Scottsville Candle Company

10/30/2026

One of my favorite parts of owning Scottsville Candle Company is always having something new to test. 💛

So much of this brand has always been rooted in nostalgia. A certain place, a certain season, a feeling you haven’t thought about in years until something suddenly brings it back.

That’s usually what I’m looking for when I’m trying something new. Not just whether it smells good, but whether it feels like a memory.

And every now and then, a test burn feels like a little tease of something I’m still figuring out. 👀🫶🏻

10/24/2026

Yall go get these GORGEOUS pens!! 😍

10/04/2026

✨ A journal entry from the archives is getting its proper introduction. ✨

When the railroad finally reached Scottsville in 1886, it did more than give local residents a new way to travel.

It gave Allen County a new way to do business.

To***co, corn, wheat, livestock, lumber, barrel staves, wagon spokes, railroad ties, and other products moved through Scottsville’s freight depot and out to markets far beyond the county. Goods from across the country came back in the other direction.

Our earlier Journal entry on the Scottsville Train Depot focused largely on the passenger side of the railroad story, the trains, the travelers, and the connection they gave Scottsville to the wider world.

What the Railroad Carried: The Freight Depot That Changed Scottsville tells the other half.

It looks at the freight that passed through town, the businesses that developed around the railroad, and the role the depot played in helping transform East Main Street into an important commercial district.

And unlike the passenger depot standing today, the old wooden freight depot is not a reconstruction.

It is a surviving piece of Scottsville’s original railroad era.

This entry has actually been in The Scottsville Journal for a little while, but between work, school, and everything else, I never gave it the proper introduction here on Facebook.

So, if you read our original Train Depot story, consider this Part Two. 🚂

What the Railroad Carried: The Freight Depot That Changed Scottsville

Available now through The Scottsville Journal.

Link in the comments. 🫶🏻

10/02/2026

I am really glad this story was told. 🫶🏻

There are so many pieces of Scottsville’s history, culture, and identity that are worth taking the time to document, and I genuinely appreciate the work Public Spring is doing to help tell them.

I wanted to share their newest story here and encourage you to spend a few minutes with it.

Give it a read. I think you’ll be glad you did. 💛

Norrofest Music Festival has a name for a reason. And its the story of success that started with humble beginnings right here in Scottsville.

09/06/2026

✨A new journal entry is available now.✨

In November 1862, thousands of Union soldiers marched into Scottsville and established an encampment on the heights of Dumont Hill
They came exhausted, sick, and demoralized after the Kentucky campaign.

For nearly three weeks, they rested, drilled, bought fresh food from local residents, and prepared for the battles still ahead.
Most eventually marched away.
Some never did.

What the Hill Kept: The Forgotten Union Dead of Scottsville tells the story of Dumont Hill, the Civil War hospitals that treated sick soldiers here, and the Union dead who were buried in Scottsville in a U.S. burial ground whose exact location was eventually lost to memory.

This is not the story of a battle fought here. It is the story of what happened between battles, when Scottsville became a place of recovery, sickness, death, and burial for men serving far from home.

It is one of those pieces of local history that changes the way you look at a familiar place.

What the Hill Kept: The Forgotten Union Dead of Scottsville

Available now through The Scottsville Journal.

Link in the comments. 🫶🏻

08/27/2026

RIP an absolute legend! 🦋💛

Today, we join so many across the country in sharing our deepest condolences at the passing of a true American icon, Dolly Parton.

Dolly was more than a country music legend. She was a songwriter, entertainer, philanthropist, businesswoman, and, perhaps most importantly, someone who never forgot where she came from or the people around her.

One thing we support around here at The Heart is a woman in business.

Here in Scottsville, we have a special little piece of Dolly’s story. Dolly once visited Scottsville as part of Dollar General’s 40th anniversary celebration in 1979. This photo captures that visit at our local Dollar General, a moment in time that reminds us that even someone as famous as Dolly took the time to visit our small town.

She spent her life making people laugh, giving back, lifting others up, and reminding us to dream big no matter where we come from.

Also taught us that your outfit can never be to bold and pink is always a great choice.

Her music touched generations, but her kindness and generosity may be the greatest part of the legacy she leaves behind.

Scottsville was lucky to have a little piece of her story, and we are grateful to remember her through moments like this one.

Dolly, we will always love you🩷

(photo Credit to: Frank Empson / The Tennessean)

08/22/2026

A new journal entry is available now. ✨

For our latest Visiting Our Neighbors entry, we’re heading north to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to visit a house whose story was interrupted almost before it began.

Construction on Riverview at Hobson Grove had already begun when the Civil War reached Bowling Green. Work stopped, Confederate forces occupied the area, and the unfinished home was put to uses its owner, Atwood Hobson, never intended.

The Hobson family would wait years before finally calling it home.

But war would not be the last time Riverview’s future was uncertain. More than a century later, fire left the house uninhabitable, demolition threatened to erase it completely, and a group of local preservationists stepped in to make sure the story did not end there.

The House That Waited: Visiting Riverview at Hobson Grove explores a home shaped by war, family, fire, preservation, and more than 150 years of survival.

This is exactly what Visiting Our Neighbors is meant to do: occasionally take us beyond Allen County to explore the historic places our neighboring communities have preserved and the stories they still have to tell. 💛

The House That Waited: Visiting Riverview at Hobson Grove

Available now through The Scottsville Journal.

Link in the comments.

08/21/2026

A little Journal celebration. 💛

The Scottsville Journal has officially been on Substack for a little over a month, and I wanted to celebrate with a special offer for new paid subscribers.

For a limited time, you can join The Scottsville Journal for 20% off your first three months.

Paid subscribers get access to the complete Journal archive, including occasional subscriber-only deep dives like The Warehouse That Built a Retail Empire: The Story of J. L. Turner & Son, while helping support the research, archival work, and preservation behind the stories we share.

The offer is available through September 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM.

If you’ve been thinking about subscribing, this is a good time to jump in. ✨🫶🏻

Link in comments 💛

08/18/2026

In case you missed Sunday’s journal entry… 👀

Before Dollar General became a national retail name, it was J. L. Turner & Son, a Scottsville wholesale company operating from a brick warehouse on East Main Street.

The Warehouse That Built a Retail Empire: The Story of J. L. Turner & Son is one of the most extensive features published by The Scottsville Journal so far, built from decades of local newspaper coverage, historic records, National Register documentation, and Cal Turner Jr.’s own account of his family and the company.

The story follows the Turners from their earliest business ventures through the founding of J. L. Turner & Son in 1939, wartime operations, the Scottsville Canning Company, the expansion into retail, and the development of the Dollar General concept.

This feature is available exclusively to paid subscribers of The Scottsville Journal.

Subscriptions are $5 per month or $45 per year, and include access to the full Journal archive, including occasional subscriber-only deep dives like this one. Paid subscriptions also directly support the archival research, newspaper access, source comparison, and time that goes into keeping Scottsville and Allen County history documented and accessible. 🤍

If you’ve been thinking about subscribing, this is a pretty good place to start.

Link in the comments. 🫶🏻