Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into threeGrand Divisions ofEast,Middle, andWest Tennessee.Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic ofAppalachia, theUpland South, and theDeep South. TheBlue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and theCumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys andwaterfalls. The central part of the state is marked by cavernous bedrock and irregular rolling hills, and level, fertile plains define West Tennessee. The state is twice bisected by theTennessee River, and theMississippi River forms its western border. TheGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is in eastern Tennessee.
Tennessee is rooted in theWatauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of theAppalachian Mountains. Its name derives fromTanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ), aCherokee town preceding the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later theSouthwest Territory, before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" due to a strong tradition of military service. Aslave state until theAmerican Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with most of its western and middle parts supporting theConfederacy, and most of the eastern region harboringpro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to officiallysecede from the Union and join theConfederacy, and the first formerConfederate state readmitted to the Union after the war had ended during theReconstruction era. (Full article...)
Presley was born inTupelo, Mississippi; his family moved toMemphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 atSun Records with producerSam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound ofAfrican-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitaristScotty Moore and bassistBill Black, was a pioneer ofrockabilly, an uptempo,backbeat-driven fusion ofcountry music andrhythm and blues. In 1955, drummerD. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet andRCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged byColonel Tom Parker, who managed him for the rest of his career. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the US. Within a year, RCA Victor sold ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popularrock and roll; though his performing style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered athreat to the moral well-being ofwhite American youth. (Full article...)
The current governor isBill Lee, a member of theRepublican Party, who took office on January 19, 2019, as the state's 50th governor. He was re-elected to serve a second term in2022. (Full article...)
... that when guitaristPete Wade was 19, he moved toNashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers ofDon Helms andJerry Rivers?
... thatWilliam Jenkins Wilcox Jr. was given a Citizen Archivist award at a symposium titled "Secret City in the Tennessee Hills: From Dogpatch to Nuclear Power"?
... that portions ofTennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
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