Elizabethton, Tennessee
Downtown Elizabethton, looking east toward Lynn Mountain.
Nickname: The City of Power
Map spot for Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Coordinates: 36.344548°20′11″N -82.201481°14′21″W / 36.68094, 81.96231
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Carter
Explored:	1759
Settled:	1769
Established:	1799
Government
- Mayor	Curt Alexander
Area
- Total	9.4 sq mi (24.3 km²)
- Land	9.2 sq mi (23.7 km²)
- Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
Elevation	1,593 ft (465 m)
Population (2004)
- Total	13,944
- Density	1,459.5/sq mi (563.5/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	37643-37644
Area code(s)	423
FIPS code	47-23500[1]
GNIS feature ID	1328127[2]
Website: http://www.elizabethton.org

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The population was 13,372 at the 2000 census.^[3] 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Geography

Northeast Tennessee location

Elizabethton is centrally located in Northeast Tennessee at 36°20′11″N, 82°14′21″W 36.344548 N, 82.201481 W.^[4][5]

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24.3 km²), of which, 9.2 square miles (23.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (2.35%) is water.[3] The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...

The elevation at Elizabethton Municipal Airport is 1,593 feet (486 m) ASL (the highest point of elevation in Carter County is at Roan Mountain with an elevation of 6,285 feet (1,916 m) ASL) and the airport is located on the eastern side of the city along State Highway 91 Stoney Creek Exit.^[6][7] Elizabethton is also connected to larger commercial, shuttle, and cargo flights out of Tri-Cities Regional Airport located adjacent to the main campus of Northeast State Technical Community College at nearby Blountville, Tennessee. The Appalachian Trail (foreground) crossing Round Bald, with Jane Bald (lower left) and the massive Grassy Ridge Bald in the distance. ... Tri-Cities Regional Airport (IATA: TRI, ICAO: KTRI) is a public airport serving the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, located between the 3 cities comprising the area: Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport. ... Northeast State Technical Community College is a two-year community college located in Blountville, Tennessee. ... Blountville is a census-designated place located in Sullivan County, Tennessee. ...

Lynn Mountain reaches 2,380 feet (730 m) ASL at the summit (36.350°N, 82.191°W) and is located immediately across the U.S. Highway 19-E from the downtown Elizabethton business district.

Elizabethton also shares a contiguous western border with Johnson City. Johnson City is a city in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Sullivan County, Tennessee, to the northeast and Carter County, Tennessee, to the southeast. ...

Water resources

Old Bristol Highway steel bridge over Watauga River on the northern border of Elizabethton.

Electrically lighted "The City of Power" sign that was erected over the old Broad Street Bridge in Elizabethton (circa 1912-1913).

The Doe River forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. The river initially flows north and is first paralleled by State Route 143; at the community of Roan Mountain, Tennessee, it then continues to flow west and is at this point paralleled by U.S. Route 19E. The Doe River flows to the east of Fork Mountain; the Little Doe River flows by the Fork Mountain to the west. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Doe River is a naturally flowing river in Northeast Tennessee that forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. ... Carter County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th in the US  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (340 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... // Roan Mountain State Park is located in Northeast Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. ... Roan Mountain is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ... U.S. Highway 19 is a north-south United States highway. ... The Little Doe River rises on the southern slope of Yellow Mountain at the confluence Hampton and Sugar Hollow Creeks in Roan Mountain State Park in Carter County just south of the small town of Roan Moutain, Tennessee. ...

Below the confluence of both the Doe River and the Little Doe River at Hampton, and the Doe River then travels roughly in a northern downstream direction through the Valley Forge community, and is rejoined by U.S. Route 19E. Pushing through a mountain gap just north of Hampton, the volume of the river is amplified by the waters flowing from McCathern Spring.

Just before its mouth into the Watauga River at the Carter County seat of Elizabethton, the Doe River is spaned by a wooden covered bridge that is found within the Elizabethton historical downtown area. Further downstream of the Elizabethton Covered Bridge, you will also find two identical concrete-arch bridges across above the Doe River in Elizabethton — the first being the Elk Avenue Bridge and the latter being the Broad Street Bridge — that were completed in 1928. The confluence of the Doe River and the Watauga River is approximately twenty minutes downstream from the Broad Street Bridge. The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ... A covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. ...

Two Tennessee Valley Authority reservoirs in Carter County — each impounded behind TVA Watauga Dam (forming Watauga Lake) and TVA Wilbur Dam (forming Wilbur Lake) — are located southeast and upstream of Elizabethton on the Watauga River. The Appalachian Trail crosses over the Tennessee Valley Authority reservation in Carter County to the southeast of Elizabethton.^[9][10] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Watauga Lake, located in rural northeastern Tennessee, was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). ... The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ...

The Watauga River flows past Elizabethton. Elizabethton lies on the south bank of the Watauga and along either side of its principal tributary, the Doe River. The downtown business district is located approximately one-quarter mile upstream of the confluence of both the Doe River and the Watauga River. The Doe River flows underneath the historic wooden covered bridge that is located within the Elizabethton downtown business district. The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ... The Doe River is a naturally flowing river in Northeast Tennessee that forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. ... Confluence of Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz In geography, a confluence describes the point where two rivers meet and become one, usually when a tributary joins a more major river. ... A covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. ...

The Bee Cliff Rapids — a popular summer destination on the Watauga River for whitewater rafters during the summer months — are located southeast of Elizabethton and downstream of the TVA Wilbur Dam. The Bee Cliff is a prominent geological limestone feature overlooking the Watauga River that is found in the Siam Community of Carter County, Tennessee. ... Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ...

The Watauga River downstream of the western side of Elizabethton has one of the only two sections of trophy trout streams across the entire state of Tennessee. For other uses, see Trout (disambiguation). ...

Holston Mountain Communication Towers

Elizabethton itself lies within a river valley basin mostly surrounded by mountain ridges and significant hills, such as Holston Mountain, the southern end of which lies just northeast of Elizabethton. Panhandle Road is located off State Highway 91 in Carter County and ascends Holston Mountain for three miles (5 km) from the eastern side and ends four miles (6.5 km) along the ridge southwest of Holston High Point. During periods of heavy snow and ice, the National Forest Service closes off Panhandle Road with an iron gate. Holston Mountain is a mountain in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, in the United States. ...

Northeastern panoramic view towards Johnson County, TN along the spine of Holston Mountain from Holston High Knob. South Holston Lake (Sullivan County, TN; left). Stoney Creek community (northeast Carter County, TN; right).

The main waterfall at Blue Hole Falls located northeast of Elizabethton on Holston Mountain.

Located near the Cherokee National Forest boundary and to the left of Panhandle Road is a parking area and foot trail that leads down the slope to the Blue Hole Falls (approximately 45 feet (14 m) high). The last three miles (5 km) of Panhandle Road are filled with washouts, steep drop-offs, and no turnarounds. Vehicle travel on those last three miles (5 km) is at the driver's risk. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 206 pixelsFull resolution (2329 × 600 pixel, file size: 372 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Panoramic view looking northeast towards Johnson County, TN along spine of Holston Mountain from Holston High Knob. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 206 pixelsFull resolution (2329 × 600 pixel, file size: 372 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Panoramic view looking northeast towards Johnson County, TN along spine of Holston Mountain from Holston High Knob. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Early broadcasters in the 1950s and 1960s quickly realized Holston Mountain would be a prime radio-television transmission location because it is the highest visible point that faces most of the major cities in Northeast Tennessee in the surrounding valley between Knoxville, Tennessee, to southwest of Roanoke, Virginia. As a result, the Holston Mountain ridge is the transmitter site for three television stations in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee Television Designated Market Area (DMA). The broadcasting antenna for WCYB-TV, Channel 5, Bristol, Virginia is on Rye Patch Knob, with the top of the antenna 341 feet (104 m) above ground, 2,431 feet (741 m) above the surrounding valley floor, and 4,533 feet (1381.6 m) above mean sea level. The single tower that antenna sits on, is the highest and tallest man-made structure on the mountain. The television towers for WJHL-TV, Channel 11, Johnson City, Tennessee, and WKPT-TV, Channel 19, Kingsport, Tennessee, are standing side by side in a common broadcasting antenna farm on the southwest slope of Holston High Point, one mile (1.5 km) southwest of Rye Patch Knob. The antenna for WJHL-TV stands 200 feet (61m) above ground, 2,319 feet (707m) above the surrounding valley floor, and 4,370 feet (1,332m) above mean sea level. The antenna for WKPT-TV next door stands 193 feet (58.8m) above ground, also 2,319 feet (707m) above the valley floor, and 4,366 feet (1,331m) above mean sea level. The stations' digital antennas are also on their respective towers. East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the state of Tennessee. ... Knoxville redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Government  - Mayor Nelson Harris Area  - City  43 sq mi (111. ... In Tennessee, the name Tri-Cities refers to the region surrounding the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol. ... A designated market area is a group of counties in the United States that are covered by a specific television station. ... WCYB is a television station in Bristol, Virginia It is owned by Bluestone Television Categories: | ... WJHL-TV (News Channel 11) is the CBS television affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee. ... Johnson City is a city in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Sullivan County, Tennessee, to the northeast and Carter County, Tennessee, to the southeast. ... WKPT-TV abc 19 is the ABC television affiliate in Kingsport, Tennessee. ... Kingsport is a city located primarily in Sullivan County, and also partially in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. ... WJHL-TV (News Channel 11) is the CBS television affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee, serving the greater Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, and neighboring western North Carolina, southeastern Kentucky and the southwestern corner of West Virginia from a transmitter located atop Holston Mountain. ... WKPT-TV abc 19 is the ABC television affiliate in Kingsport, Tennessee. ...

Holston High Point as seen from Holston High Knob.

Holston Mountain is also the transmitting site for three FM Class C radio stations: WTFM-FM 98.5, Kingsport, Tennessee; WXBQ-FM 96.9, Bristol, Virginia and WETS-FM 89.5, Johnson City, Tennessee. All three antennas and the backup antennas are located at the antenna farm on the southwest slope of Holston High Point. Also located on the ridge are the antenna for one FM Class C1 radio station, WHCB-FM 91.5, Bristol, Tennessee, located at Rye Patch Knob; one FM Class C2 antenna for radio station WCQR-FM 88.3, Kingsport, Tennessee, and one FM Class D antenna for radio station W214AP-FM 90.7, Johnson City, Tennessee, both transmitting from the antenna farm on the southwest slope of Holston High Point. Various U.S. federal, Tennessee state, Sullivan, Washington and Carter County governmental agencies, along with utility microwave relay stations, also transmit base-to-mobile communications from the Holston High Point antenna farm and Rye Patch Knob. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... WXBQ-FM is one of several Tri-Cities Country radio stations. ... The Wets was Margaret Thatchers disparaging term for moderate members of the British Conservative Party. ... WHCB is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Tennessee, serving the Tri-Cities, VA/TN area. ...

The Federal Aviation Administration also maintains a navigational beacon at the Holston Mountain summit. FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Connection with U.S. Interstate Highway System

Interstate 26 Exit 24 then east to Elizabethton. Interstate 26 (abbreviated I-26) is an east-west main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. ... Image File history File links I-26. ... Image File history File links No_image. ... Image File history File links US_23. ... Image File history File links US_321. ...

Demographics

As of the census^[11] of 2000, there were 13,372 people, 5,454 households, and 3,512 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,459.3 people per square mile (563.6/km²). There were 5,964 housing units at an average density of 650.9/sq mi (251.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.30% White, 2.47% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.18% of the population. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 5,454 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.82. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,909, and the median income for a family was $33,333. Males had a median income of $26,890 versus $20,190 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,578. About 15.2% of families and 19.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.8% of those under age 18 and 16.1% of those age 65 or over. Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in their country. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

History

Native American inhabitants

The area now known as Tennessee was first settled by Paleo-Indians nearly 11,000 years ago. The names of the cultural groups that inhabited the area between first settlement and the time of European contact are unknown, but several distinct cultural phases have been named by archaeologists, including Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian whose chiefdoms were the cultural predecessors of the Muscogee people who inhabited the Tennessee River Valley prior to Cherokee migration into the river's headwaters. Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. ... The name Archaic Period is given by archaeologists to the earliest periods of a culture. ... The Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures lasted roughly from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. The term Woodland was coined in the 1930s and refers to prehistoric sites between the Archaic period and the Mississippian cultures. ... The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1500 A.D., varying regionally. ... The Creek are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ...

When Spanish explorers first visited Tennessee, led by Hernando de Soto in 1539–43, it was inhabited by tribes of Muscogee and Yuchi people. Possibly because of European diseases devastating the Native tribes, which would have left a population vacuum, and also from expanding European settlement in the north, the Cherokee moved south from the area now called Virginia. As European colonists spread into the area, the native populations were forcibly displaced to the south and west, including all Muscogee and Yuchi peoples, the Chickasaw, and Choctaw. From 1838 to 1839, nearly 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from "emigration depots" in Eastern Tennessee, such as Fort Cass, to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. This came to be known as the Trail of Tears, as an estimated 4,000 Cherokees died along the way (Satz, Ronald. Tennessee's Indian Peoples. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1979. ISBN 0-87049-285-3). A Conquistador (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer who took part in the gradual invasion and conquering of much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. ... For the Peruvian economist, see Hernando de Soto (economist). ... The Creek are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ... Original territory of the Yuchi Tribe The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American Indian tribe previously living in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama who now primarily live in the northeastern Oklahoma area. ... This page contains special characters. ... For other uses, see Chickasaw (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Choctaw (disambiguation). ... Fort Cass, established in 1835, was an important site during the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears. ... Indian Territory in 1836 Indian Country redirects here. ... For other uses, see Trail of Tears (disambiguation). ...

Colonial settlement: "…a desperate Body of Settlers"

In 1759, a young James Robertson accompanied explorer Daniel Boone on his third expedition to lands beyond the Alleghany Mountains. The party discovered the "Old Fields" (lands previously cultivated by generations of Native Americans) along the Watauga River valley at present day Elizabethton, in which Robertson planted with corn while Boone continued on to Kentucky. James Robertson (June 28, 1742–September 1, 1814) was a North Carolina farmer and explorer of the 18th century. ... This article is about the American pioneer. ... The Allegheny Mountains are a part of the Appalachian mountain range located in the eastern United States. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ... This article is about the maize plant. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

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Watauga Petition

Robertson later returned to North Carolina, and married Charlotte Reeves in 1767. After the Battle of Alamance in 1771, many North Carolinians refused to take the new oath of allegiance to the Royal Crown and withdrew from the province. Instead of taking their new oath of allegiance, James Robertson led a group of some twelve or thirteen families involved with the Regulator movement from near where present day Raleigh, North Carolina now stands. In 1772, Robertson and the pioneers who had settled in Northeast Tennessee (along the Watauga River, the Doe River, the Holston River, and the Nolichucky River met at Sycamore Shoals to establish an independent regional government known as the Watauga Association.^[12] Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... The Battle of Alamance ended the seven-year War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control. ... // Causes of the War In 1764, several thousand people from North Carolina, mainly from Orange, Anson, and Granville counties in the western region, were extremely dissatisfied with officials whom they considered to practice cruel, arbitrary, and overall tyrannical rule. ... For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. ... The Doe River is a naturally flowing river in Northeast Tennessee that forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. ... The Holston drainage basin, located within the upper Tennessee drainage basin For other uses of Holston, see Holston (disambiguation). ... The Nolichucky River at Embreeville in Washington County, Tennessee. ... Sycamore Shoals is a stretch of the Watauga River near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, offering a ford crossing of the river. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Watauga Petition The Watauga Association (sometimes referred to as the Republic of Watauga or the Watauga Settlement) was an semi-autonomous government from 1772 to 1777 in what is now Northeast Tennessee. ...

However, in 1772, surveyors placed the land officially within the domain of the Cherokee tribe, who required negotiation of a lease with the settlers. Tragedy struck as the lease was being celebrated, when a Cherokee warrior was murdered by a white man. Robertson's skillful diplomacy made peace with the irate Native Americans, who threatened to expel the settlers by force if necessary. Carter County is named in honor of Landon Carter, Chairman of the Court as defined by the articles of the Watauga Petition and Speaker of the defunct Franklin Senate. Elizabethton is the county seat and is named for Landon's wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter, as well as Elizabeth McNabb, the wife of David McNabb who, with Landon, were members of a committee appointed by the Tennessee Assembly in 1796 to locate and name the county seat of Carter County. This page contains special characters. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... The State of Franklin The State of Franklin was an autonomous, secessionist territory of the United States created, not long after the end of the American Revolution, from territory that had been ceded by North Carolina to the federal government. ...

Landon Carter was the son of early Carter County settler, John Carter. John Carter's circa 1780 home known as the Carter Mansion still serves as a tourist attraction. The oldest frame house in Tennessee, this former frontier plantation home is located on the Broad Street Extension on the eastern side of town above the banks of the Watauga River. A landscape painting of a Virginia plantation that was discovered underneath ancient layers of paint covering the wall surface above a fireplace mantle suggest that John Carter may have possibly been an illegitimate son of the wealthy Virginia plantation owner Robert "King" Carter^[13] and half-brother to Virignia plantation owner Landon Carter. Robert Carter also known as King Carter (1663 – August 4, 1732) was a colonist in Virginia and had become one of the wealthiest men in the colonies. ... Landon Carter (1710-1778) was a planter from Virginia, best known for his account of life before the American War of Independence, The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter. ...

American Revolution

The Transylvania Purchase at Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton and the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.

Elizabethton (at Sycamore Shoals) was also the Fort Watauga site of the Transylvania Purchase. In March 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1,200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, including Cherokee leaders such as Attacullaculla, Oconostota, and Dragging Canoe. In the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals (also known as the Treaty of Watauga), Henderson purchased all the land lying between the Cumberland River, the Cumberland Mountains, and the Kentucky River, and situated south of the Ohio River. The land thus delineated, 20 million acres (81000 km?), encompassed an area half as large as the present state of Kentucky. Henderson's purchase was in violation of North Carolina and Virginia law, as well as the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited private purchase of American Indian land. Henderson may have mistakenly believed that a newer British legal opinion had made such land purchases legal. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 508 pixelsFull resolution (1254 × 796 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 508 pixelsFull resolution (1254 × 796 pixel, file size: 1. ... Transylvania was a short-lived colony primarily in what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Sycamore Shoals is a stretch of the Watauga River near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, offering a ford crossing of the river. ... Wilderness Road The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers to reach Kentucky for more than fifty years. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Sycamore Shoals is a stretch of the Watauga River near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, offering a ford crossing of the river. ... Fort Watauga was a American Revolutionary War fort in what is now Carter County, Tennessee. ... Transylvania was a short-lived colony primarily in what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Richard Henderson (1734–1785) was an American pioneer/ merchant who attempted to create a colony called Transylvania just as the American Revolutionary War was starting. ... This page contains special characters. ... Attacullaculla of Chota-Tenase, Principal Chief of the Cherokee, (ca. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stalking Turkey. ... Dragging Canoe (1730? – 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. ... Transylvania was a short-lived colony primarily in what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the southern United States. ... Cumberland Mountains is a region in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. ... The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 259 mi (417 km) long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... View of Pittsburgh, the largest metropolitan area on the Ohio River, where the Allegheny River (left) and the Monongahela River (right) join at Point State Park to form the Ohio River Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ... A portion of eastern North America; the 1763 Proclamation line is the border between the red and the pink areas. ...

Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52)

Before the Sycamore Shoals treaty, Henderson had hired Daniel Boone, an experienced hunter who had explored Kentucky, to travel to the Cherokee towns and inform them of the upcoming negotiations. Afterwards, Boone was hired to blaze what became known as the Wilderness Road, which went through the Cumberland Gap and into central Kentucky. Along with a party of about thirty workers, Boone marked a path to the Kentucky River, where he established Boonesborough (near present-day Lexington, Kentucky), which was intended to be the capital of Transylvania. Other settlements, notably Harrodsburg, were also established at this time. Many of these settlers had come to Kentucky on their own initiative, and did not recognize Transylvania's authority. A Daniel Boone Trail historical marker is found just outside the downtown Elizabethton business district. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (826x605, 52 KB) Summary Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52 Licensing The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (826x605, 52 KB) Summary Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52 Licensing The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and... Fur traders on Missouri River, c. ... This article is about the American pioneer. ... Wilderness Road The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers to reach Kentucky for more than fifty years. ... The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 259 mi (417 km) long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Nickname: Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: , Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette Government  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area  - City  285. ... Harrodsburg is a city located in Mercer County, Kentucky. ...

Early during the American Revolutionary War, Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals was the attacked in 1776 by Dragging Canoe and his warring faction of Cherokee opposed to the Transylvania Purchase (also referred by settlers as the Chickamauga), and the surviving frontier fort on the banks of the Watauga River. The Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War became the central area of operations on land after France entered the war on the side of the United States. ... Sycamore Shoals is a stretch of the Watauga River near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, offering a ford crossing of the river. ... Dragging Canoe (1730? – 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. ... Transylvania was a short-lived colony primarily in what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... The Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) were a series of conflicts that were a continuation of the Cherokee struggle against the encroachment into their territory by American frontiersmen from the British colonies which had broken out into open warfare in 1776 between the Cherokee led by Dragging Canoe (called the Chickamauga... The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ...

Blue Ridge Mountains.

The Overmountain Men fought with the British at the Battle of Musgrave's Mill in South Carolina, and later, Fort Watauga served as the September 26, 1780^[14] staging area for the Overmountain Men who were preparing to trek over the Blue Ridge Mountains at Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) to both engage, and later defeat, the British Army Loyalist forces and later at the Battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 537 pixelsFull resolution (2922 × 1962 pixel, file size: 751 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Appalachians near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 537 pixelsFull resolution (2922 × 1962 pixel, file size: 751 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Appalachians near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Americans settlers of largely Scotch-Irish descent settled over the Smokies into the west so therefore became known as the Over Mountain Men. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ... Roan Mountain can refer to: Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) — a mountain on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina Roan Mountain, Tennessee — a small town in northeastern Tennessee near the base of Roan Mountain Roan Mountain State Park — a state park in northeastern Tennessee, covering Roan Mountains northern slope... For other uses, see Loyalist (disambiguation). ... Combatants Patriot militia Loyalist militia Commanders William Campbell, John Sevier, Frederick Hambright, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Cleveland, James Williams†, Isaac Shelby Patrick Ferguson† Strength 900 (+500 nearby) 1,100 (+200 nearby) Casualties 28 killed (including James Williams), 62 wounded 157 killed, 163 wounded, 698 captured (nine of the captured were later...

Prior to the American Revolutionary War very little gunpowder had been made in the United States; and, as a British Colony, most had been imported from Britain.^{[15][page # needed]} In October 1777, the British Parliament banned the importation of gunpowder into America. Five hundred pounds of black powder was manufactured for the Overmountain Men by Mary Patton and her husband at their Gap Creek powder mill, and the Overmountain Men stored the Patton black powder on that first rainy night in a dry cave known as Shelving Rock that is located nearby the Roan Mountain State Park at present day Roan Mountain, Tennessee.^[16] During January 1781, the Overmountain Men also fought the British at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. This article is about military actions only. ... This article is about the legislative institution. ... Black powder was the original gunpowder and practically the only known propellant and explosive until the middle of the 19th century. ... // Roan Mountain State Park is located in Northeast Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. ... Roan Mountain is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ... Combatants United States Great Britain Commanders Daniel Morgan Banastre Tarleton Strength c. ...

U.S. Civil War

Rear Admiral/
Brevet Major General
Samuel P. Carter

On the recommendation of Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson, Elizabethton native and U.S. naval officer Samuel Powhattan (S.P.) Carter was promoted to the brevet rank of brigadier general and assigned by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to engage cavalry based in Kentucky against Confederate held railroad lines and bridges in Tennessee during the Civil War. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Samuel Powhatan Carter (August 6, 1819 – May 26, 1891) was a United States Rear Admiral and later served the Union as a Major General during the American Civil War. ... For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... Samuel Powhatan Carter (August 6, 1819 – May 26, 1891) was a United States Rear Admiral and later served the Union as a Major General during the American Civil War. ... In the US military, brevet referred to a warrant authorizing a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but usually without receiving the pay of that higher rank. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... The United States Cavalry was a horse-mounted cavalry force that existed in various forms between 1775 and 1942. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

In early 1861, after receiving a letter from Carter assuring his loyalty to the Union should a civil war break out, Tennessee Governor Andrew Johnson used his influence in the United States Department of War for Carter to organize and train militia within East Tennessee. After leading successful cavalry operations at the Battle of Mill Springs on January 19, 1862, Carter accepted a commission as Brigadier General of volunteers in May and later continued leading operations at the Battle of Cumberland Gap in June as well as raids against Holston, Carter's Station, and Jonesville in December, in support of General William S. Rosecrans' attack on Murfreesboro. For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... Line drawing of the Department of Wars seal. ... Lebanese Kataeb militia The term Militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary [1] citizens to provide defense, emergency, law enforcement, or paramilitary service, and those engaged in such activity, without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George H. Thomas George B. Crittenden Strength 4,400 (four brigades) 5,900 (two brigades) Casualties 232 439 The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek in Confederate terminology, and the Battle of Logans... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52) Cumberland Gap (el. ... William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 - March 11, 1898), nicknamed Old Rosy, served as an American military officer. ... Battle of Stones River / Battle of Murfreesboro II Conflict American Civil War Date December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863 Place Murfreesboro, Tennessee Result Both sides claim victory, but the Confederate Army withdraws The Battle of Stones River or Murfreesboro II, was a battle fought in the American Civil War. ...

In July 1863, Carter was placed in command of the XXIII Corps cavalry division and would continue campaigning across Tennessee throughout the year. By 1865, Carter was in North Carolina and commanding the left wing of the Union forces at the Battle of Kingston. He was promoted to Brevet Major General of Volunteers, briefly commanding the XXIII Corps before being mustered out of volunteer service in January 1866. XXIII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. ... Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th in the US  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (340 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... In the US military, brevet referred to a warrant authorizing a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but usually without receiving the pay of that higher rank. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

While Carter was serving in the Union Army, the U.S. Navy promoted him to lieutenant commander in 1863, then to commander in 1865. A Tennessee Historical Marker located on West Elk Avenue in front of the S.P. Carter Mansion in downtown Elizabethton, Tennessee commemorates his life and naval career. The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ... Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. ...

The Veterans' Monument obelisk guarded by two short field cannon in downtown Elizabethton was originally dedicated in 1904 to both Union and Confederate veterans from Carter County. The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris Obelisk outside Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. ... Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission:  States of the Union  Territories of the Union (including occupied territory)  States of the Confederacy  Territories claimed by Confederacy During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the twenty-three states of the United States... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial)  States that seceded under CSA control  States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia...

Death of a U.S. President

U.S. President Andrew Johnson died from a stroke at his daughter's Lynn Valley home overlooking the Watauga River on July 31, 1875. For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ...

Elizabethton Covered Bridge

The Elizabethton Covered Bridge (built in 1882) spans 134 feet (41 m) across the Doe River.

Main article: Elizabethton Covered Bridge

The Doe River flows underneath the historic Elizabethton Covered Bridge, built in 1882 and located within the Elizabethton downtown business district. Connecting 3rd Street and Hattie Avenue, the bridge is adjacent to a city park and spans the Doe River. The covered bridge, although now closed to motor traffic, is still open for bicycles and pedestrians. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

The concrete arch
Broad Street Bridge .

Most of Elizabethton's downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its historical and architectural merits. The Elizabethton Historic District contains a variety of properties ranging in age from the late 1700s through the 1930s. However, the Elizabethton Covered Bridge is a focal point and a well-known landmark in the state. In addition to the Covered Bridge, the downtown historical district also contains the 1926 Elk Avenue concrete arch bridge, and another similar concrete arch bridge just a little further downstream locally known as the Broad Street Bridge. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Railroad history

During the early 20th century, Elizabethton became a rail hub, served by three different railroad companies.

Beginning in the 1880s, the narrow gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (the ET&WNC, nicknamed "Tweetsie") from Johnson City passed through Elizabethton before climbing into the Blue Ridge Mountains, eventually connecting to Boone, North Carolina in 1916. In 1927, the 9-mile (14 km) portion of the railroad from Johnson City to Elizabethton was converted to standard gauge in order to more efficiently serve the NARC and Bemberg Rayon Plants. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), affectionately called the Tweetsie in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of the serving the mines at Cranberry, North Carolina. ... Johnson City is a city in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Sullivan County, Tennessee, to the northeast and Carter County, Tennessee, to the southeast. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ... Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...

The narrow gauge portion of the ET&WNC ceased operations in 1950 and was subsequently abandoned, however the standard gauge portion of the line from Johnson City to Elizabethton continued to operate until 2003 as the East Tennessee Railway. Today the railroad's dormant track remains in place, though its future is uncertain. The East Rennessee Railway is a short line railroad linking Elizabethton, Tennessee to the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads in Johnson City, Tennessee, 11 miles away. ...

One of the ET&WNC's narrow gauge steam locomotives (Engine #12) is still in existence, operating at the "Tweetsie Railroad" theme park at nearby Boone, North Carolina. Great Western Railway No. ... Tweetsie Railroad is a family oriented railroad theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States. ... Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ... Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. ...

The Southern Railway operated a branch line into Elizabethton until the flood of 1940. It connected with the ET&WNC at a small railroad yard near the fork of the Watauga River and the Doe River.^[17] The Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... Chicago and Northwestern Railways Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois, December 1942. ... The Watauga River rises in Watauga County, North Carolina, a mountainous county in western North Carolina along the Tennessee state line. ... The Doe River is a naturally flowing river in Northeast Tennessee that forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. ...

In the 1910s and 1920s, another small railroad, The Laurel Fork Railway, operated out of Elizabethton paralleling the ET&WNC and Doe River to Hampton, Tennessee. At Hampton the line split off and ran to a sawmill near present-day Watauga Lake.^[18] The Laurel Fork Railway was a small, standard-gauge logging railroad that operated entirely in Carter County, Tennessee from 1912 to 1927. ... The Doe River is a naturally flowing river in Northeast Tennessee that forms in Carter County, Tennessee near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park. ... For the 1922 film starring Oliver Hardy, see The Sawmill. ... Watauga Lake, located in rural northeastern Tennessee, was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). ...

North American Rayon Corp. and American Bemberg Corp.

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Beginning during the late 1920s, German and Dutch business investors established two major rayon manufacturing plants (Bemberg and the North American Rayon Corporation) in Elizabethton along the banks of the Watauga River, producing rayon material for both U.S. domestic and export markets. Even today, you can find examples of the construction or major renovation of Elizabethton buildings located within the downtown area that can be easily dated from the Elizabethton rayon economic boom of the late 1920s. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. ...

During World War II. the U.S. government seized managerial control of these critical rayon plants in Elizabethton. At the later, post-war hiring apex of the Elizabethton rayon industry in 1949, over 6,100 employees were working at both of the rayon mills.^[19] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

A specialized fiber utilized by NASA within the Space Shuttle program was manufactured at the Elizabethton plants during the 1980s, and after many years of a declining U.S. rayon market and increased foreign competition following GATT and NAFTA, the remaining rayon mill (owned by the North American Rayon Corporation) closed down during the late 1990s. For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... This article is about the space vehicle. ... General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (usually abbreviated GATT) functions as the foundation of the WTO trading system, and remains in force, although the 1995 Agreement contains an updated version of it to replace the original 1947 one. ... Nafta or NAFTA may refer to: an acronym for the North American Free Trade Agreement an acronym for the New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement the town/Tokyo of Nafta, Tunisia This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

The City of Power and the TVA—early hydrogeneration of electricity

Elizabethton was first serviced by relatively inexpensive hydroelectric power during the early 1910s, leading to the popular "The City of Power" moniker. The Horseshoe section of the Watauga River (found within the Tennessee Valley Authority reservation behind the TVA Wilbur Dam) is the site of first hydroelectric dam constructed in Tennessee (beginning in 1909), going online with power production and distribution in 1912. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

U.S. President
Herbert C. Hoover

U.S. Senator
George W. Norris

The 1928 Republican Presidential candidate Herbert C. Hoover made his only southern campaign stop at Elizabethton and delivered his nationally broadcasted October 6 election "stump speech" delivered before 50,000 people gathered at the base of Lynn Mountain in Harmon Field (now at the mini-park area beside the Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce building located on U.S. 321).^[20][21] Herbert Clark Hoover listening to a radio This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Herbert Clark Hoover listening to a radio This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Image File history File links Nebraska Senator George William Norris. ... Image File history File links Nebraska Senator George William Norris. ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a mining engineer and author. ...

Ironically, it was the succession of Republican presidents in the White House at the time — first President Coolidge in 1928, and then later followed by President Hoover later in 1931 — choosing to veto the federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that would have created a water power development agency of the federal government. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...

It was Democrat U.S. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska who sponsored the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, water power development legislation which was finally enacted during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt that created the Tennessee Valley Authority. Norris was later an important proponent of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... George Norris George Silly Bitch Norris (July 11, 0004 – September 2, 1944) was a U.S. leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. ... TVA logo The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a Federal government-owned corporation in the United States, was created in 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation and economic development in the Tennessee River Valley, one of the poorest and least developed regions of the country at the time. ... FDR redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... FDR (Center) signs the Rural Electrification Act with Representative John Rankin (Left) and Senator William Norris (right) The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal funding for installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States. ...

Following the end of World War II, the TVA Watauga Dam and Reservoir were completed three miles (5 km) upstream of the Wilbur Dam in 1948.^[22][23] Watauga Lake, located in rural northeastern Tennessee, was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). ...

The TVA Wilbur Dam has four hydroelectric generating turbines with a generating capacity of 10,700 kilowatts of electricity.^[24]

U.S. Bicentennial - Overmountain Victory Trail

U.S. President
Jimmy Carter

Liberty: The Saga of Sycamore Shoals (formerly known as The Wataugans)^[25] is the official outdoor historical drama of the state of Tennessee. It is presented by the Watauga Historical Association and the Sycamore Shoals Historic Area in Elizabethton every July on the last three Thursday-Friday-Saturday weekends of the month. Employing a mixed cast of volunteer professional and amateur local actors and re-enactors engaged through an open casting call, Liberty: The Saga of Sycamore Shoals depicts the early history of the area that is now Northeast Tennessee. The Wataugans is the official outdoor historical drama of the state of Tennessee. ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ...

Hikers, military reenactors, and scouts have followed within segments of the famous overmountain victory trail, and in 1975 three Elizabethton boy scouts were among those who completed the first re-enactment of the overmountain march (approximately 214 miles (344 km) in one direction) from Elizabethton at Sycamore Shoals to the Kings Mountain National Military Park. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter — recognizing the historical significance of the frontier patriots marching over the Appalachian mountains to fight the British Army at the Battle of King's Mountain — signed federal law designating the historical overmountain route as the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, the first National Historic Trail established within the eastern United States.^[26][27][28] Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. ... Sycamore Shoals is a stretch of the Watauga River near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA, offering a ford crossing of the river. ... Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, close to the North Carolina border. ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... The Battle of Kings Mountain was a fight in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, fought on October 7, 1780. ... The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVHT) is part of the U.S. National Trails System. ... National Historic Trail is a designation for a protected area in the United States containing historic trails and surrounding areas. ...

Famous natives and residents

• William Gannaway Brownlow: newspaper publisher, Tennessee Governor; Radical Republican, U.S. Senator (1805-1877).
• Rear Admiral/Major General Samuel Powhattan (S.P.) Carter - (August 6, 1819-May 26, 1891). Only U.S. military officer to have held the rank of Army General and Navy Admiral. The May 28, 1891 Washington Post obituary for Carter presents a timeline that suggests that Carter may have also been a member of one of the earliest classes of midshipmen (1846) to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy.
• Robert Love Taylor, Tennessee politician (July 31, 1850 - March 31, 1912).
• Alfred A. Taylor, Tennessee politician (August 6, 1848 - November 23, 1931).
• Dayton E. Phillips, U.S. House of Representatives (January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1951), Judge.
• Jason Whitten, Player for the Dallas Cowboys

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References

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See also

Places

• Appalachian Development Highway System
• Banner Elk, North Carolina
• Blowing Rock, North Carolina
• Boone, North Carolina
• Corridor B
• Iron Mountains
• Joe O'Brien Field
• Tennessee's 1st congressional district
• Northeast Tennessee

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Persons

• William Gannaway Brownlow
• Samuel Doak
• Captain Daniel Ellis
• Daniel Morgan
• John Sevier
• Issac Shelby
• Nancy Ward

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Events

• Chickamauga Wars
• Hollywood comes to Elizabethton - Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection and Chuck Norris
• Textile workers strike (1934)

The Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) were a series of conflicts that were a continuation of the Cherokee struggle against the encroachment into their territory by American frontiersmen from the British colonies which had broken out into open warfare in 1776 between the Cherokee led by Dragging Canoe (called the Chickamauga... Carlos Ray Chuck Norris (born on 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, Hollywood actor, and recently, an internet phenomenon, who is best known for playing Cordell Walker on Walker, Texas Ranger. ... The textile workers strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and all over the southeastern United States and lasted twenty-two days. ...

Other

• A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Company
• Milligan College
• Scottish Indian trade
• State of Franklin

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External links

General

• City of Elizabethton official site
• Johnson City MTPO - Elizabethton Bike and Pedestrian Trails
• Elizabethton at the Open Directory Project
• Tour Elizabethton

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Historical

• London Gazette: no. 11166, page 1, 30 July 1771. Retrieved on 2007-11-26. (The Battle of Alamance)
• The Wataugans - The Official Outdoor Drama of the State of Tennessee
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail - National Park Service.
• Sycamore Shoals State Park - Tennessee Park Service.
• The Overmountain Victory Trail Association.
• "Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman (1663-1732)". Historic Christ Church. Lancaster County, Virginia.
• National Register of Historical Places - TENNESSEE (TN), Carter County.
• The Generals of the American Civil War - Pictures of Samuel Powhatan Carter
• Elizabethton Rayon Plant Strikes, 1929. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
• Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853) - 2007 full text edition

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Educational

• Northeast State Technical Community College at Elizabethton.
• Elizabethton City Schools.
• Elizabethton High School.
• T.A. Dugger Junior High School.
• Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library.
• Cy Crumley ET&WNC Photo Collection
• Railroads. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.

Other

• Photos of Elizabethton, Carter County, Tn. (excellent web site)
• Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association - Online Visitor's Guide
• Tri-Cities Regional Airport (commercial and cargo).
• Photos and Information about Stoney Creek, Tn.
• The Elizabethton Star

• Elizabethton, Tennessee is at coordinates 36°20′12″N 82°14′21″W / 36.336527, -82.239038 (Elizabethton, Tennessee)Coordinates: 36°20′12″N 82°14′21″W / 36.336527, -82.239038 (Elizabethton, Tennessee)

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Tennessee County seat: Elizabethton Cities Elizabethton | Johnson City | Watauga Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Carter County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ... Johnson City is a city in Washington County, Tennessee; however a small part of the city is located within Sullivan County, Tennessee, to the northeast and Carter County, Tennessee, to the southeast. ... Watauga is a city located in Tennessee. ... CDPs Central | Hunter | Pine Crest | Roan Mountain A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Central is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ... Hunter is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ... Pine Crest is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ... Roan Mountain is a census-designated place located in Carter County, Tennessee. ...