![]() ![]() Now, in what would have been impossible 50 years ago, he has an exhibit up at the museum, with a website and brochures to help people do their own self-guided tours of the abandoned base – once so secret that many lifelong Clarksvillians didn't even know it existed. O'Brien has spent years trying to untangle reality from the urban legends that have sprung up as a consequence of having hundreds of people working on a nuclear weapons facility that no one could talk about for decades. More: Radioactive dogs exploded during diner hanky panky, and other 'Birdcage' stories It's called Clarksville Base, and bit by bit it's giving up its stories as the fog of Cold War super-secrecy dissipates, freeing former workers to tell more of what they know and filling in the blanks for historians like John O'Brien of Fort Campbell's Don Pratt Museum. ![]() One of the best – certainly one of the strangest – is only a few miles away. If the idea of exploring a ghost town appeals to you, you don't have to drive to Arizona to find one. EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published April 5, 2014. ![]()
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