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The street plan of the core of the district, which centers on Rogersville's commercial and governmental hub, was designed by the town's founder, Joseph Rogers, when he petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to establish a town at Hawkins Court House in 1786.
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
Location of Monroe County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
Location of Grainger County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grainger County, Tennessee.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States.
Ebbing and Flowing Spring is one of only two known springs in the world to exhibit tidal characteristics with a predictable regularity. [ citation needed ] During a period of 2 hours and 47 minutes, the spring's flow ranges from an indiscernible trickle to 500 US gallons (1,900 L; 420 imp gal) per minute.
Amis House is a pioneer settlement in Hawkins County, Tennessee near Rogersville, built in 1780–2 by Thomas Amis, the father-in-law of Rogersville founder Joseph Rogers. In addition to his stone house, which also served as an inn for travelers, Amis established a tavern , general store , distillery , saw mill , and grist mill .
Three ships in the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Tennessee. CSS Tennessee (1861) was a steamship, built in 1853 and seized by the Confederate States in 1861; she was recaptured by the Union in the Battle of New Orleans and commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Tennessee (1853); she was later renamed USS Mobile when the ironclad CSS Tennessee (1863) was captured in 1864
Hawkins County Courthouse, ca. 1835–36, is situated at the center of Rogersville.Still in use, it is the second oldest courthouse in Tennessee. [9]In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the United States Congress from Tennessee and hero of the Alamo, settled in the Watauga colony in the area in what is today Rogersville near the spring that today bears their name. [10]