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The mountain was part of the Cherokee homeland until 1817. [3] The mountain was named "Eagle Mountain" by the Cherokee because of the great number of golden eagles that roosted and nested along its ridge line. In fact, in honor of those birds, for many years a golden eagle sat in the park in Monteagle until it was stolen as a school prank.
One of the most hazardous stretches of Interstate Highway in the US is located where I-24 crosses the Cumberland Plateau on steep grades in Grundy and Marion County near the town of Monteagle and is commonly known as "Monteagle Mountain" or "Monteagle". While all motorists are advised to exercise caution along this stretch, truckers are ...
The route unofficially runs concurrent with I-24 across Monteagle Mountain, the stretch across the Cumberland Plateau, often cited as one of the most hazardous stretches of highway in the United States and splits at exit 152 near Kimball where it then enters Jasper, becoming concurrent with US 41, of which it crosses Nickajack Lake, part of the ...
Apr. 28—Monteagle Mountain's iconic Jim Oliver's Smoke House Restaurant and Trading Post — in operation since 1960 — burned to the ground Tuesday afternoon in a blaze that drew scores of ...
Franklin County Airport covers an area of 70 acres (28 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 3,700 x 50 feet (1,128 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 1,800 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.
U.S. Route 41 Alternate (US 41 Alt.), also signed U.S. Route 41A in Tennessee (US 41A), connects the town of Monteagle, Tennessee, with Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Tennessee line. It serves the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, on its way to Nashville, where it briefly runs concurrently with US 41.
The fall occurred sometime around 9 a.m. as the climber was with a group that was scheduled to make the ascent towards the mountain's summit.
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