This labor struggle, known as the Coal Creek War, was eventually resolved in the coal miners ' favor with the abolition of Tennessee's convict labor program.

Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities.

* The Sam Houston Schoolhouse in Maryville, Tennessee, is Tennessee's oldest schoolhouse.

Jonesborough, the county seat of Washington County, is Tennessee's oldest town.

The county is traditionally Democrat and is part of Tennessee's 8th congressional district represented by Blue Dog Democrat John S. Tanner.

The county is historically Republican and is located within Tennessee's 1st congressional district, which has not been represented by a Democrat in over 120 years.

As such it is part of Tennessee's 8th congressional district, which is represented by Blue Dog Democrat John S. Tanner.

Its county seat is Rogersville, Tennessee's second-oldest town.

Greene County is the home of the oldest college in Tennessee ( Tusculum College ), Tennessee's oldest Methodist congregation ( the Ebenezer Methodist Church, near Chuckey ), and Tennessee's second oldest continuously cultivated farm ( Elmwood Farm, part of the Earnest Farms Historic District ).

Franklin is one of Tennessee's southern tier of counties and abuts the Alabama border.

The Milan Endowment for Growth in Academics ( MEGA ), is Tennessee's first private community financial endowment for public education.

Red Boiling Springs is also home to Tennessee's only motorcycle museum, Cyclemos, which holds an annual Show and Old School Swap Meet that draws thousands of visitors and bikes.

Columbia is also home to Tennessee's first two-year college, Columbia State Community College, that was established in 1966.

It is Tennessee's oldest town.

Brentwood is Tennessee's best educated city, proportionately, with 98. 4 % of adult residents ( 25 and older ) holding a high school diploma, and 68. 4 % of adults possessing a bachelor's degree or higher ( 2010 Census ).

In 1924, the General Shoe Corporation was established there, which would eventually grow into Genesco Inc., a diversified apparel firm which is Tennessee's oldest listed firm on the New York Stock Exchange.

The University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Facility is a body farm established in 1981 to study human putrefaction.

The final part of the Tennessee's run is in Kentucky, where it separates the Jackson Purchase from the rest of the state.

The story of Tennessee's contribution to American music is essentially the story of three cities: Nashville, Memphis, and Bristol.

The Charlie Daniels Band is closely associated with Tennessee's contributions to the southern rock genre, and with the Volunteer Jam, an annual rock festival first held in Nashville in 1974.

West Tennessee's population was about 26. 4 percent of the state's total, and its land area is about 25. 8 percent of the state's land area.

Knox had East Tennessee's highest per capita income ($ 25, 999 ) and the lowest unemployment rate ( 2. 8 %), although Hamilton was a close second on both of these indicators.

With the planned removal of a lowhead dam in the city of Franklin, the Harpeth will be Middle Tennessee's second longest unimpounded stream ( the longest being the Buffalo ).

On Tennessee's first drive of the second half, McNair completed a 15-yard pass to Eddie George at midfield, with a roughing the passer penalty on Tony Brackens adding another 15 yards.

It is presently Tennessee's largest arena, as it has been since it opened.

The 1841 – 42 legislative session, with Whigs having a majority in the House chamber and the Democrats a smaller majority in the Senate, was marked by an impasse over the election of Tennessee's two United States senators.

" In fact, Lincoln ultimately looked to Johnson for considerable help with Tennessee's federal patronage decisions.

A year later, it was ratified by the requisite number of states, with Tennessee's ratification being the final vote needed to add the amendment to the Constitution.

Tennessee's Partner ( 1955 ) with John Payne and Ronald Reagan was based on a story of the same name.

Because of its proximity atop Signal Mountain, one particular high point in the town of Walden contains an antenna farm, with the transmitter sites of two of Chattanooga, Tennessee's television stations, WRCB-TV, Channel 3 and WTVC-TV, Channel 9.

* John Scopes ( August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970 ) – teacher charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act and tried in a case popularly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial

Although Wyden was ultimately passed over in favor of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, he took advantage of the interim to reintroduce his Healthy Americans Act, with additional co-sponsorship from Republican Senators led by Tennessee's Lamar Alexander and Utah's Bob Bennett as well as from fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley.

He received this appointment ( along with William Cocke ) on March 30, 1796, and headed to Philadelphia to campaign for Tennessee's statehood.

Blount's brother, Thomas ( then a Congressman from North Carolina ), along with James Madison, convinced the house to vote for Tennessee's admission to the Union on May 6.

Tennessee's location in the Bible Belt has led to an active southern Gospel music scene with such groups as The LeFevres, as well as being the origin of some notable Christian rock bands such as Memphis's DeGarmo and Key.

The first 1797 dimes were minted with 16 stars, reflecting Tennessee's admission as the 16th state.

He became Tennessee's all-time leading passer with 11, 201 yards and 89 touchdowns and won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) record for career wins.

While Acuff did relatively well and helped reinvigorate Tennessee's Republicans, his opponent, Gordon Browning, still won with 67 percent of the vote. And U. S. President Harry Truman won Tennessee's electoral votes that year in his comeback bid for reelection.

Tennessee's commissioners rejected both proposals, asking instead that the Walker Line be accepted east of the Tennessee River and a more southerly line west of it, with reciprocal agreements between the states to honor existing land grants.

Sevier served six two-year terms as Tennessee's governor, from 1796 until 1801, and from 1803 to 1809, with term limits preventing a fourth consecutive term in both instances.

Tennessee's first attempt at statehood was the State of Franklin, formed in the 1780s with its capital initially at Jonesborough and later Greeneville, but the state was never admitted by Congress.

Hancock had East Tennessee's highest poverty rating, with 29. 4 % of its residents living below the poverty line.

Resolutions introduced by Anderson and Outlaw included a motion to sever ties with the United States if Tennessee's petition for statehood was rejected, a motion to implement viva voce voting instead of balloting, and a motion to establish a unicameral legislature, all of which were rejected.

Private Porsum is obviously based on Alvin C. York, Tennessee's most famous war hero, although in real life York had nothing to do with the bond scandal.