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1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee. [7] 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind [14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established. [12] 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established. [5] 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built. [5] 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room [8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded.
The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post).
This article pertains to the history of Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee. What is now Nashville was the center of civilization for the Mississippian culture around 1300. [1] In 1779, Fort Nashborough was built here in 1779 by pioneers from North Carolina. In 1784 it was incorporated as a town by the North Carolina legislature.
October 31, 1897. The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee 's entry into the union in 1796. [1] President William McKinley officially opened the event from the White House ...
Nov. 26: Col. Luther J. Glenn is appointed commander of the Atlanta Post. 9 : 182. Dec. 5: Cap. Thomas L. Dodd is appointed the Provost-Marshal. 9 : 182. Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. 9 : 182–185 10 : 407–412.
16 feet (4.9 m) History. Opened. July 5, 1909. Location. The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (previously called the Shelby Street Bridge or Shelby Avenue Bridge) is a truss bridge that spans the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The bridge spans 3,150 feet (960 m) [1] and is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in ...
The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign [3][4] that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the ...
[62] [63] In 1960, Time reported that Nashville had "nosed out Hollywood as the nation's second biggest (after New York) record-producing center." [64] In 1957 Nashville desegregated its school system using an innovative grade a year plan, in response to a class action suit Kelly vs. Board of Education of Nashville. By 1966 the Metro Council ...