Author: William Henry CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The History of Tennessee
Author: William Henry CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
History of Davidson County, Tennessee
Author: W. Woodford ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History
Author: Samuel Gordon HeiskellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The French Broad-Holston Country
Author: Hidden History of Nashville
Author: George R ZeppPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625843062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This collection uncovers the fascinating past of Tennessee’s legendary Music City from true tall tales to larger than life characters and much more. Perched on the banks of the Cumberland River, Nashville is best known for its role in the civil rights movement, world-class education and, of course, country music. In this unique collection of columns written for The Tennessean, journalist and longtime Tennessee native George Zepp illuminates a less familiar side of the city’s history. Here, readers will learn the secrets of Timothy Demonbreun, one of the city's first residents, who lived with his family in a cliff-top cave; Cortelia Clark, the blind bluesman who continued to perform on street corners after winning a Grammy award; and Nashville's own Cinderella story, which involved legendary radio personality Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist protegee. Based on questions from readers across the nation, these little-known tales abound with Music City mystery and charm.
Marking Time
Author: Fred BrownPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572333307
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The roadside historical markers of East Tennessee highlight the fascinating personalities and significant events of a culturally and historically rich region. Forthree years, Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Fred Brown presented the storiesbehind the local markers placed by the Tennessee Historical Commission. He searchedthe highways and back roads of East Tennessee, tracking down markers with directionsthat were sometimes no more specific than ?Highway 11, Greene County.'Arranged by county, the entries link East Tennessee's past and present and highlightthe enormous diversity of the state's history from its prehistoric past through its involvement in World War II. The markers detail bitter struggles with Native Americans in the eighteenth century, but also explain the unique contribution of Cherokee culture and civilization, such as Sequoyah's development of the Cherokee syllabary. Brown commemorates the numerous Civil War sites throughout the region, but he also includes the service of East Tennesseans in later wars. One marker commemorates Kiffin Yates Rockwell, a founding pilot of the Lafayete Escadrille, a famed squadron of aviators in World War I. Another marker details the achievements of Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser of Greene County, who was posthumously decorated for his leadership of a First Marine Division Rifle Platoon on Okinawa.The markers also showcase East Tennessee's unique political history. They tell thestory of the ?lost state? of Franklin in the 1780s and record the region's efforts to secede from the state when Tennessee left the Union in 1861. Brown's narrative also explains the nature of opposing political factions throughout the decades through the biographies of their leaders, such as Elihu Embree, a Quaker abolitionist who founded an antislavery paper in East Tennessee.From the vantage of the armchair or out on the road, Marking Time is a surprisingand engaging trip on the byways of East Tennessee's politics, culture, and history through the stories of the men and women who shaped the state.
First Families of Tennessee
Author: East Tennessee Historical SocietyPublisher: East Tenn Historical Society
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
First Families of Tennessee is a tribute to these men and women who established the state.
Rebellion Revisited
Author: Walter T. DurhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Over the Misty Blue Hills
Author: Ruth Webb O'DellPublisher: Southern Historical Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780893082765
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
"Reproduced from an original edition in the Stockley Memorial Library, Newport, Tennessee"--T.p. verso.
Franklin
Author: James A. CrutchfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781577361473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
To encourage industry and promote city expansion in the 1920s, the Franklin Kiwanis Club proclaimed its city Tennessee's Handsomest Town. As this fashionable moniker suggests, the city of Franklin, Tennessee, was and still is justifiably proud of its award-winning Main Street, picturesque rolling hills, and stately antebellum mansions. But the real history of Franklin and its people encompasses much more. Prehistoric mastodon hunters. Native American villages. Civil War battles. Floods. Urban sprawl. Political squabbles. Industrialization. And historic preservation.