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Moving to Tennessee
Tennessee is pretty country, y'all. You will be mesmerized by nature's beauty as Tennessee is covered by more than 60,000 miles of streams and over 540,000 acres of lakes, a fisherman's paradise. From the mountains to the valleys, from Nashville to Dollywood, from glitz and glamour to down home cooking, Tennessee has it all and something to tantalize every taste. City life and rural pleasures, mild climate, and the music capital of the world, Tennessee is fun, family oriented and fabulous.
Tennessee became the 16th state on June 1, 1796. With an area of 42,146 square miles, Tennessee is the 36th largest state in the US. The population as of 2000 was over 5.5 million people, making Tennessee the 16th most populous state in the nation. Major industries are mining (coal), electrical power, enriched uranium production, music, automobile manufacturing, farming (tobacco, cattle, soybeans, and cotton), walking horses, and tourism.
Now that you are moving to the Volunteer State, impress your friends and family with these fun facts:
State Capital is Nashville.
Largest City is Memphis.
Memphis is the locale of the world famous, Graceland, the home Elvis Presley purchased in 1957 and where he was found dead in 1977.
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.
State Motto - "Agriculture and Commerce."
Tennessee loves its music and has seven state songs: My Homeland Tennessee, The Tennessee Waltz, When It's Iris Time in Tennessee, My Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee, and The Pride of Tennessee.
State Flower is the Iris.
"Tennessee" comes from a Cherokee village in the region that is called "Tanasie."
State Bird is the Mockingbird.
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, the country's oldest continuous radio program begins in Nashville. Tickets to attend the live shows are still popular today.
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 and is now the nation's largest public power company.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the entire US, and is named for the smoke-like bluish haze that often envelopes these fabled mountains.
The Great Smoky Mountains are the highest peak along the Appalachian Trail.
Coca Cola was first bottled in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Davy Crockett was not "born on a mountaintop in Tennessee," as the song says, but on the banks of Limestone Creek near Greeneville.
The famous Scopes Monkey Trial was held in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925.
The first FM radio station aired from Nashville in 1941.
Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves.
The famous playwright, Tennessee Williams, was not born in Tennessee, but in Mississippi. Thomas Lanier Williams was dubbed "Tennessee" by friends in college because of his accent.
Tennessee shares borders with eight other states: North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
Enjoy your new home - Tennessee!
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