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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ TEN-iss-EE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Other major cities include Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its name derives from Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ), a Cherokee town in the eastern part of the state that existed before the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory, before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" early in its history due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy and the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to secede and the first readmitted to the Union after the war.

During the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to a more diversified economy. This was aided in part by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the city of Oak Ridge, which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs. After the war, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory became a key center of scientific research. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for the state, largely in recognition of the roles played by Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee in its discovery. Tennessee has also played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music, including country, blues, rock and roll, soul, and gospel. (Full article...)

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Arthur Lee Guetterman (born November 22, 1958), nicknamed "Goot," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played from 1984 to 1996 for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). A southpaw used primarily in the major leagues as a relief pitcher, he stood 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) tall. He led the Yankees in wins in 1990 without starting a game.

Guetterman attended Liberty University, where he set several school records on the baseball team. Drafted by the Mariners in the fourth round of the 1981 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, he made his major league debut in 1984, though he would not return to the major leagues until 1986. After having the highest earned run average (ERA) of any American League (AL) pitcher with at least 75 innings pitched in 1986, he won 11 games as a starter in 1987, posting an 8–1 record at one point before getting moved to the bullpen due to a loss of control of his pitches. He was traded to the Yankees after the season, and after spending much of 1988 in the minor leagues, he emerged as a part-time closer for the Yankees in 1989, while Dave Righetti was struggling. He had 13 saves in 1989, then just two the following year, though he would lead the Yankees in wins. In 1991, Guetterman became unhappy with his playing time and requested a trade, which he got in 1992, when he was part of the only Yankees-Mets trade between 1987 and 2001. (Full article...)

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View of Center Hill Dam from visitor center observation tower in 2008

Edgar Evins State Park is a state park in DeKalb County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park consists of 6,300 acres (25 km²) along the shores of Center Hill Lake, an impoundment of the Caney Fork. The State of Tennessee leases the land from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

James Edgar Evins (1883–1954), the park's namesake, was a Smithville businessman, mayor, and state senator who played a vital role in the development of the Center Hill Dam and Reservoir in the 1940s. He was the father of former United States Representative Joe L. Evins, for whom the nearby Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Craft is named. The Evins family began pushing for the establishment of a state park along the DeKalb County portion of Center Hill Lake as early as the 1950s. (Full article...)

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Image 1Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 2Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 3Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 4Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 5Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 6The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 7The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 8The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 9Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 10The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 12Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 13Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 14A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 15Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 16Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 17Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 18Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)

Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 20Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 21Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 22The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 23The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 24A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 25Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 26Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 27Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 28Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
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    60–70%
  
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  Black or African American
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(from Tennessee)
Image 29Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 31Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 32Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 33Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 34The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 35Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 36Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 37The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 38Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 39in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 40The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 41The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 42Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 43John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 44A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 45The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 46A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 47Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 48Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 49The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 50Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 52The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 53Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 54Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 55The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 56Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 57The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 58Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 59Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 60A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 61Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 62Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 631861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 64Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 65Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 66Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 67Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 68Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 69The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 70Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 71Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 72Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 73Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 74Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 75Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 76Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 78The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)

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... that the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
... that the Pellissippi Parkway in East Tennessee takes its name from a Native American name that was applied to both the Clinch and Ohio Rivers?
... that community opposition to the routing of Interstate 40 through Memphis, Tennessee, led to a landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe?
... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"?
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s?

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