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Holston Mountain is a very prominent ridge -type mountain in Tennessee's Ridge and Valley Region, about 28 miles (45 km) long, running from southwest to northeast, covering about 268 square miles (690 km 2 ). Its highest summit is Holston High Point, on which a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft navigational beacon is located, at an ...
The Tennessee Children's Home Society was chartered as a non-profit corporation in 1897. [1] In 1913, the Secretary of State granted the society a second charter. [1] The Society received community support from organizations that supported its mission of "the support, maintenance, care, and welfare of white children under seven years of age admitted to [its] custody."
The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Union sympathizers in Confederate -held East Tennessee in 1861. The operations, planned by Carter County minister William B. Carter and authorized by President Abraham Lincoln, [1] called for the destruction of nine strategic ...
Holston Army Ammunition Plant. Coordinates: 36.533192°N 82.63165°W. Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP) manufactures Research Department Explosive ( RDX) and High Melting Explosive ( HMX) for ammunition production and development. It is a government-owned and contractor-operated (GOCO) facility that is part of the US Army Joint Munitions ...
Website. www.greenevilletn.gov. Greeneville is a town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. [ 13] The population as of the 2020 census was 15,479. [ 14] The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, [ 5] and it is the second oldest town in Tennessee.
Tennessee Children's Home. Coordinates: 35.7477°N 86.9312°W. Tennessee Children's Home is a residential care facility for children and former orphanage in Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States affiliated with the churches of Christ .
W. H. Doughty House W.H. Doughty House, Greeneville, TN: 309 North Main Street 1906-07 Greek Revival: Antrium Antrium Log Cabin, Greeneville, TN: 307 North Main Street Circa 1800 Log Cabin: This was built in rural Greene County and moved to its present location in 1965. Andrew Johnson Home Andrew Johnson Home, Greeneville, TN: 217 South Main Street
The Holston River is a 136-mile (219 km) river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks ( North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork ), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and northwestern North Carolina.