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- Did you know the first European person to set foot in the area known as Tennessee was Hernando de Soto? His expedition landed at Tampa Bay in 1540.
- Before the arrival of the Europeans in the state, the land was settled by the Cherokee and Chickasaw Native American tribes.
- Due to poor living standards in Tennessee from 1915 to 1930, many people migrated to other areas of the country. In history, this time was known as the Great Migration.
- According to some sources, Tennessee was named after the Tennessee River, which was named for the Indian word “Tanasie,” the name of a Cherokee village.
- The MCU show “Loki” introduced the world to the world authority on the time stream, known by what three-letter acronym? The acronym shares its name with a federal project to provide electricity, aid, and jobs to Tennessee, created in 1933 by FDR and still under operation.
- And you thought they were just annoying little birds that pooped in public parks! But no, one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite hobbies was racing what type of bird that lends its name to a famous forge in East Tennessee?
- What Walmart CEO, getting the job in 2014, is from Memphis, Tennessee, and shares a last name with a fictional TV San Francisco police commissioner played by Rock Hudson from 1971-1977?
- The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995? The program started by offering a monthly book to each child in Sevier County, Tennessee regardless of family income.
In February 1862, some of the war's first serious fighting took place along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, recognized as major military highways, and mountain passes such as Cumberland Gap were keenly competed-for by both sides.
Jan 30, 2020 · This enriched landscape is filled with a vast amount of history dating to the earliest of explorers and the American Indians to the statehood of 1796 and further into the Civil War and present day. Over the next several months, Piedmont Trails will explore the early trails leading into Tennessee.
To this day, no state-recognized tribes live in Tennessee. Tennessee seceded (withdrew) from the Union near the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 but became the first state to rejoin in...
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Jan 2, 2024 · Explore the powerful Mississippi River and the beautiful Smoky Mountains with our interesting Tennessee facts. Learn all about the Volunteer State here.
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Jun 15, 2020 · The scanty written information about the Indians of Tennessee comes from the chronicles of the sixteenth-century Spanish, seventeenth-century French, and eighteenth-century British expeditions.
