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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 ...
This year marks a few milestones in Lenawee County history. The first modern settlements in what would become the communities of Blissfield, Deerfield and Tecumseh were made 200 years ago in 1824 ...
Population: 132,929. [15] Cumberland River overflowed with nearly a foot of rainfall, covering Downtown Clarksville and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. [16] 2011 - Kim McMillan becomes mayor. 2019 Mark Green becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district. [17] Joe Pitts becomes mayor. [18] 2020 ...
The first state route to run through the modern Cross Plains area was State Route 79 in the 1920s, it ran on the old Louisville and Nashville Turnpike. [12] State Route 79 was replaced by U.S. Route 31W in November 1926. The second and last state route to be routed through Cross Plains was State Route 25 which was extended west of Gallatin to ...
(The Center Square) — Tennessee's population grew from 7.1 million in 2023 to 7.2 million this year, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. The state's population has ...
The Ruskin Colony was founded by Julius Augustus Wayland (1854–1912), a newspaper editor and socialist from Indiana.The roots of the Ruskin project can be found in the movement within American socialism at the time, towards the creation of new model colonies which would, in theory, challenge the American industrial system by creating ethical alternatives built in rural settings.
Dr. Daniel Feller, professor of history and editor/director, The Papers of Andrew Jackson, reads a passage in 2016 from the 13th volume, a thick book covering the year of 1831.
Tennessee State Route 113 is White Pine's Main Street, runs northeast to US 25E and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Dandridge. Tennessee State Route 341 (also known as White Pine Road, Roy Messer Highway and Old Airport Road) runs west to east through the western and southern parts of the town, connecting I-81 at Exit 4 with US 25E.