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Much of the park's recreational focus is on Big Ridge Lake, a 45-acre (0.18 km 2) sub-impoundment of Norris near the center of the park. Big Ridge State Park was first developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s as part of the greater Norris Project.
The Southwest Territory was organized in 1790 to govern the area, and Cage was appointed by Governor William Blount sheriff of Sumner county, a position he held until 1796 when he was succeeded by his son James Cage. [1] Cage was a member of the first session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions after Tennessee statehood in 1796. [2]
Other nearby Tennessee cities and communities include Hampton, Elizabethton, Roan Mountain, Mountain City, Johnson City, and Bristol. Watauga Lake covers parts of Johnson and Carter Counties. Another much smaller nearby lake that is not part of the TVA system is the Ripshin Lake located 6 mi (9.7 km) SW of Roan Mountain.
This lake is located only a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, and also the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Douglas Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority at a record pace from February 2, 1942, through February 19, 1943, to provide hydroelectric power and to control flooding downstream in the Tennessee River ...
Edgar Evins State Park is a state park in DeKalb County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park consists of 6,300 acres (25 km 2) along the shores of Center Hill Lake, an impoundment of the Caney Fork. The State of Tennessee leases the land from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The most recent report on black bear population in the Southeast was released in 2020, based on research done by the University of Tennessee and natural resource agencies in Tennessee, Georgia ...
Reelfoot Lake State Park is a state park in the northwest corner of Tennessee in the United States. It encompasses Reelfoot Lake and is situated in Lake and Obion counties. The park itself makes up 280 acres (1.1 km 2 ), divided into ten sections around the lake. [ 1 ]
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