SHAKE RAG, TENNESSEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1850’S NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE INTERSECTION OF SHELBY ROAD AND RANKIN BRANCH.
THE POPULATION “44 & 1/2” DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL 1969 WHEN THE ‘MAYOR’ OF SHAKE RAG – MARTENDALE ABBY WAS PAINTING A NEW SIGN…
MAYOR ABBY WROTE “1/2”, THEREBY CREATING THE THEORY THAT “EVERY TIME A WOMAN GETS PREGNANT, A MAN LEAVES TOWN”…
SHAKE RAG BAR AND GRILL IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING IT’S THIRD RESURRECTION