The Trail, Stop by Stop
Start in Adamsville when the museum opens and finish in Bethel Springs. The whole loop is under an hour of driving.
1Buford Pusser Home & Museum
The sheriff's own brick ranch home on Pusser Street, kept as if he might walk back in from a shift. A guide starts you with an eight-minute video, then you walk every room and finish in the garage with two of Buford's cars.
Hours: Thursday and Friday 11 to 4, Saturday 10 to 4, last tour 3:15. Admission $10 adults, $3 children 7–17.
2Buford Pusser's Grave
Sheriff Pusser is buried in Adamsville. Please be respectful; it is a working cemetery.
3A Hometown Lunch
Two Adamsville diners a few minutes from the museum, both serving slugburgers.
4The Buford Pusser Memorial
On August 21, 1974, Buford Pusser died in a single-car crash on Highway 64, coming home to Adamsville. He was 36. A stone memorial honors his life, 1937 to 1974.
5The County Seat
Pusser served as McNairy County sheriff from 1964 to 1970, and Selmer, the county seat, is where that job was done. Walk the courthouse square, then visit the Tennessee Law Enforcement Memorial honoring the state's fallen officers.
6Childhood Home Site
End where the story started, at the site of Buford Pusser's childhood home near Bethel Springs.
