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Pat Ezzell

Patricia Bernard Ezzell serves as the Tennessee Valley Authority’s resident expert regarding the agency's history. She has authored several articles and two books on TVA history:  TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley and TVA Photography, 1963-2008:  Challenges and Changes in the Tennessee Valley. She also co-hosts Pat & Ashley's Excellent Adventure, a social media and video series highlighting the TVA region. She is married to Tim Ezzell and they have two children, Will and Sophie, and two rescued pets, D-Day and Jenga.
Pat Ezzell
Historic photo

Floods of the Past

Historical records tell of the Valley’s severe floods – and how the region’s people unite quickly to render aid.

Painted Bluff in Alabama

People Saving Places

National Historic Preservation Month spotlights TVA’s archaeologists, historians and cultural resources specialists.

The front page of the Chattanooga Sunday Times on Feb. 14, 1960.

Baby, It Was Cold Outside

Extreme snowfall isn’t a frequent event in the Valley region – but it’s happened before.