Fiddlers Grove Historic Village in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Bay's Southern Bread Company

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 8, 2024

1. Bay's Southern Bread Company Marker

Inscription. The recipe of a Grandmother and her love for baking is the beginning of a long and successful business venture for a special granddaughter named Peggy.

Mrs. Bertha Nixon of Smith County enjoyed baking a recipe of "sour dough bread" on her wood cook stove. She passed her favorite recipes, including her "sour dough bread recipe down to her Granddaughter, Peggy Bay. Peggy and her husband Charles began a bread baking business in their home, but very quickly outgrew their kitchen. They relocated to larger facilities and it soon became a huge family business, including all in the family. Today, Bay's Sour Dough Bread is sold and served in all of the Cracker Barrel Restaurants across the United States. The Bay's Southern Bread Company museum contains a wood cook stove and many baking items and artifacts.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bay and family donated to Fiddlers Grove in 1999. (Marker Number 26.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1999.

Location. 36° 11.88′ N, 86° 16.182′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Tennessee, in Wilson County. It is in Fiddlers

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Grove Historic Village. It can be reached from East Baddour Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 945 E Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon TN 37087, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wheeler School (a few steps from this marker); Popcorn Stand (a few steps from this marker); Remember when... (a few steps from this marker); Popcorn Stand Lebanon Public Square (a few steps from this marker); Hagar-George Cabin (a few steps from this marker); Seat's Studio (a few steps from this marker); Horse Drawn Hearse (within shouting distance of this marker); World War Two Second Army Maneuvers Museum Director Headquarters, Cumberland University

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 8, 2024

2. Bay's Southern Bread Company Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Interior of the Bay's Southern Bread Company museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 8, 2024

3. Interior of the Bay's Southern Bread Company museum

Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 17, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.