On Friday, WGNS’ Scott Walker ventured off the beaten path and made his way to a place called Hippie Hill. The campground sits at the intersection of three counties, Rutherford, Coffee and Cannon. In this day and age it’s hard to believe that people live in such a primitive way, but they do.
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The road to Hippie Hill is quite long, but beautiful. The campsite is about 13-miles from the Murfreesboro City Limits.
Once you arrive there is a long gravel driveway that leads you into the actual campground.
Below is a memorial for the founder of the camp, "Hippie Tom." Tom lives at the camp with his wife. We are told that the bus seen in this picture was once his home.
Richard Thorton Jr. (below) talked to Scott about life in the campground. Thorton helps to promote concerts that are held in the campground.
Thorton told us that he moved to Hippie Hill shortly after Hurricane Katrina.
One camper told us he moved to Hippie Hill a number of years back because of an event they call After Roo, which is going on now. After Roo is a week of concerts similar to Bonnaroo, but on a much smaller scale. Yohn (pronounced Yawn) told us - pictured below…
“Mamma Jenny” has lived in a camper on the property for the past 12-years. Jenny and her husband “Hippie Tom” started Hippie Hill - pictured below…
We asked her if she was happy…
Dwight Teagarden is the pastor of Hippie Hill. He told us his goal and the goal of founder “Hippie Tom” is to simply help those who simply ask for guidance.
Teagarden grew up in Murfreesboro in the Riverview Subdivision. He graduated from Bellwood Christian Academy when they had a high school in the mid 1970's.
Guest include Dwight Teagarden and Hippie Tom.
