Stringer's Ridge is an urban park designed for those who want to explore the natural environment through hiking, running, and biking. This long, narrow ridge holds a rich history that spans from hundreds of millions of years ago to today - from the bottom of an ancient sea to community driven conservation, and much more in between.

Image: Deep Zoom Chattanooga and Library of Congress Digital Archive 1902.

Now home to the headquarters of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Cameron Hill was formerly home to: a mud-caked seafloor, a civil-war battlefield, a railway incline, a casino, several ornate mansions, a small park, an apartment complex, a feral cat colony, and a failed attempt to save it from development.

Image: Federal soldiers on Cameron Hill (1864). Courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library.

If you stand at the corner of Georgia and McCallie Ave. in Chattanooga, you'll see an old stone steeple, all that remains of a church. This structure and stone from the original foundation offer a glimpse into the history of Chattanooga - from when it was covered in a warm shallow ancient ocean to the people who played a role in building today's Chattanooga community.

Image: The Old Stone Church and the Patten Parrish House. (n.d.) (Unknown photographer) Courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.