Chase Pipes - Smoky Mountain Relic Room Co-Owner and Operator

Chase Pipes is an experienced artifact and specimen wholesaler and retailer in Dandridge, Tennessee. He studied history at Carson Newman College in nearby Jefferson City before dropping out of school to begin a career acquiring and selling items of historical value and natural items such as minerals and fossils. Since 2008, Chase Pipes has sold large numbers of these artifacts and specimens as co-owner and operator of the Smoky Mountain Relic Room in Sevierville, Tennessee.

Chase Pipes documents many of his artifacts and specimen finds to supplement his leadership role at the Smoky Mountain Relic Room, telling stories about these items and interviewing the people who originally discovered them. He shares this content as the host of his own YouTube channel and local radio show, both of which have the title Chasing History. In and out of the professional arena, he loves to explore human and natural history by digging underground for items of interest, restoring damaged artifacts, and even volunteering as a historical reenactor.