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"Tennessee" Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford at the WOPI radio station soundboard in Bristol, Tennessee.

101St Airborne Division

General Eisenhower giving orders to the 101st Airborne in England on June 6, 1944, before their jump behind Utah Beach, Normandy.

Aaron Douglas

"Noah's Ark," by Aaron Douglas, 1944. Carl Van Vechten Fine Arts Gallery, Fisk University.

Harwell, Beth Halteman

Beth Halteman Harwell is the state representative for Tennessee’s 56th district, located in Metro Nashville Davidson County. She has served in this post since 1988 and was elected Speaker of the House by her legislative peers in 2011. She has…

Haslam, William Edward

Bill Haslam is a successful businessman, served as Mayor of Knoxville (2003–2011), and is currently serving as the 49th Governor of Tennessee. He assumed office in 2011. Forbes tagged him in 2016 as the richest elected official in the United…

The Patrons of Husbandry

The Patrons of Husbandry, or Grange, was the first general farm organization in the United States. Established by the Minnesota agricultural reformer Oliver H. Kelly in December 1867, it briefly flourished in Tennessee during the 1870s, providing Tennessee's small farmers…

World War I

Albert P. Smith (left) and McGregor Smith.

Worth, Inc.

This family-owned baseball and softball equipment company was founded by George Sharp Lannom Jr. in Tullahoma in 1912 as Lannom Manufacturing Company. It began as a producer of leather horse collars and harnesses. Recognizing the decline of animal-powered farming, Lannom…

Zion Presbyterian Church

Zion Church in 1971. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, HABS, Library of Congress.

Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk

Confederate Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer attempted to pacify Unionists in East Tennessee in 1861 before meeting defeat and death at the battle of Mill Springs in Kentucky. Born in Maury County and educated at Jackson College, he became a…

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