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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/), 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's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

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. Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South. The Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and the Cumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys and waterfalls. 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 the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River forms its western border. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is in eastern Tennessee.

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 preceding 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" due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with most of its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy, and most of the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to officially secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, and the first former Confederate state readmitted to the Union after the war had ended during the Reconstruction era. (Full article...)

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The 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his third season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Commodores played seven home games in Nashville, Tennessee at Curry Field, and finished the season with a record of 8–1 overall and 5–0 in SIAA.

The 1906 Vanderbilt team had one of the best seasons in the school's history, outscoring opponents 278–16. Innis Brown rated the 1906 team as the best the South ever had. Vanderbilt won all of its home games, finishing the season on a 23-game home win streak. Their only loss came on the road to western power Michigan, 10–4; the game had been tied until the closing minutes. (Full article...)

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Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis in 1954. Among his best known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".

According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Ricky Nelson, and Eric Clapton which further cemented his prominent place in the history of popular music. (Full article...)

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Image 1The 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 2Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 3The 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 4Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 5Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 6The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 7Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 8Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)

Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%

Black or African American

50–60%

(from Tennessee)

Image 10Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 11Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 12Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 13The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 14Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 151861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 16The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 17The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 19Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 20Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 21Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 22in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 23The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 25Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 26Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 27The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 28Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 29Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 30Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 31The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 32A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 34The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 35A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 36Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 37Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 38Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 39Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 40Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 41Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 42A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 43Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 44Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 45Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 46The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 48Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 50The 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 51Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 52Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 53Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%
  
  Black or African American
    50–60%
(from Tennessee)
Image 54Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 55The 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 56Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 57The 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 58Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 59Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 60Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 61Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 62The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 63Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 64Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 65Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 66The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 67Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 68John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 70Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 71Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 72Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 73in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 74Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 75The 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 76Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 78Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)

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... that when guitarist Pete Wade was 19, he moved to Nashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers of Don Helms and Jerry Rivers?
... that the 75/24 Split in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been one of the worst bottlenecks for trucks in the United States?
... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
... that a founder of a Tennessee radio station bought it back from the same group he had sold it to, who in turn had bought it back themselves?
... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"?
... that Gerald Willis, after working as a bus driver at age 15, started a business that earned $2 million per year and built a replica of the Hermitage after watching The President's Lady?

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