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  2. Tennessee Valley Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.

  3. List of law enforcement agencies in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Tennessee. According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies , the state had 375 law enforcement agencies employing 15,976 sworn police officers, about 256 for each 100,000 residents.

  4. List of police museums - Wikipedia

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    The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum; Cleveland Police Historical Society Museum; Maryland State Police Museum, Pikesville; National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC; New York City Police Museum; San Diego County Sheriff's Museum; Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum; Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum; Phoenix Police ...

  5. Chota (Cherokee town) - Wikipedia

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    After the Tennessee Valley Authority announced plans in 1967 to build Tellico Dam, which would flood several historic Cherokee sites, the University of Tennessee initiated a plan to conduct salvage archeological excavations throughout the Little Tennessee Valley. Excavations were conducted at Chota between 1969 and 1974, as litigation stalled ...

  6. Anderson County, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    On June 8, 1861, Anderson Countians voted against Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession, 1,278 to 97. [6] The construction of Norris Dam, the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, brought major changes to the county in the 1930s. Approximately 2900 families were relocated from reservoir lands in Anderson and nearby counties during the ...

  7. Tennessee Highway Patrol - Wikipedia

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    In addition to traffic law enforcement, the Tennessee Highway Patrol has responsibility in criminal interdiction, which involves the suppression of narcotics on the state's roads and highways, including Interstate Highways. It is the agency responsible for conducting background checks on applicants for permits to carry handguns.

  8. Polk County, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Like East Tennessee, Polk has always leaned Republican, though to a lesser extent than most counties in the region. However, during the Great Depression and World War II , this changed drastically, with Polk County giving 92.7% of the vote to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 (it swung hard to the GOP between 1944 and 1948).

  9. Museum of Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority acquired the cabin's 20-acre (8.1 ha) tract for the construction of Norris Lake, and the cabin was moved a short distance. Two of Arnwine's daughters, Polly Anne (d. 1923) and Eliza Jane (d. 1936) lived in the cabin their entire lives, and after Eliza Jane's death the cabin was used for storage ...

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