Name: Linda Mines
Age: 66
Hometown: Baxter, Tenn.
Occupation: City and county historian
Linda Mines is among the one in four Americans who can’t fit their cars in their garage due to all the other items stored there. In Mines’ case, however, it is not mementos of her own life that overtake boxes and crowd every available corner, but, rather, those of others. As the official historian for both the city of Chattanooga and Hamilton County – and a firm believer in engaging people through education – Mines has accumulated quite the inventory of historical artifacts.