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History of Nashville, Tennessee

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Wednesday, January 31, a blizzard swept through the city with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph and visibility down to zero. Eight inches of snow were recorded, and commute around the city was virtually impossible. On the night of February 2, low temperatures reached -13 degrees Fahrenheit, causing pipelines to burst. Many Nashville residents lacked both electricity and water. Due to the severity of the ice storm and the blizzard that followed afterward, this is known as the worst episode of winter weather in Nashville's history. The blizzard of 1951 holds third place for the most snow recorded in Nashville from a single storm system, behind the
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businessmen, and part of the amount was used to purchase around 12 enslaved Black men in Virginia to work on the project. The $ 50,000 loan was insufficient to cover the $ 55,000 cost of construction, but the rising value of the slaves purchased by the city covered the difference when all but one or two were sold at the end of the project. Water from the Cumberland River is pumped by steam engine into the reservoir, which remains in use today.
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Settlements in late 1778, building a station on the southern side of the Cumberland River above the French Lick, on the high ground where Nashville now stands, in the early spring of 1779. His son, Major John Buchanan, known for the siege of Buchanan's Station, is considered to be one of the founders of Nashville, Tennessee. Another settlement arrived when James Robertson left the
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in the Battle of Nashville in 1864. The city became the political, transportation, business and cultural center of the Middle Tennessee region. Besides the state government, it is best known for its educational, musical and religious establishments. In 1963 Nashville and Davidson County were consolidated under a single charter and are administered by a mayor and a council.
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and businessmen from the North. Nashville, with its very large transient population, had flourishing red light districts. Union wartime regulations forced prostitutes to purchase licenses and pass medical exams, primarily to protect soldiers from venereal disease. Their trade was deregulated once military control ended.
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prostitution, and other vices but also housed some of the city's oldest African-American churches and schools. The neighborhood was replaced with the State Library and Archives, a large office building, a six-lane parkway, terraced parking lots and green space, with few provisions for the people who lost their homes.
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impacted Nashville and its suburbs. Many areas in the Nashville MSA received more than 18 inches of rainfall in less than 48 hours. This caused significant damage to the downtown area, and three dozen lives were lost in the city. Due to the rarity of the amount of rainfall, meteorologists dubbed it a
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and many poor whites, after Tennessee had been one of the most competitive states politically after the Civil War. About one-third of the state's citizens were thus shut out of the political process, a status that lasted for decades, until after passage of legislation during the mid-1960s as a result
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Refugees poured into Nashville during the war, because jobs were plentiful in the depots, warehouses and hospitals serving the war effort, and furthermore the city was much safer place than the countryside. Unionists and Confederate sympathizers both flooded in, as did free blacks and escaped slaves,
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were used in the project. Fifteen enslaved Black men worked on carving the Capitol's limestone cellar from 1845 to 1847; Nashville stonemason A.G. Payne was paid $ 18 a month for their labor. It is believed to be "the most significant project where the state government rented slave labor." It houses
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to the federal government. In 1796, that territory was admitted to the union as the state of Tennessee. Nashville at that time was still a small settlement in a vast wilderness, but its central location and status as the state capital made it the political, commercial, financial and religious center
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To Captain Morton came the peculiar distinction of having organized that branch of the Ku Klux Klan which operated in Nashville and the adjacent territory, but a more signal honor was his when he performed the ceremonies which initiated Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest into the mysterious ranks of the Ku
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On May 28, 2013, the newly anticipated Music City Center opened its doors in the SoBro District of Downtown Nashville. This new convention center marked a major milestone by replacing the rapidly aging Nashville Convention Center, and also adding an 800-room Omni Hotel along with an expansion of the
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John Buchanan Sr., born in either Scotland or Ireland, migrated with his family from their home in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, to the Watauga Valley, Washington District of North Carolina. Afterward, they took a long horseback trek to Kentucky, left their women and traveled down to the Cumberland
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villages, and small prehistoric farmsteads that have been destroyed by antiquarian scholars, relic hunters, and urban development. All archaeological evidence for Mississippian culture appears to vanish from the Nashville area by around AD 1475–1500. Archaeologists believe this regional collapse may
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declared Nashville "It" city in a publication titled "Nashville's Latest Hit Could Be the City Itself". This article is widely thought to have spurred new growth and construction in Nashville, ultimately leading to Nashville being declared the 5th fastest growing city in America by the end of 2013.
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During the winter of 1951, Nashville experienced the most severe blizzard in the city's history. From Sunday, January 28 to Tuesday, January 30, an ice storm produced an inch of sleet and freezing rain, gridlocking the city and cutting off the power supply to many neighborhoods. On the afternoon of
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in 1872, it became a leading institution of African-American higher education. A black business district grew up along the fort's wagon road, renamed Jefferson Street. Just across the Cumberland River downtown, several other large African-American districts developed around former camps in East and
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became the state of Tennessee in 1796 and Nashville became an incorporated city in 1806. In 1843 it became the state capital of Tennessee. In the Civil War Nashville was seized by Federal troops in 1862 and became a major Union military base. Confederate General J. B. Hood was decisively defeated
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In 1949, the city administration claimed 96 acres in Hell's Half Acre, a black neighborhood northwest of the state capital that housed the poorest African-Americans in the city. The city administration justified it by saying they would rid the city of vice, as the place was then known for saloons,
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As a whole, at least 123 projects are planned for or under construction in Davidson County, many of which have begun recently. In downtown alone, developments consist of a 27-story Westin Hotel under construction in the SoBro district, a 33-story residential apartment complex named "The Sobro", a
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service to the Nashville Area, bringing with it super fast internet using fiber optic cables in the ground. This announcement was seen as a major plus for the up-and-coming tech scene in Nashville, along with other companies that either have a presence here or looking to relocate to the Nashville
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In 2016, Nashville experienced a growth of 82 residents per day. In 2017, Nashville surpassed Memphis as Tennessee's most populous city. Despite the Great Recession, Nashville has posted strong economic growth during the 21st Century and boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates in Tennessee.
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In 1806, Nashville was chartered as a city. The city's first debt and first large-scale public works project was the building of the Nashville Water Works, centered around the reservoir located on a bluff south of the city, now known as Rolling Mill Hill. The money was loaned by Philadelphia
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announced the launch of the first nonstop transatlantic flight on their airline from Nashville to London's Heathrow Airport, beginning on May 4, 2018. The flight is expected to contribute $ 100 million to Nashville's economy and promote business connections and leisure travel to the city.
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proclaimed "all connections by the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dissolved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent government, free from all obligations to or connection with the Federal Government of the United States of America." Nashville was an immediate target of
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at around 3:30 p.m., causing serious damage and blowing out hundreds of windows from skyscrapers, raining shattered glass on the streets and closing the business district for nearly four days. Over 300 homes were damaged, and three cranes at the then incomplete
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began a series of trips up the Cumberland to Nashville and built a cabin near the lick to use as a base of operations for fur trapping during his visits to the area. DeMonbreun settled in Nashville permanently in 1788, and ran a tavern and mercantile business.
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In the late 1880s, its African-American and poor white populations were affected by changes to laws by the state legislature, which made voter registration and voting more difficult by requirements including imposition of a poll tax in 1889. The effect was to
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ranked Nashville the hottest housing market in the entire United States in 2017, Milken Institute ranked Nashville as the 7th best performing city in the United States based on economic, social and communal factors on a local and national scale.
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There is no reliable historical or archaeological evidence for Native American presence in the Nashville area from 1500 through the late 1600s. The region between the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers was a hunting ground for many tribes, and while the
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in 1938, and although his popularity as a musician waned in the late 1940s, he remained one of the Opry's key figures and promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, he co-founded the first major Nashville-based country music publishing
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and up the Cumberland, arriving April 23, 1780. They founded a new community that was then a part of the state of North Carolina. The town was officially created and named Nashville in 1784, by an act of the North Carolina legislature.
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On March 22, 1916, a fire in East Nashville erupted, destroying more than 500 homes. The fire was exacerbated by unusually high wind gusts, allowing it to spread quickly before firefighters could suppress it. This became known as the
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in the 16th century. Although the exact route of the Desoto expedition is unclear, they do not appear to have reached Middle Tennessee or the Nashville area. Instead, the earliest Europeans in what would become Nashville were French
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have been the result of extreme pressures brought on by rapid population growth and dwindling resource availability following prolonged droughts leading to increased occurrences of disease, nutritional deficiencies, and warfare.
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announced it would relocate its corporate headquarters to downtown Nashville in the Fifth and Broadway development, bringing at least 1000 new corporate jobs. Shortly after in June 2018 Nashville was named the host of the 2019
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oneC1TY is a vibrant urban community under construction near the Charlotte Ave and 28/31st connector intersection, that will serve as a center of technology-enabled commercial, residential, research and retail activity. Its
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Country Music Hall of Fame's facilities. This construction project sparked a number of new construction projects in both the SoBro district and other parts of the city, and has continued to spur development up into 2015.
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announced that they would be keeping their North American Headquarters in Nashville, and would invest $ 200 million to build a new 35 story skyscraper that would bring 1,700 jobs to downtown Nashville.
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to Nashville in 1998. They currently play at Bridgestone Arena, located in downtown Nashville. The franchise has performed exceptionally well in Nashville, valued at $ 270 million in 2016.
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A secret Confederate underground operated in the city, smuggling arms, medicines and information to the Confederacy, helping prisoners escape, and giving information to Confederate spies.
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occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville when an inbound local train collided with an outbound express, killing 101 people. This was one of the most deadly rail accidents in U.S. history.
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When the Union army left, the Fisk Free Colored School took over the Fort Gillem grounds, near where the free blacks lived before the civil war and north of downtown, and was renamed as
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For years Nashville was considered one of the wealthiest southern capitals and a large portion of its prominence was from the iron business. Nashville led the south for iron production.
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issued a blizzard warning that morning. On January 22, Nashville set a record for snowfall received in a 24-hour period. The blizzard proceeded to the East Coast by January 23.
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McEvily, Bill, Jonathan Jaffee, and Marco Tortoriello. "Not all bridging ties are equal: Network imprinting and firm growth in the Nashville legal industry, 1933–1978."
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hub. It soon became the commercial center of the entire Middle Tennessee region. By 1800, the city had 345 residents, including 136 enslaved Blacks and 14 free Blacks.
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government (also known as a "metropolitan government") since 1963. Although a similar proposal had failed in 1958, Davidson County voters approved consolidation in a
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period of regional prehistory. For millennia the descendants of these first Tennesseans continued to live along the river terraces and uplands overlooking the
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forces. The city's significance as a shipping port on the Cumberland River and its symbolic importance as the capital of Tennessee made it a desirable prize.
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In 1913 Nashville was the last of several major cities in Tennessee to adopt a commission form of government, with all members of a small commission elected
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fell on February 16, 1862. Soon after at the end of the month, Nashville became the first state capital to fall to Union troops, under the command of
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Barker, Gary; Broster, John B. (1996). "The Johnson Site (40Dv400): A dated Paleoindian and Early Archaic Occupation in Tennessee's Central Basin".
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Meehan, Leslie A., and Geoffrey P. Whitfield. "Integrating health and transportation in Nashville, Tennessee, USA: from policy to projects."
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In 2006, commuter rail service from Nashville to Lebanon opened to the public. Further plans to expand the Music City Star (now known as the
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Shortly after the NHL expansion in 1998, the Tennessee Oilers moved from Memphis to Nashville in 1999, beginning its inaugural season as the
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Deter-Wolf, Aaron; Peres, Tanya M. (2012). "Recent Research in the Middle Cumberland River Valley: Introduction to the Special Volume".
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Woodward, Jennifer R. "How busing burdened Blacks: Critical race theory and busing for desegregation in Nashville-Davidson County."
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periods. The final prehistoric Native American culture to inhabit what would become Nashville was a regional manifestation of the
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features abundant green space and a community lawn and encourages walking, biking and enjoyment of the outdoors, music and art.
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announced it would be opening a tech hub on Nashville's Music Row, bringing a further 600 jobs to the Nashville region.
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Erickson, Ansley T. "Building inequality: The spatial organization of schooling in Nashville, Tennessee, after Brown."
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of Tennessee on October 7, 1843. Several towns across Tennessee were nominated; all received votes, but Nashville and
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were toppled. Though only one person was killed, it was one of the most costly urban tornadoes on record in the U.S.
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Ola Johansson. "Form, Function, and the Making of Music-themed Entertainment Districts in Nashville and Memphis".
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Pecknold, Diane. "Heart of the country? The construction of Nashville as the capital of country music." in
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Jeannine Cole, "'Upon the Stage of Disorder:' Legalized Prostitution in Memphis and Nashville, 1863–1865",
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Mohl, Raymond A. "Citizen activism and freeway revolts in Memphis and Nashville: The road to litigation."
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opened in the Germantown district of Nashville, which provided a new home for the AAA Baseball team the
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of 2008–09; however, plans to expand commuter rail service are once again an objective for the city.
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occupied the area in the later part of the 17th century, by 1700 they were being challenged by the
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Nashville in the new millennium: Immigrant settlement, urban transformation, and social belonging
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Separate peoples, one land: The minds of Cherokees, Blacks, and Whites on the Tennessee frontier
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building was constructed over a period of fourteen years from 1845 to 1859. It was designed by
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The first Europeans to enter what would become Tennessee were part of the expedition led by
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The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City
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brought blizzard conditions to Nashville, producing more than eight inches of snow. The
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of Tennessee. He set up offices in the capital at Nashville. Confederate uprisings and
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More than 30 years after receiving its charter, Nashville was selected as the permanent
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Stanley F. Horn, "Dr. John Rolfe Hudson and the Confederate Underground in Nashville",
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Map Showing Lines Owned and Operated by the Nashville Railway and Light Company c 1912
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were the top contenders. Nashville won by only one vote. Previously, the cities of
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On November 12, 2018, Nashville was announced as the East coast operations hub for
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Artist's depiction of Donelson's flatboats descending the Cumberland River in 1784
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New Men, New Cities, New South: Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston, Mobile, 1860–1910
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Music/city: American festivals and placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport
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African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: Elites and Dilemmas
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Archaeological Expeditions of the Peabody Museum in Middle Tennessee, 1877-1884
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Chaney, James. "The formation of a Hispanic enclave in Nashville, Tennessee."
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The Burden of Busing: The Politics of Desegregation in Nashville, Tennessee
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Robert Trail, "Livingston County, Kentucky: Stepping Stone to Illinois,"
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neighborhood, killing three adults, three children, and the perpetrator.
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was built for the event. The Parthenon replica is now the centerpiece of
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celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the Union. A
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Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
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was built here in 1779 by pioneers from North Carolina. In 1784 it was
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began operations in Nashville, as the first fully licensed commercial
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Fortunes, Fiddles, & Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History
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in downtown Nashville at the city's business district, outside the
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had planned to call the settlement Nashborough in honor of General
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in 2017, surpassing Memphis by a total of roughly 8,000 people.
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Flowering of the Cumberland, Harriette Simpson Arnow, pp. 10-1
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The first known settlers in the area of modern Nashville were
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lunch counters throughout the city. Inspired by students in
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U.S. Census Bureau data for 50 largest cities, 1850 to 1990
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who arrived in the region by at least 13,000 BC during the
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Nashville Metro: The Politics of City–County Consolidation
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Nashville Metro: The Politics of City-County Consolidation
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Map of the Nashville area in 1960, prior to consolidation
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Andone, Dakin; Silverman, Hollie (December 25, 2020).
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Reluctant Partners: Nashville and the Union, 1863–1865
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Map of Nashville, Tennessee in 1804, published in 1880
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Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee § Bibliography
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