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The mountains of East Tennessee are filled with places of splendor and beauty. Places like The Great Smokey Mountains and the Big South Fork national parks come to mind. These places are of course filled with beauty unmatched by any in the United States. However, one place rivals these two like no other; that would be Pall Mall in Northern Fentress County. Pall Mall is situated in the Wolf River Valley on the Kentucky-Tennessee Border. Pall Mall is town of just over a thousand people and…

Tennessee Tennessee is a state with moderate climates, rich cultural heritage, and a nice environment. It has warm summers and mild winters. While hiking on the Appalachian Trail you sit on a tall rocky mountain thinking all about the mountain’s history. It is a peaceful place for tourists. Tennessee had many historical events like the civil war on the battle of Shiloh. At the end of the war, much of Tennessee was destroyed. However, it is also known as the state of music because of Elvis…

The Native Americans are the original Americans. At one time many tribes lived as hunter gatherers and farmers made of different tribes spread though North America for numerous years. However, through the settlements of the New World by Europeans, unfair treatment from state and federal government, slavery, and suffering (diseases like smallpox, measles, influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria, typhus, bubonic plague, cholera, and scarlet fever. All imported by the Europeans, to which they have no…

10 Sights You Have To See In Tennessee It has the most visited national park in the country. It is home to one of the most famous whiskey brands in the world. And it is the final resting place of one of the 20th century’s most significant cultural icons. Just where exactly is this place? Nestled among the Smoky Mountains of the southeastern United States lies the state of Tennessee. Known primarily for its country music, the state has many fun things to do and see (whether you’re a fan of…

To understand the mix bag of the Indian Reorganization Act you must first look at the loss before the implementation of it. Over a century the Native American tribes had been pushed back, pinned in, slaughtered over their customs, and, more specifically, their land/resources. The greatest assault on their lands was the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887. This act was a way to take more land away from the Native Americans under yet another guise of “for their own good”. The hope was to force the members…

Deep in the roaming hills of Pennsylvania, miles from any old dusty road lays the most beautiful scenery imaginable hidden from any hiking or motor trail. a) The journey starts at a small quant trailer park on the side of a hill. b) In the gully below sandwiched between the hill of the park and the naked hill across lays a tiny stream which slowly grows for miles. c) The streams turns into a small creek with shallow water but lays deep in the earth as washed out hill sides ambush and retreat…

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are not the group of Cherokee Indians you usually hear about in history books. Many people are familiar with Cherokee Indians, but far too many people think that ALL Cherokees walked the Trail of Tears and ended up in present day Oklahoma during the mid 1800’s. Some Cherokee people agreed to the new laws, and together, 1,000 Cherokees purchased 57,000 acres of land of western North Carolina territory. Around 16,000 Cherokees left Appalachia on the Trail of…

the 1840s? What role did Andrew Jackson play in the Trail of Tears? What does his response to the removal reveal about Jackson’s vision of democracy? Early 1830s, hundreds of Native Americans lived on acres of land in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. However, the Europeans that began to inhabit the western frontier were scared of the Native Americans that they came in contact with. They were scared of what they did not know and they wanted the land that the Native Americans…

1. What impression does Johnson give you of Andrew Jackson? The impression Johnson gives of Andrew Jackson is interesting. Johnson wrote that Jackson campaigned to be president to clean up the federal capital (pg.328). He was a democrat and created the Democratic Party, but he was robbed of his presidency. Clay gave the presidency to Adams over Jackson. Johnson also wrote that though he was a handsome man he looked sick and frail looking. Journals and pamphlets were written about him and his…

Andrew Jackson has always been known to have issues in speaking publically and to have an anger problem, but that never stopped him in climbing his way to the top, from becoming a law man, and holding other jobs in the justice system, to becoming president. Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication, by James C. Curtis is a book about Jackson’s psychological problems that influenced much of his actions and sent him on the path to presidency. This report will review aspects of the book and…