over their campus. In looking at the school website I found this little tidbit;

 "Grant-Lee Hall Ghost: Constructed as the luxurious Sanitarium of the Four Seasons Hotel in the 1890s, Grant-Lee Hall burned in 1904 and again in 1950. Stories are told of a woman in a red dress who appears and knocks on doors in the residence hall. Some say that she is trying to warn residents to escape before those historic fires destroy the building!" 

apparently part of the school is haunted, hopefully our house isn't! Harrogate is really beautiful with tons to do outdoors. You can even go to this place and stand in all three states ( Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) at once. The people so far have been very friendly. I have already talked to the bishop and he said that 90% of the ward is med school students and their families. I am really excited about that, I think it will really give us a better chance to make new friends.

The town does have a walmart and several mom and pop type stores so that is really good. It will be so fun to live in and experience a new place, plus we will be much closer to Tom's family. I am so excited to move to Tennessee, it will be such an exciting journey. 16 days till the move!