South Pittsburg Shootout Christmas 1927

On Christmas night 1927, two groups of lawmen squared off in the heart of South Pittsburg. Gunfire erupted and before it was over, five men were dead. One would die the following morning.

Here is a list of web resources pertaining to that event.

"Labor Strife in the Southern Stove Industry: Shootout at South Pittsburg" by Barbara S. Haskew and Robert B. Jones, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Winter 2004. To determine availability of a specific issue or to order a back issue, please email tnhissoc@tennesseehistory.org or call (615) 741-8934.

"‘Christmas Massacre’ to be revisited", (PDF) article in the August 29, 2005 edition of The Record.

MTSU On the Record, September 4, 2005 (MP3 podcast) Drs. Barbara Haskew and Bob Jones discuss their research on the shootout and its causes.

"Shootout at South Pittsburg" A video story about the event available online.

"Collecting Stories of 1927 'shootout' moves to forefront," May 9, 2008, new release about the search for personal stories about the event.