Whiteside, Harriet Lenora Straw
Chattanooga businesswoman Harriet Whiteside was born May 3, 1824, in [...]
Whitson, Beth Slater
Songwriter Beth Slater Whitson was born in Goodrich, Hickman County, [...]
Wickham, E. T.
Enoch Tanner Wickham left an artistic legacy in the form [...]
Wilder, John Shelton
Speaker of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor John S. Wilder [...]
Wilder, John Thomas
Union general and postwar industrialist John T. Wilder was born [...]
Wilder-Davidson Coal Mining Complex
Located in the rugged, isolated area at the juncture of [...]
Wilderness Road
The Wilderness Road served as the principal route from the [...]
Wildflowers
Included in this category are all flowering plants (botanically, Angiosperms) [...]
Wiley Memorial United Methodist Church
The site of Wiley Memorial United Methodist Church, formerly Wiley [...]
Wiley, Anna Catherine
Born in Coal Creek (now Lake City), Tennessee, in 1879, [...]
Wilkinson, Michael Kennerly
Michael K. Wilkinson, a solid state physicist at Oak Ridge [...]
Williams, A. N. C.
A. N. C. Williams, prominent African American merchant and community [...]
Williams, Charl Ormond
Educator, suffragist, and Democratic Party worker Charl Ormond Williams was [...]
Williams, Hank
Few entertainers have conveyed the sincerity and realism reflected in [...]
Williams, Jr., Avon N.
A powerful advocate for African Americans, Avon N. Williams Jr. [...]
Williams, Samuel Cole
Jurist and historian Samuel Cole Williams was born in Gibson [...]
Webb School
W. R. "Sawney" Webb, Confederate veteran and graduate of the [...]
Webb School of Knoxville
Robert Webb, a "third generation school man," founded the Webb [...]
Webb, William R. "Sawney"
Sawney Webb was born in a North Carolina farmhouse on [...]
Weems, P. V. H.
P. V. H. Weems, internationally known air navigator, was born [...]
Weinberg, Alvin
Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) from 1955 to [...]
Wells Creek Basin
This round, two-mile wide valley in Houston and Stewart counties [...]
Wells, Kitty
Kitty Wells, pioneering female country music vocalist, was born Muriel [...]
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, feminist, and civil rights activist, launched [...]
Werthan, Joe
Industrialist and philanthropist Joe Werthan entered the modest family business, [...]
Wessyngton Plantation
Located near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Wessyngton Plantation specialized in [...]
West Tennessee Historical Society
The West Tennessee Historical Society is the successor of four [...]
West, Ben
Ben West, mayor of Nashville (1951-63), was born in Columbia, [...]
Western State Mental Hospital
Western State Mental Hospital, located near Bolivar, was the last [...]
Wharton, May Cravath
May C. Wharton, early twentieth-century medical pioneer on the Cumberland [...]
Wheeler, Joseph
Confederate cavalry commander Joe Wheeler rose from lieutenant to major [...]
White County
The Tennessee General Assembly established White County on September 11, [...]
White III, Andrew Nathaniel
Andrew Nathaniel White III, the only child of Reverend Doctor [...]
White, Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson White was a U.S. senator whose 1836 presidential [...]
White, James
James White, statesman, military figure, and philanthropist, was born in [...]
White, James Herbert
James Herbert White achieved a national reputation for innovation and [...]
Walton, Jesse
Jesse Walton, pioneer soldier and settler, was born in Virginia. [...]
Waltrip, Darrell
Winston Cup Champion and Franklin, Tennessee, resident Darrell Waltrip was [...]
War of 1812
When the United States declared war on Great Britain in [...]
War of the Roses
One of the most famous political events in Tennessee history [...]
Ward, Nancy
Last Beloved Woman of the Cherokees, Nancy Ward was born [...]
Warf, John Howard
J. Howard Warf, Tennessee commissioner of education (1963-71), was born [...]
Warner, Percy
Nashville businessman and civic leader Percy Warner followed the lead [...]
Warren Brothers Sash and Door Company
By 1853 Jesse Warren (1814-1885) and his partner Joseph Moore [...]
Warren County
The Tennessee General Assembly established Warren County on November 26, [...]
Warren, Robert Penn
Acclaimed modern American writer Robert Penn Warren was at home [...]
Warriors Path State Park
Located in Sullivan County, Warriors Path State Park contains 970 [...]
Washington County
Established by the North Carolina legislature in November 1777, Washington [...]
Washington Manufacturing Company
The origins of the Washington Manufacturing Company can be traced [...]
Washington, Joseph Edwin
Joseph E. Washington, congressman, state legislator, tobacco planter, and a [...]
