A Driving Tour of theUpper Cumberland

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Sponsored by: The Borderlands Foundation and'fennessee Civil War National Heritaee drea

Text by: Carroll Van WestDirector, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area

Nestled in the high country between the Tennessee_Kentucky border and the interstate bustle of I-40 is a ruggedyet beautiful landscape carved by the Calfkiller, Obed. Obev.and Wolf Rivers, as well as countless human hands. over thecenturies. The lure of this special place can be overwhelming:the richness of wildlif'e, the challenge of driving and hikins suciruneven. spec lacu la r le r ra in . anc l lhe d i re rs i tv o l . lhe q lo l . iestold by the peoples and the pasts that have occupied the UpperCumberland Plateau.

This driving tour takes the region's back roads as a departurepoint to explore its heritage and landscape. We fbcus on thehuman story of the Civil War era; this country witnessed someof the most vicious fighting of Tennessee's ociupation story asresidents were often equally divided between the Union andtheConfederacy. Determined partisans, such as Champ Fergusonand Tinker Dave Beaty, became feared names long blforehistorians coined the term ,,guerilla" warfhre,

We connect that past to later people and events, many tied to theNew South effort to transform the region during Reconstruction,which also placed a heavy hand on the countryside. Thestory continues through the New Deal era of the 1930s whena second group of federal officials again intervened in thelandscape, moving villages and removing families, to build newopportunities for economic growth, recreation and tourism.Through it all the people of the Upper Cumberland adapted tonew ideas while they held tight to the traditions and waysilf longago. Their story of survival, of building vibrant communities,and of melding their culture into the randscape itself is stil thereto explore, to experience, and to celebrate.

The properties detailed below are back roads highlights_manymore significant places are wonth exploring_and they arlnormally open to the public or viervable from public rigirt_of_ways. Back roads driving allows you to experience heritageup close, but don't get too close and invade someone's privaleproperty. Be respectf'ul of the current residents who make theUpper Cumberland a living heritage region for all of .Iennesseeand Kentuckv.

The tour route begins at Byrdstown and continues southweston Tennessee 111 to Livingston. It then takes Tennessee 52west to Celina and Free Hill, drops south on Tennessee 53 tothe.iunction with Tennessee2g2to the town of Hilham. FromHilham, the route cuts across Overton County via Tennessee 136to the Putnam County courthouse square ai Cookeville. Thenthe tour veers ever so slightly to the wlst and uses Tennessee 135to go by spectacular Burgess Falls, winding its way to Sparta,the seat of White County. The drive on Tennessee g4 noriheastalong the Calfkiller River to Monterey follows closely pathsfrom hundreds of years ago, There the road connects to thehistoric Walton Road, US Highway 70N, and heads east intoCumberland County courthouse square at Crossville and thejunction with US Highway 127.

The "I27 Corridor" is a famous route throughout theCumberland Plateau and the tour heads north to Jamestownand finally to return to Byrdstown. Along the 127 Corridorare side trips, via Tennessee 52 to the historic villages ofAllardtand Rugby, Tennesee 297 toBigSouth Fork National River, andl'ennessee 154 to Pickett State park. All three side trips takevisitors to accommodations, recreational areas, and fascinatingviews of the Upper Cumberland landscape.

1. Pickett County Courthouse (1935)Town Square, Byrdstown

Listed in the National Register, this Colonial Revival_stvledcourthouse was built with native Crab Orchard Stone andwas, designed by the Nashville firm of Marr and Holman,which chose a traditional style that reflected the

region's values and landscape. pickettCounty, established in 1879, was one

of the state's last Reconstruction-era counties.

The courthouse dominatesByrdstown's historic, quaint town

square. Byrdstown was named inhonor of Colonel Richard Byrd. who

served with the lst Tennessee, USA,during the Civil War. Its Town Hall contains an exhibit on"The Borderlands,,' which explains the nature of the real CivilWar between Confederates and Federals along the Tennessee_Kentucky state line.

2. Cordell Hull Birthplace StatePark (c. 1870, 1952, 1995)

1300 Cordell Hull MemorialDrive, Byrdstown

This state-owned memorial to NewDeal-era Secretary of State CordellHull, recognized as a founder of

the United Nations and a recipient ofa Nobel Peace Prize, centers arounda single-pen log cabin, built by hisfather William Hull, where CordellHull was born in 1871. The cabinis similar to those of many UpperCumberland residents at the timeof the Civil War and demonstrates thehumble origins of this nationally importantdiplomat of the twentieth century. The park also includes amuseum about Hull's career and the surrounding communityas well as a hiking trail to Bunkum Cave.

3. Dale Hollow Lake (1943)Tennessee 111, Byrdstown vicinity

Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps ofBngineers during World War II, DaleHollow Dam impounded waters ofthe Obey River, creating a huge ,"dt'''rreservoir that eliminated muchgood farm land in the river valleyand forced hundreds of residentsto take new homes, foreverchanging the region's landscape. Inthe last 20 years the lake has become asignifi cant tourism attraction. Recreationaland sportsman opportunities have replaced farming. Near thiscrossing of the lake is its confluence with Eagle Creek, used byboth Confederates and Federals as a river crossing in the CivilWar,

The lake's dam and powerhouse is located at Celina in ClayCounty near the confluence ofthe Obey and Cumberland rivers,

4. Overton County Courthouse (c. 1866, 1934)Town Square, Livingston

Overton County, established in 1806, was a large,prosperous agricultural community atp the time of the Civil War. with 248

residents owning some 1,087 slaves.Wartime violence and occupation,however, soon freed thosc slaves and

l:r wrecked many farms. Then in 1865Confederates commanded by Colonel

John Francis burned the orisinalcourthouse. Residents soon rebuilt the

small stone building in 1868, doubling thesize. Later renovations came in 1933-34 from the federal CivilWorks Administration and the Tennessee Emergency ReliefAdministration.

The New Deal transformed the look of the town square,also adding a new Colonial Revival-styled post office andconstructing the Art Deco-influenced Bohannon Building for

county office space during the 1930s, The post office features amural by Margaret Covey titled "The Newcomers,,, reflectingthe fiontier days of settlement in the county.

5. Overton County Heritage Museum318 W. Broad Street, Livingston

Less than one-half mile south of the '*

courthouse, housed in the renovatedformer county jail, is this recentlyestablished local museum. whichfeatures exhibits about the CivilWar era as well as the county'ssettlement history and its New Deal era.The first U.S. soldier to lose his life in theVietnam War was James T. Davis, a native of Livingston, andhis,story is told here as well.

6. Standing Stone State ParkTennessee 52 at Tennessee 136, Hilham vicinity

New Deal agencies such as the Works Progress Administrationand the U.S. Department of Agriculture developed StandingStone State Park in the 1930s as both a recreational and landreclamation project. Replacing the original pioneers of thisdemanding landscape was a significant collection of rustic-styled stone and log buildings that make up a historic districtthat listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Thepark is also associated with an annual Rolley Hole marblescompetition.

7. Cfay County Courthouse (1872-1873)Town Square. Celina

Listed in the National Register, the ClayCounty Courthouse was built by Iocalcraftsman D. L. Dow two years afterthe creal ion of the counly duringReconstruction.

Located along on the CumberlandRiver, Celina experienced periodic raidsthroughout the war and the federal armydemolished many local boats. After thewar, Celina recovered as a key stop forboth the post-war logging and steamboat trade along theCumberland River. One of the best regarded raft pilots wasCal Hamilton, an African American resident of Celina. OnHighway 53 east of the square, at 805 Brown Street, is the ClayCounty Museum and Visitor Center, which contains exhibits onthe region's violent Civil War history and its steamboat tradeera.

8. Free Hill(s) (c. 1817)Tennessee 53 at Neeley's Creek Road, then left at Free Hill

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county office space during the 1930s. The post of'tice features amural by Nlargaret Covey titled "The Newcomcrs"' reflectingthe frontier days of settlement in the county.

5. Overton County Heritage Museum31tt W. Broad Street, Livingston

Less than one-half mile south of thecourthouse. housed in the renovatedformer county .jail, is this recentlyestablished local museum, whichfeatures exhibits about the CivilWar era as well as the county'ssettlernent history and its Nerv Deal era.

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his story is told here as well.

6. Standing Stone State Park'fennessee 52 at'l'ennessee 136, Hilham vicinity

New Deal agencies such as thc Works Progress Administrationand the U.S. Dcpartment of Agriculturc devekrped StandingStone State Park in thc 1930s as both a recreational and landreclamation project. Replacing the original pioneers of this

demanding landscape was a significant collection of rustic-styled stone and log buildings that make up a historic districtthat listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Thepark is also associated with an annual Rolley Hole marblescompetition.

7. Clay County Courthousc (1872-1873)

Town Square, Celina

Listed in the National Register, the ClayCounty Courthouse was built by localcraf lsman D. L. Dolr l$o )ears f l l ' l r :rthe creation of the county duringRecons l ruc t ion .

!-ree Hill(s) is a unique enclave ofAfrican Americans. who firstmoved as free blacks to thehilfs overlooking Celina

lTl m f$t$the Cumberland l{iver in theantebellum era. The FreeHills Church of Christ dates itsorigins to 1816. After the Civil War,the community grew into the hundreds.The continuing vitality of the community is reflected in itshistoric cemetery and its National Register-listed communitycenter, which lvas originally a three-rooln public school builtrvith assistance of the ,Iulius Rosenwald Fund in 1929' Free Hillalso has important associations with the Underground Railroadas escaped slaves made their way north along the CumberlandRiver in the 1850s and 1860s.

9. Fisk CemeteryTennessee 136 at Fisk Cemetery Road, Hilham

Moses Fisk (1760-1840) played a pivotal role in the region'ssettlement and education history. A native of Nlassachusetts,trained at Dartmouth and Yale, Fisk established Hilham' thefirst town in Overton County, in 1805 and in the followingyear he opened the l'isk Female Academy, one of the first girlsschools in the South. He and his wife Nancy Shults Fisk areburied beside each other in this rural cemetery, which has anexcellent collection of headstones and markers influenced bylocal folk art traditions from the antebellum era through thetwentieth century. In the late 20th century, Fisk's home wasmoved to the grounds of the Standing Stone State Park northof the cemetery site.

10. Carnp Zollicoffer (1861)Tennessee 292 Hilham vicinity

This Conf'ederate training camp was established in the summerof 1861 and served thousands of Tennesseans and Kentuckianswho wanted to fight and join the Confederate anny. 'I'he

camp was named in honor of Brig. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, aformer Tennessee legislator and Whig Party newspaper editor,who commanded the Confederate fbrce at the Battle of NlillSprings, just across the border in Kentucky. ZollicofTer diedin the battle, becoming the first Tennessee Confederate generalto die in combat.

11. Putnarn County Courthouse (1900) and Trrwn SquareTennessee 136 at US 70NCookeville

Named county seat in 1854, Cookevillewas a small crossroads town at thetime of the Civil War. Its boombegan in the 1890s with railroaddevelopment and then accelerated withthe founding of Tennessee Technological

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Located a long or t the ( 'umher land # f f iRir er, Celina experienced periodic raids wn

throughout the war and the federal armydemolished many krcal boats. After thewar. Celina recovered as a key stop forboth the post-war logging and stcarnboat trade along the

Cumberland River. One oi' the best regarded raft pilots was

Cal Hamilton, an African Amcrican rcsident of Celina. OnHighway 53 east of the square, at {J05 llrown Street, is the Clay

County Museum and Visitor Center, tvhich contains exhibits on

the region's violent Civil W:rr history and its steamboat tradeera.

8. Free Hil l (s) (c. 1817)Tennessee 53 at Neelev's (lreck Road, then lef't at Free Hill

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University in the early 20th century. The approach into thetown square on Tennessee 136 shows many impressive examplesof American domestic architecture from the early twentiethcentury. The square has an interesting collection of late 19th and20th century commercial architecture, including the NationalRegister-listed Arcade (1913).

12. Tennessee Central Railroad Depot Museum (1909)116 W Broad Street. Cookeville

The Tennessee Central rai lroad,led by Nashvi l le capital islJere Baxter at the turn-of-the-century, shaped the .,Cumberland Plateau like ,ilfew other 20th centuryinstitutions. The Victorian-

regional impact as well as earlyCookeville history.

13. Burgess Falls State Natural AreaTennessee 135 at Burgess Falls Road

On the Falling Water River, between Putnam and White counties'is Burgess Falls, where Tom Burgess andgenerations of his family used the roaringwaters to operate a grist mill and store lbrover 100 years, even staying in business duringthe Civil War. This beautiful location is oneof many on the plateau where families onceran mills providing a small industrial base tothe region well into the 20th century. In 1924,the city of Cookeville developed the site forits electrical power plant. It became a statenatural area in 1971.

14. Sparta Town SquareTennessee 84 at US 70S

In 1862 Gen. Braxton Bragg brought his army through thetown square as he moved north to invade Kentucky. Spartalater became a major battleground between Confederate andFederal partisans. Amanda McDowell, a young girl in Sparta'remembered how both sides threatened her family. To quellthe violence, the federal army turned Sparta into a major baseof operations. In 1864 a federal commander, frustrated by hislack of success against Champ Fergusonand other Confederate guerillas, orderedhis troops to plunder every home. Theconstant fighting in the area was amongthe most vicious of Tennessee's occupationyears.

Many of Sparta's late 19th and early 20thcentury properties are listed in the NationalRegister, including the Victorian architecture of the Cheek House(1880s), the Art Deco-styled Oldham Theater (1935)' and theCollege-Main streets neighborhood (c/ 1880-1940), which f'eatures

while a sixth, according to eyewitness testimony from AbrahamH. Officer, a former slave on the property, was executed in thefront yard. The Officer family buried the dead Confederates inthe family cemetery, which is open to the public. The farmsteadalso contains a log cantilever barn, which is a rarity for MiddleTennessee. This type of double log crib barn, with extended(or cantilevered) logs used to support the hay loft, is most oftenlocated in the Great Smoky Mountains region.

19. Wilder-Woolbright House (1902)208 Holly Street, Monterey

Union General John T. Wilder of the lTth Indiana Infantry servedwith distinction with the Army of the Cumberland, especiallyat the battle of Chickamauga, as the leader of the "Lightning

Brigade." When the war ended, Wilder stayed in Tennessee andmade investments throughout the Cumberland Plateau and EastTennessee. In 1902 his Fentress Coal Company built a railroadspur from Monterey to a coal town (a route now covered byTennessee 164) named Wilder in Fentress County. In Monterey,Wilder lived at 208 Holly Street from 1902 to 1909. He also builtMonterey's Imperial Hotel at 106 Holly Street. The two-storybrick building is one of the region's few railroad hotels.

20. Walton Road (c. 1802) Monterey

Between Monterey and Crossville US Highway 70N basicallyparallels the route of Walton Road, one of the early east-westroads in Tennessee and the first overland route in the UpperCumberland. The road, used extensively by both armies duringthe Civil War, linked Kingston on the Clinch River to Carthageon the Cumberland River.

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15. Old City CemeteryWall and S. Church Streets, Sparta

The Old City Cemetery which has a commanding view of theCalfkiller River, the town square, and the city's riverfrontrecreational area, was the final resting place of GeorgeDibrell (1822-1888). Dibrell was a state legislator who in1.86I organized the "White County Partisan Rangers,"which later joined the command of Gen. Nathan B.Forrest. Dibrell received a brigade command in 1863 andwas a brigadier general by war's end. A successful New

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16. France Cemetery (1858) Tennessee 84

The France Cemetery is the final resting place of famousConfederate partisan Champ Ferguson, who harassed Federalsoldiers and Unionist supporters throughout the Upper

Cumberland from 1862 to 1865. HistorianNoel Fisher counts Ferguson as "perhaps

the most successful partisan leaderin the Dast Tennessee war.tt Unionofficials executed Ferguson for hiswartime record in October 1865.

The cemetery also has many excellent I,t"---"," examples of "comb" graves, a distinctive

mid-l9th century to early 20th century folkart traditions that is concentrated in White and Overton counties.Comb graves are made of sandstone, with gothic-inspiredheadstones and footnotes; the actual grave is covered by tworectangular sandstone slabs laid in tent-fashion, creating a "gable

roof' over the grave. Among the most interesting examples ofmaterial culture in the region, the comb graves give this cemeteryadded historical significance.

17. Johnson Baptist Church Cemetery (c.1835)Tennessee 84 at Bethel Road

The Johnson Baptist Church dates to 1835 and is one of the oldestin the Calfkiller River Valley. The church cemetery also has manyexcellent examples of comb graves. The carving on many of thestones is probably the handwork ofEli Robinson, or his sons, whooperated from Sparta and made hundreds of grave markers inthe region during the late 19th century.

18. Officer Farm and Cemetery (c. 1800, 1864)Tennessee 84 at Rock Springs Church Road, Monterey vicinity

This National RegisterJisted property was the antebellumplantation of William Officer, who was an active Confederatesupporter. During the Civil War, much of the plantation wasconfiscated and destroyed by federal troops. In 1864, federalforces based in Sparta traveled throughout the Calfkiller Riverregion, searching for Confederates. A firefight at the Officer farmended with five Confederates of Col. John Hughes' command dead

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21. Cumberland County_ Courthouse (1905) and Mil i taryMernorial Museum of the Upper Cumberlancl tt'tSO_SZ)'fown

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Cumber' land County, establ ished 1g56, was notmuch more than a crossroads during the Civil

. Wa., but resiclents were cqually ,piit b"tr."r," North and South. In March iSSS, Urriorr ri"t ro,r,

in the _20th century. Next door to the museum is a rare93j.Ol.lo.d stone post office, buitt by the WpA in _,,,I937 in Colonial Revival style. Also or, tt " rlr.ur. l, ;#tlre innovative Crab Orchard stone station fbr the

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22. Palace Theater (1936-37)72 S. Main Street, Crossviller',,iiu. €stablished the John R. Swan post No. 55 of thc*ffif.*U_,*.,.,

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Atter the lvar, the torvn became notedfor its use of Crab Orchard sandstone.a bright light-brorvn and rose_coloredmaterial mined locally, in many buildings.The 1905 Victorian-styled courthoJsedominates thc squarel on the grounds is

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23. Cumberland Mountains State park (1930s)US Highway 127 S at.fennessee Highway 6g Crossville

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homesteaders. The park features the largest structure_a bridgeand dam-constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps inTennessee. Cumberland Homesteads was a New Deal prolramthat aimed to create modern, well-planned rural environmentsthat would uplift and bring meaningful economic employment topoor, devastated rural communities.

24. Allardt (1881)Tennessee Highway 52

Established at the end of Reconstruction by land agent BrunoGernt in 1881, Allardt was envisioned as a German coiony for the"New South." Several buildings associated with the community,ssettlement and development, such as Gernt's office and theAllardt School, are listed in the National Register.

25. Rugby (1880)Tennessee Highway 52

Rugby (1880) also was created in the years immediatelyafter Reconstruction by Engtish writer and reformeiThomas Hughes. Hughes envisioned a

Once abandoned and decaying, the palace Theater has beenrestored to its Art Deco luster and holds a prominent place in thecommunity's cultural life. Designed by architect Esfon Smithand executed in Crab Orchard stone, the buildine is listed in theNational Register of Historic Places.

23. Cumberland Mountains State park (1930s)US Highway 127 S at Tennessee Highway 6g Crossville

Nestled within the boundaries of Cumberland Homesteads, one ofthe nation's most ambitious resettlement programs of the GreatDepression, is this jewel of a state park, first built to serve local

place where immigrants and residentswould tre culturally invigoratedthrough living an arts-and-craftsphilosophy on the Cumberlandhighlands. Hughes saw his colonynot only as giving the English gentryneu opportunities but also reforming

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26. Jamestown'lbwn SquareTennessee Highrvay 52 at old US Highrvay 127

Camp McGinnis (1861-1862) was an early Confederate trainingcamp and base near Jamestown from

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Cumberland visitors. The park's National Register historic

district contains the state's best concentration of Rustic-styled

buildings constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps' The

CCC even constructecl a "beach," which is a popular summer

spot for residents and visitors. Hiking trails go by several

spectacular rock shelters and caves.

29. Sergeant York State Historic AreaU.S. HighwaY 127Pall Mall

Fentress County native Alvin C. York became

world-famous in World War I when he captured

132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne'

Returning home' York worked to improve

educational opportunities for this county, using

his fame and state funds to establish the York

lnstitute in Jarnestown. York lived at Pall Mall

and operated a gristmill there from 1943 to 1950'

The mill dates to 1880, documenting the region's

recovery from the ravages of the Civil War and

Reconstruction years. His two-story Craf'tsman-

styled Four-Square house (1922) is open for tours'

Travisville Skirmish Site (1861)

U.S. HighwaY 127

The first recorded Civil Warskirmish in Tennessee took Placeat Travisville on SePtember 29,1861. The firefight involved federaltroops from the lst KentuckYCalvary and Home Guards of theHoustonville CalvarY and about100 Confederate soldiers camPedhere. The Confederates returnedfire. lost four men, and retreatedto saf'ety.One of the Confederate dead,

James M. Saufley, is buriedin the nearby TravisvilleCemetery. His tombstonenotes that he was "killed bY

James Ferguson of lst KYCav. U.S.A. Sept. 29, 1861."

James Ferguson was thebrother of the notoriousConfederate Partisan ChamPFerguson.

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Str seat of Fentress CountY inH F October 1862, h r ing ing the

war to the front doors of localresidents. ' I 'he county courthouse

as well as several other buildings and

businesses suffered damage during the war years. The present

Fentress County Courthouse, an Romanesque-influenced

stone bui lding, dates to 1906. Surrounding

the courthouse are several impressive stone

buildines fiom the late 19th and early20th centuries.

Also on the square is the historicIrentress County .f ail, lvhich is

listed in the National Register'where there are exhibits about thecounty's historY. From his homein Fentress County, David "Tinker

Dave" Beaty led a federally-recognized command that protected

Unionists and conducted raids against Confederates in Fentress

and surrounding Upper Cumberland counties throughout the

Civil War.

27. BigSouth Fork National River and Recreational Arca'1]ennessee 297

li,stablished by Congress in 1971,B ig South Fork conta ins an amaz ingarray of natural and recreationalresources. Whether by hiking' riding'

and dr i r ing . r i s i lo rs can cxper iencethe geography that shaped the CivilWar and Reconstruction era in the

Upper Cumberland. During the Civil

War, those who resided in this rugged,demanding landscape were stronglyUnionist. Indeed, residents of Scott

County even voted to secede fromTennessee once the state .ioined the

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28. Pickett State ParkTennessee 154

Developed by New Deal agencies in the 1930s, Pickett

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Snarta-Whitc Cor-rrrtv Chatnber ol' Comtnercel6 West Bockman Way ' Sparta 'Tcnncssce 38-583V o i c e ( 9 3 1 ) 8 3 6 - 3 5 5 2 ' F a r ( 9 3 1 ) 8 3 6 - 2 2 1 6www.sparta-chamber.net

more detailed infbrrnation. reference soufces,and events, please visit ottr website:

www.theborderlands.orghttp://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar

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Heritage Aretr, vvhith receives .filrding .fiottt tha Nutionul Pttrk

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