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Tennessee won its nickname as The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed marked valor in the Battle of New Orleans.
The largest earthquake in American history, the New Madrid Earthquake occurred in the winter of 1811-12 in northwestern Tennessee. Reelfoot Lake located in Obion and Lake Counties was formed during this earthquake.
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- 1768 - Iroquois Indians ceded Tennessee land claims to English
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1779 - Jonesboro became first chartered town, oldest permanent settlement in state
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1784 - "State of Franklin" proclaimed in Tennessee
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 - 1796 - Tennesse became 16th U.S. state
- 1812 - Eathquake occurred; tidal waves created on Mississippi River, river flowed backward, formed Reelfort Lake area
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1838 - Army evicted Cherokee, sent them to Indian territory on "Trail of Tears"
Tennessee first state to pass temperance law
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1861 - Tennessee secedes from Union (May 7); Civil War began
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1866 - Tennessee first state readmitted to Union; third state to ratify Fourteenth Amendment to constitution
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm 
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
Made in Paris, Tennessee
Edwin Wiley Grove (1850–1927) was a self-made millionaire most famous for his "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." In this chill tonic, which came out 1878, Grove found a way to bottle a quinine ... Read MORE...
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St. Andrews Wine of Life Root, Female Regulator for Women
Made in Bristol, TN
Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
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1888 - A Cincinnati Southern train was wrecked on the 31st ult. in the Tennessee mountains and three persons were killed.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 3, 1888- 1895 - Tennessee
Ten'nessee', a S.E. central state of the American Union, bounded N. by Kentucky and Virginia, E. by North Carolina, S. by Georgia, Alabama, and Missis...Read MORE... - 1897 - Tennessee Centennial Exposition held in Nashville to celebrate state's 100th birthday
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1900 - Locomotive engineer, Casey Jones, died in train crash
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Station Mid-Way on Incline, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Gay Street North from Clinch Street, Knoxville, Tenn.
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(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois- 1919 - First Women’s Bank of Tennessee (Clarksville) opens to cater to women customers only.
While the bank employees and directors were women, its shareholders were male.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/11/women-rights-money-timeline-history 
Water Front, Memphis, Tenn.
Postcard- 1925 - July 21 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
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July 21, 1925 - 1925 - May 5 - Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
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May 5, 1925 - 1939 - "Grand Ole Opry" began radio broadcasts
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm - 1940 - Great Smoky Mountain National Park dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt
- February 1, 1951 - The greatest ice storm of record in the U.S.
produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage. Te...Read MORE... - 1952 - March 21 - Severe thunderstorms spawned thirty-one tornadoes across Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky.
The tornadoes killed 343 persons and caused 15 million dollars damage. Arkansas and Tennessee each reported thirteen tornadoes. The towns of Judsonia ...Read MORE...
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 was a self-made millionaire most famous for his "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." In this chill tonic, which came out 1878, Grove found a way to bottle a quinine mixture that would eliminate the bitter taste. The tasteless chill tonic, which some claimed was not all that tasteless, was an improvement over taking straight quinine for fevers and chills caused by malaria. A sweet syrup and lemon flavor was added to Quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine, which were the main ingredients in crystal form in the tonic. Some sources claim that by 1890 more bottles of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic were sold than bottles of Coca-Cola. wikipedia
Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida)
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
Made in Paris, Tennessee
Edwin Wiley Grove (1850–1927) was a self-made millionaire most famous for his "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." In this chill tonic, which came out 1878, Grove found a way to bottle a quinine ... Read MORE...
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Tennessee, USA
St. Andrews Wine of Life Root, Female Regulator for Women
Made in Bristol, TN
Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida
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Tennessee, USA
Station Mid-Way on Incline, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Tennessee, USA
Gay Street North from Clinch Street, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Tennessee, USA
(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
Tennessee, USA
Water Front, Memphis, Tenn.
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One ingredient only: ground up dates. NOTE: Not good in coffee because it does not dissolve.
One ingredient only: ground up dates. NOTE: Not good in coffee because it does not dissolve.
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1768 - Iroquois Indians ceded Tennessee land claims to English
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1779 - Jonesboro became first chartered town, oldest permanent settlement in state
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1784 - "State of Franklin" proclaimed in Tennessee
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
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1796 - Tennesse became 16th U.S. state
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1812 - Eathquake occurred; tidal waves created on Mississippi River, river flowed backward, formed Reelfort Lake area
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1838 - Army evicted Cherokee, sent them to Indian territory on "Trail of Tears"
Tennessee first state to pass temperance law
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1861 - Tennessee secedes from Union (May 7); Civil War began
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1866 - Tennessee first state readmitted to Union; third state to ratify Fourteenth Amendment to constitution
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
1888 - A Cincinnati Southern train was wrecked on the 31st ult. in the Tennessee mountains and three persons were killed.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
November 3, 1888
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1895 - Tennessee
Ten'nessee', a S.E. central state of the American Union, bounded N. by Kentucky and Virginia, E. by North Carolina, S. by Georgia, Alabama, and... Read MORE...
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1897 - Tennessee Centennial Exposition held in Nashville to celebrate state's 100th birthday
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1900 - Locomotive engineer, Casey Jones, died in train crash
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1919 - First Women’s Bank of Tennessee (Clarksville) opens to cater to women customers only.
While the bank employees and directors were women, its shareholders were male.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/11/women-rights-money-timeline-history
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1925 - May 5 - Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
www.wikipedia.org
May 5, 1925
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1925 - July 21 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
www.wikipedia.org
July 21, 1925
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1939 - "Grand Ole Opry" began radio broadcasts
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ tntimeln.htm
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1940 - Great Smoky Mountain National Park dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt
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February 1, 1951 - The greatest ice storm of record in the U.S.
produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage.... Read MORE...
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1952 - March 21 - Severe thunderstorms spawned thirty-one tornadoes across Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky.
The tornadoes killed 343 persons and caused 15 million dollars damage. Arkansas and Tennessee each reported thirteen tornadoes. The towns of Judsonia ... Read MORE...
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