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Newspapers on Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State. (Searchable by locale) Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies: Newspapers, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State "Tennessee". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review.
Polk County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The location for the county seat of Benton was chosen by an election held on February 4, 1840. [1] Copper was discovered in Ducktown in 1843. By the 1850s, a large mining operation was underway in southeastern Polk County; the area became known as the ...
Benton was founded in 1840 as a county seat for Polk County, which had been established the previous year. The town, originally a trading post known as McKamy's stock stand, was named in honor of politician and US Senator from Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton. [8] Nancy Ward, a Cherokee known as Nanyehi, was a Beloved Woman, a leader among her ...
A Tennessee driver is dead following a single-car rollover on that happened shortly after 2 p.m. March 12 on I-26 East in Polk County, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
Polk County sheriff’s deputies flattened the tires of Corral-Zavala's BMW with spike strips, but he drove onto Highway 22, turned west toward Salem and continued until crashing near Milepost 23.
A Lakeland man died Wednesday morning after nearby drivers reported seeing him attempt to climb onto a moving dump truck.
The Benton fireworks disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on May 27, 1983, on a farm near Benton, Tennessee.A powerful explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory producing illegal fireworks killed eleven and injured one, revealing the existence of the factory for the first time to law enforcement and the public.
The woman was found dead in northwest Polk County near Mill Creek in April 2023. ... comments and news tips, ... Oregon man charged for death of woman found in Polk County, 2 others. Show comments.