The Flag of Tennessee
Tennessee ( TEN -iss-EE , TEN -iss-ee ), officially the State of Tennessee , is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States . It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East , Middle , and West Tennessee . Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Other major cities include Memphis , Knoxville , Chattanooga , and Clarksville . Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.
Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association , a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains . Its name derives from Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ ), a Cherokee town in the eastern part of the state that existed before the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory , before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" early in its history due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War , Tennessee was politically divided, with its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy and the eastern region harboring pro -Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to secede and the first readmitted to the Union after the war.
During the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to a more diversified economy. This was aided in part by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the city of Oak Ridge , which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project 's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs . After the war, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory became a key center of scientific research. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for the state, largely in recognition of the roles played by Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University , and the University of Tennessee in its discovery. Tennessee has also played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music , including country , blues , rock and roll , soul , and gospel . (Full article... )
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Allman performing in 1975
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band . Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Brothers Band fused it with rock music, jazz , and country at times. He wrote several of the band's most popular songs, including "Whipping Post ", "Melissa ", and "Midnight Rider ". Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee , before relocating to Daytona Beach, Florida and then Macon, Georgia .
He and his brother
Duane Allman formed the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, which reached mainstream success with their 1971 live album
At Fillmore East , but shortly thereafter, Duane was killed in a motorcycle crash. The band continued, and released
Brothers and Sisters , which became their most successful album, in 1973. Allman began a solo career with
Laid Back the same year. He gained some additional fame for his 1975 to 1978 marriage to pop star
Cher . He had an unexpected late-career hit with his cover of the song "
I'm No Angel " in 1987, and his seventh solo album,
Low Country Blues (2011), saw the highest chart positions of his career. Throughout his life, Allman struggled with alcohol and substance use, which formed the basis of his memoir
My Cross to Bear (2012). His final album,
Southern Blood , was released posthumously on September 8, 2017. (
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The Black Patch Tobacco Wars were a period of civil unrest and violence in the western counties of the U.S. states of Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the 20th century, circa 1904–1909. The so-called "Black Patch" consists of about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. During that period this area was the leading worldwide supplier of dark fired tobacco . It was so named for the wood smoke and fire-curing process which it undergoes after harvest. This type of tobacco is used primarily in snuff , chewing and pipe tobacco.
The primary antagonists were the
American Tobacco Company (ATC) (owned by
James B. Duke ), historically one of the largest U.S. industrial monopolies, and the Dark Tobacco District
Planters' Protective Association of Kentucky and Tennessee (PPA). This association of planters formed on September 24, 1904, in protest of the
monopoly ATC practice of paying deflated prices for their product and with the intent to control their own product and pricing by banding together. (
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History of Tennessee List of Tennessee state symbols Nashville, Tennessee List of governors of Tennessee Governor of Tennessee East Tennessee Middle Tennessee West Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee River Memphis, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Clarksville, Tennessee Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Cleveland, Tennessee Dolly Parton Tennessee State Guard University of Memphis Toqua (Tennessee) Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains Interstate 40 in Tennessee Old Crow Medicine Show Swaggerty Blockhouse Unicoi Mountains Old City, Knoxville Nashville Americans Valerie June Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Fort Henry Collierville, Tennessee Vanderbilt University Tennessee whiskey Jack Daniel's Grand Ole Opry Battle of Nashville Nashville Superspeedway Johnny Cash Carl Perkins Tennessee Waltz Morristown, Tennessee Fainting goat Bessie Smith Cookeville, Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tennessee Bob Corker Edgar Evins State Park Graceland Bledsoe Creek State Park Dollywood Tennessee Valley Authority Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The following are images from various Tennessee-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A View of Memphis, Tennessee , 1871 (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 3 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 5 Established in 1942,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from
Tennessee )
Image 6 Established in 1942,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from
Tennessee )
Image 8 John Bell (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 9 Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Black or African American 50–60%
(from
Tennessee )
Image 12 Reconstruction of
Fort Loudoun , the first British settlement in Tennessee (from
Tennessee )
Image 13 The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from
Tennessee )
Image 14 The
resort city of
Gatlinburg borders the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from
Tennessee )
Image 15 Al Gore served as a
United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as
Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from
Tennessee )
Image 16 The
Grand Ole Opry , which was recorded in
Nashville 's
Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running
radio broadcast in US history. (from
Tennessee )
Image 17 A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from
Tennessee )
Image 18 Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from
Tennessee )
Image 19 Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from
Tennessee )
Image 20 Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Black or African American 50–60%
(from
Tennessee )
Image 23 Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from
Tennessee )
Image 24 Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from
Tennessee )
Image 25 Calutron operators at the
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the
Manhattan Project (from
Tennessee )
Image 26 The
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from
Tennessee )
Image 27 Conquistador Hernando de Soto , first European to visit Tennessee (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 28 Memphis International Airport , the hub of
FedEx Corporation , is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from
Tennessee )
Image 29 Al Gore served as a
United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as
Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from
Tennessee )
Image 30 The
Battle of Franklin , November 30, 1864 (from
Tennessee )
Image 31 Reconstruction of
Fort Loudoun , the first British settlement in Tennessee (from
Tennessee )
Image 33 1861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 34 in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a
commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from
Tennessee )
Image 35 Mount Le Conte in the
Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from
Tennessee )
Image 36 The Tennessee at Chattanooga , 1872, by
Harry Fenn (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 37 The
Battle of Franklin , November 30, 1864 (from
Tennessee )
Image 38 The
Ocoee River was home to the
1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from
Tennessee )
Image 39 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson , now a museum in
Davidson County (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 40 Workers at the
Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from
Tennessee )
Image 41 Nashville's replica of the
Parthenon (built 1897) (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 43 Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from
Tennessee )
Image 44 Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from
Tennessee )
Image 45 Offices of
The Tennessean in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 46 Howard Baker served as
Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from
Tennessee )
Image 47 The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from
Tennessee )
Image 48 Offices of
The Tennessean in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 49 Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020
climate normals . (from
Tennessee )
Image 50 Workers at the
Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from
Tennessee )
Image 51 in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a
commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from
Tennessee )
Image 54 A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from
Tennessee )
Image 55 Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from
Tennessee )
Image 56 The
Ocoee River was home to the
1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from
Tennessee )
Image 57 Howard Baker served as
Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from
Tennessee )
Image 58 The
Ryman Auditorium , home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 59 Fall Creek Falls , the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from
Tennessee )
Image 60 Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from
Tennessee )
Image 62 Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from
Tennessee )
Image 63 Surveyor
Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from
Tennessee )
Image 64 Memphis International Airport , the hub of
FedEx Corporation , is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from
Tennessee )
Image 65 Mount Le Conte in the
Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from
Tennessee )
Image 68 The
resort city of
Gatlinburg borders the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from
Tennessee )
Image 69 Fall Creek Falls , the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from
Tennessee )
Image 70 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 72 The
Grand Ole Opry , which was recorded in
Nashville 's
Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running
radio broadcast in US history. (from
Tennessee )
Image 73 Surveyor
Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from
Tennessee )
Image 74 Calutron operators at the
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the
Manhattan Project (from
Tennessee )
Image 75 The
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from
Tennessee )
Image 76 A
Nissan Leaf , one of six models manufactured at the
Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant , the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from
Tennessee )
Image 77 A
Nissan Leaf , one of six models manufactured at the
Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant , the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from
Tennessee )
Image 78 Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from
Tennessee )
Image 79 Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020
climate normals . (from
Tennessee )
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