Watauga Association
By 1772 about seventy homesteads or farms had been established [...]
Watkins Institute
In 1880, eighty-six-year-old Samuel Watkins--soldier, brick mason, brick manufacturer, and [...]
Watterson, Henry
Henry Watterson, journalist and proponent of the New South ideology, [...]
Wayne County
Wayne County is located on the extreme western side of [...]
WDIA
In 1948-49 white-owned WDIA in Memphis became the nation's first [...]
Weakley County
Weakley County is located on the Plateau Slope of West [...]
Vernacular Domestic Architecture
The majority of Tennessee residences were neither designed nor built [...]
Vernacular Log Type Houses
The log house is perhaps the most enduring architectural icon [...]
Vernacular Religious Music
A wide variety of terms have been used to describe [...]
Vertrees, John J.
Nashville attorney and vocal opponent of woman suffrage and prohibition, [...]
Moon, Virginia Bethel
Confederate spy and, later, Memphis philanthropist, Virginia Bethel Moon was [...]
Vogel, Matthew Haynes
Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the University of Tennessee, Matt Vogel [...]
Wagoner, Porter
Country music icon Porter Wagoner defined the genre’s image during [...]
Walden Hospital
Before Dr. Emma Rochelle Wheeler opened Walden Hospital in Chattanooga [...]
Walden Ridge and Sequatchie Valley
Sequatchie Valley is a long, arrow-straight scenic slash into eastern [...]
Cohn, Waldo
Waldo Cohn, prominent nuclear scientist, member of the Manhattan project, [...]
Walker, Joseph E.
Joseph E. Walker, noted physician, banker, businessman, civic and religious [...]
Walker, Orton Caswell
Orton Caswell "Cas" Walker was one of the most flamboyant [...]
Walker, Thomas
Thomas Walker, a colonial Virginian, significantly marked Tennessee through his [...]
Walker, William
William Walker was a leading filibuster in Latin America in [...]
Walker-Meador, Jo
Jo Walker-Meador, the first executive director of the Country Music [...]
Walking Horse National Celebration
This annual summer event in Shelbyville, Tennessee, is one of [...]
Wallace Jr., Perry E.
Perry Wallace, Southeastern Conference (SEC) basketball trailblazer, was born in [...]
Wallace University School
Nashville's Wallace University School was established in 1886 through the [...]
Wallace, Campbell
East Tennessee businessman and railroad president Campbell Wallace was a [...]
Walton Road
The Walton Road played a major part in the settlement [...]
United States Colored Troops
The United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) in Tennessee experienced every [...]
United States Dairy Experiment Station
Established in Marshall County in 1929, the United States Dairy [...]
United States Pipe and Foundry Company
A significant reminder of the importance of the iron industry [...]
Universal Life Insurance Company
Memphis-based Universal Life Insurance Company (ULICO), the second African American [...]
University of Memphis
Names reflect an institution's history, and the University of Memphis [...]
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee was founded as Blount College, named [...]
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
In 1886 the Methodist Episcopal Church, North founded Chattanooga University. [...]
University of Tennessee at Martin
The only public four-year college in West Tennessee outside Memphis, [...]
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Founded in 1911, the UT Health Science Center includes the [...]
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
Fifty-four years after the city-owned and -operated Knoxville General Hospital [...]
University of the South
In 1857, when it was learned that the dioceses of [...]
Van Buren County
Van Buren County encompasses 274 square miles straddling the Cumberland [...]
Van Vechten Gallery of Fisk University
In 1888 an enterprising student at Fisk University petitioned his [...]
Vance, James I.
James I. Vance, longtime pastor of Nashville's historic First Presbyterian [...]
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University in Nashville owes its inception to the vision [...]
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
One of the nation's premier academic health centers, Vanderbilt University [...]
Vaughan, James D.
James D. Vaughan, “the father of southern gospel music,” was [...]
Vaught, Nathan
Called the "Master Builder of Maury County," Nathan Vaught is [...]
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta
Confederate soldier and spy Loreta Janeta Velazquez was born in [...]
Trousdale County
The first county to be created after the Civil War, [...]
Trousdale, William
Mexican War hero, governor, and minister to Brazil, William Trousdale [...]
Tubb, Ernest
Ernest Tubb, pioneer of the "honky tonk" sound in country [...]
Tullahoma Campaign
The successful Union campaign in Middle Tennessee in the summer [...]
