When Parton began appearing on Farm and Home Hour, Walker felt he needed to protect her from the various musicians surrounding her. “I went on a lot of show dates I wouldn’t have went on, but she was ...

The familiar voice sounds a little different — calmer, younger, serious and down-to-business. "I have campaigned for only one kind of a city government," grocer-politician Cas Walker declares in his ...

NORRIS, Tenn. — Local legend Cas Walker will be celebrated this weekend at the Museum of Appalachia. Walker, who died in 1998, owned a successful chain of grocery stores, was a fiery politician, and ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published on March 25, 2012. The third strike made the charm. Caswell Orton Walker looked up and down the picket line outside the Kentucky coal mine, counted ...

Orton Caswell “Cas” Walker would have to be described as one of the most unorthodox businessman, politician, and/or radio and television personalities. The stories about this East Tennessean have to ...

Only Cas Walker could come up with a scheme to make a profit out of the death of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock N’ Roll. As stated in his, “Cas Walker, My Life History”, the master grocery promoter ...

He was a politician, a businessman, an entertainer and a legend in East Tennessee: Cas Walker. The Cas Walker Stories Project is underway. The idea for the University of Tennessee project can be ...

I remember years ago, watching the Cas Walker show each weekday morning. He had several clichés and sales ad slogans that came to be memorized. A pair of scissors with the words: ‘Cost cutter savings’ ...

Who was Cas Walker of the ‘Farm and Home Hour’? If you ask Parton who Walker was, she’d tell you: “an old raccoon hunter who started selling groceries door-to-door with a wheelbarrow,” according to ...

The historic Cas Walker grocery store site in Bearden, which once offered the staples of life, will now offer a few luxuries. The location at 5613 Kingston Pike, which was more recently an antique ...

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