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the spansh explord the land fore gold but they could not fing any so they left.
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The State of Franklin was formed in part of East Tennessee.
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the first govenor of Tennesse was John Sevier. He was born in virginia,1745 and moved to Tennessee.
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tennessee became the 16th state.
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the capital of Tennessee is Nashvail. They choose Nashvail to be their capetial in 1806, nashvail was a state 30 years later it beacame the capitol.
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First copper mine The Hiwassee, opened at Ducktown.
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Having ratified by popular vote its connection to the fledgling Confederacy Tennessee became the last state to withdraw from the Union.
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Anna Lee Worley of is the first woman elected to the Tennessee State Legislature.
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Tennessee State University was founded in 1912.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority built its first hydroelectric dams in Tennessee.