Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Tennessee watershed.png right 300px Map of the Tennessee Watershed The TennesseeValley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee . It stretches from southwest Kentucky to northwest Georgia U.S. state Georgia and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina . The border of the valley is known as the TennesseeValley Divide . TennesseeValley is also a generally accepted term for North ... valley mt roosevelt1.jpg right 250px thumb The Upper TennesseeValley, looking east from the edge of the Cumberland Plateau near Rockwood, Tennessee The TennesseeValley begins in the upper head water ... of the valley runs mainly west before turning back north and re entering Tennessee. In Alabama, the valley ... by the southern end of the Appalachians. The valley continues back north into Tennessee, creating .... Geologically, the eastern TennesseeValley consists of many small valleys and ridges within ... and the great valley is termed the Great Appalachian Valley . Important cities Knoxville, Tennessee , the most populous metropolitan area in the valley, is where the Tennessee River begins at the confluence ... Ridge National Laboratory , and the TennesseeValley Authority headquarters. Chattanooga, Tennessee , is nicknamed The Scenic City for its vistas of the TennesseeValley from atop the many mountaintops ... are maintained by the TennesseeValley Authority . Decatur, Alabama , known as The River City , dominated ... of the Valley because of its location near the exact center of the length of the Tennessee River. Also ... s route in Kentucky and Tennessee actually lies outside the TennesseeValley. Interstate 26 ... west across the Tennessee portion of the TennesseeValley. Connecting Nashville with Knoxville and Asheville ... 75 runs down the middle of the valley of East Tennessee. It connects Chattanooga and Knoxville ... Chattanooga Knoxville Florence The Shoals area Paducah, Kentucky See also TennesseeValley Authority ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 The TennesseeValley Divide is the eastern and southern boundary of the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and its tributaries. The TennesseeValley Divide begins near the northeasternmost source of the Tennessee River, in the vicinity of Bluefield, West Virginia . From ... point between the streams draining west to the Tennessee, north to the New River, and east to the coastal rivers of North Carolina . From Blowing Rock, the TennesseeValley Divide coincides with the Eastern ... which point streams flow northwards towards the Tennessee River, eastwards to the Atlantic coast of Georgia, and southwards towards the Gulf of Mexico . From there, the TennesseeValley Divide trends generally westward, dividing the TennesseeValley in Alabama from the generally southward flowing ... , the divide forms the boundary between the drainage of the Tennessee River and the New River ... remarkably close to the Tennessee River. The divide then turns north and ends at the foot of Broadway in downtown Paducah, Kentucky , which also marks Mile 0 of the Tennessee River at its confluence with the Ohio River Ohio . The divide forms the eastern and southern boundary of the TennesseeValley beginning at the West Virginia border and passing through Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi , Tennessee and Kentucky . External links There are 8 GNIS entries for the TennesseeValley Divide, with coordinate lists by state GNIS 165345 TennesseeValley Divide Alabama GNIS 351074 TennesseeValley Divide Georgia GNIS 517518 TennesseeValley Divide Kentucky GNIS 711544 TennesseeValley Divide Mississippi GNIS 1024346 TennesseeValley Divide North Carolina GNIS 1245056 TennesseeValley Divide South Carolina GNIS 1648134 TennesseeValley Divide Tennessee GNIS 1496200 TennesseeValley Divide Virginia Category Water divides Category Tennessee River Tennessee geo stub ... more details
Image Shadyvalley.jpg thumb 275px right A church sits among the mountains of Shady Valley. Shady Valley is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee Johnson County in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee . It is just outside of Cherokee National Forest . Shady Valley is also the name of the valley in which the town is located. Natural history After the Pleistocene ice ages, species and ecosystem s that had shifted southward often survived in local refugia . As a result, cold adapted ecosystems, such as cranberry bog s, remain in Shady Valley, far south of their usual range. ref http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial na na0403 full.html Appalachian Blue Ridge forests NA0403 ref Shady Valley once contained an estimated 10,000 acres 40 km of boreal ecosystem boreal cranberry bogs. ref Davis, Donald Edward. Where There Are Mountains An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians . University of Georgia Press, 2002, p. 13. ref Recreation The roads that run in and around the town are popular among motorcycle motorcyclists since nearby mountains provide nearly 500 curves to navigate. ref http web.archive.org web 20071030141642 http www.motorcycleplayground.com Roads hwy91 shadyValley.html Motorcycle Playground website , archived October 30, 2007 ref The most popular road for motorcyclists is US Route 421 U.S. 421 , which offers many challenging curves Shady Valley is unincorporated, and has two small general stores, in addition to 4 other small businesses, a U.S. Post Office and the Shady Valley Elementary ... Iron Mountains References reflist External links dmoz Regional North America United States Tennessee Localities S Shady Valley Johnson County, Tennessee coord 36 31 09 N 81 55 40 W type city region US TN display title Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Johnson County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub ... more details
Infobox law enforcement agency agencyname TennesseeValley Authority Police nativename nativenamea nativenamer commonname TVA Police abbreviation TVAP patch TennesseeValley Authority PD.jpg patchcaption TennesseeValley Authority Police patch logo logocaption badge badgecaption flag flagcaption imagesize motto mottotranslated mission formedyear formedmonthday preceding1 dissolved superseding employees volunteers budget nongovernment country United States countryabbr federal Yes map mapcaption sizearea sizepopulation legaljuris TennesseeValley Alabama , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , Kentucky , Mississippi , North Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia governingbody governingbodyscnd constitution1 police Yes local speciality institution overviewtype overviewbody headquarters 400 W. Summit Hill Dr., Knoxville hqlocmap hqlocleft hqloctop hqlocmappoptitle sworntype sworn unsworntype unsworn electeetype minister1name minister1pfo chief1name chief1position parentagency TennesseeValley Authority child1agency unittype unitname officetype officename provideragency uniformedas stationtype stations airbases lockuptype lockups vehicle1type vehicles1 boat1type boats1 aircraft1type aircraft1 animal1type animals1 person1name person1reason person1type programme1 activity1name activitytype anniversary1 award1 website http www.tva.gov abouttva tvap footnotes reference The TennesseeValley Authority Police is a law enforcement agency in the United States. It is a federally commissioned, internationally accredited agency that provides protection for TennesseeValley Authority properties and employees ... the establishment of the TennesseeValley Authority Police Department, two officers have died in the line of duty. ref http www.odmp.org agency 3969 tennesseevalley authority police u.s. government ... References Reflist External links http www.tva.com abouttva tvap TVA Police Category TennesseeValley Authority Category Federal law enforcement agencies of the United States US law enforcement ... more details
for the World War II temporary community at Oak Ridge Happy Valley, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Infobox settlement name Happy Valley official name settlement type Unincorporated area Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline Happy valley entrance tn1.jpg imagesize image caption Happy Valley image flag image seal Maps pushpin map USA Tennessee pushpin label position the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location within the state of Tennessee ... Tennessee River and the Little Pigeon River watersheds&mdash spans Happy Valley to the north. The valley ... Lake impoundment of the Little Tennessee River. Happy Valley s two major streams&mdash Mill Creek and Bell ... to reach the village of Coosa chiefdom Coosa in northern Georgia via the TennesseeValley ... of Tennessee Press, 1988 , 260. ref Settlement Image Happy valley chilhowee church1.jpg right 210px ... as Rhea s Valley . ref Inez Burns, History of Blount County, Tennessee From War Trail to Landing Strip ... migrated from Carter County, Tennessee to Happy Valley. The valley&mdash which had been known as Rhea ... States State subdivision name1 Tennessee subdivision type2 List of counties in Tennessee County subdivision name2 Blount County, Tennessee Blount government footnotes government type leader ... GNIS feature ID blank1 info website footnotes Happy Valley is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee Blount County , Tennessee , United States , near the Great ... Area for the ZIP Code 37878 that serves Happy Valley had a population of 529 as of the 2000 U.S. ... Zip Code Tabulation Area 37878 Fact Sheet . Retrieved 28 April 2008. ref Geography Image Happy valley missionary church1.jpg left 210px thumb Happy Valley Missionary Baptist Church Happy Valley is situated in a narrow valley of the same name on the northwestern fringe of the Great Smoky Mountains ... Cove is located opposite Hatcher and Pine Mountain to the south. Happy Valley Ridge provides the valley ... more details
id 1304427 name Wears Valley, Tennessee accessdate ref website footnotes Wears Valley sometimes spelled Wear Valley is an unincorporated area in Sevier County, Tennessee Sevier County , Tennessee , treated ... SF4 U DP1& ds name D& lang en Wear Valley CCD, Sevier County, Tennessee Data Set sample . Retrieved 2 December 2007. ref Wears Valley is situated in a valley known as Wear Cove , which runs parallel ..., a section of the Foothills Parkway will connect Wears Valley to Walland, Tennessee Walland to the west ... Valley, Tennessee Wears Valley http www.seviercountytn.org Sevier County, Tennessee Official website ... Headrick Chapel Preservation Site http fowv.org Friends of Wears Valley Sevier County, Tennessee ...other uses Wear Valley disambiguation Infobox settlement name Wears Valley official name settlement type ... image caption Roundtop Mountain overlooking Wears Valley image flag image seal Maps pushpin map USA Tennessee pushpin label position the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location within the state of Tennessee pushpin mapsize image map map caption Location ... Tennessee subdivision type2 List of counties in Tennessee County subdivision name2 Sevier County, Tennessee ... 2000 Census , the population of Wears Valley was 6,486. ref U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census ... of the valley are intertwined with that of the Smokies. Both are named after Samuel Wear 1753 ... people, 2,585 households, and 1,955 families residing in Wears Valley. The racial makeup of this area ... thumb Cove Mountain rising above Wears Valley Wears Valley is centered at coord 35 42 50 N 83 39 11 ... comprising the town s entire southern border and the Blount County, Tennessee Blount Sevier county line providing its western border. U.S. Route 321 Tennessee Highway 73 is the community s main road, connecting Townsend, Tennessee Townsend in the west with Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Pigeon Forge in east, where it merges with U.S. 441 . This section of 321 73 is known as Wears Valley Road . Lyon Springs ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Hickory Valley, Tennessee settlement type Town nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map TNMap doton HickoryValley.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Hickory Valley, Tennessee image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Tennessee subdivision type2 List of counties in Tennessee County subdivision name2 Hardeman County, Tennessee Hardeman Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 0.8 area land km2 0.8 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 0.3 area land sq mi 0.3 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 136 population density km2 161.7 population density sq mi 418.7 General information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m 172 elevation ft 564 coordinates display inline,title coordinates type region US type city latd 35 latm 9 lats 18 latNS N longd 89 longm 7 longs 36 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal ... GNIS feature ID blank1 info 1287628 GR 3 website footnotes Hickory Valley is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee Hardeman County , Tennessee , United States . The population was 136 at the 2000 census. Geography Hickory Valley is located at coord 35 9 18 N 89 7 36 W city 35.154873, 89.126577 . GR 1 ... references Hardeman County, Tennessee Category Hardeman County, Tennessee Category Towns in Tennessee ca Hickory Valley io Hickory Valley, Tennessee ht Hickory Valley, Tennessee nl Hickory Valley pt Hickory Valley vo Hickory Valley ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Middle Valley, Tennessee settlement type Census designated place CDP nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map TNMap doton MiddleValley.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Middle Valley, Tennessee image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Tennessee subdivision type2 List of counties in Tennessee County subdivision name2 Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 35.8 area land km2 31.4 area water km2 4.4 area total sq mi 13.8 area land sq mi 12.1 area water sq mi 1.7 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 11854 population density km2 377.3 population density sq mi 977.1 General information timezone North American Eastern Time Zone Eastern EST utc offset 5 timezone DST EDT utc offset DST 4 elevation footnotes elevation m 213 elevation ft 699 coordinates display inline,title coordinates ... feature ID blank1 info 1293703 GR 3 website footnotes Middle Valley is a census designated place CDP in Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton County , Tennessee , United States . The population was 11,854 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga , TN&ndash Georgia U.S. state GA Chattanooga metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area . Geography Middle Valley is located ... or over. References reflist Hamilton County, Tennessee Category Hamilton County, Tennessee Category Census designated places in Tennessee Category Chattanooga metropolitan area ca Middle Valley mi Middle Valley nl Middle Valley pt Middle Valley vo Middle Valley ... more details
Infobox company company name TennesseeValley Authority company logo Image US TennesseeValleyAuthority ... www.tva.gov The TennesseeValley Authority TVA is a federally owned corporation in the United States ... , electricity generation , fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the TennesseeValley .... TVA Grass Roots Development, David Lilienthal, and the Rise and Fall of the TennesseeValley Authority ... 3 pp 335 374 ref Overview President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the TennesseeValley Authority ..., providing electric power to over nine million customers in the TennesseeValley. It acts primarily ... Tennessee . Even by Depression standards, the TennesseeValley was in sad shape in 1933. Thirty ... economic growth in the TennesseeValley. Electric rates were among the nation s lowest and stayed ... the Floodplain TennesseeValley was periodically ravaged by destructive floods. The Army Engineers ... Young Grandpa Simpson uses What in the name of the TennesseeValley Authority as an exclamation ..., from the album Halfway There Electricity and the South rejects the TennesseeValley Authority ... a song entitled TennesseeValley Authority. The Drive By Truckers have recorded a number of songs that either ... TennesseeValley Authority Police Watauga River List of navigation authorities in the United States ... of the TennesseeValley Authority 1997 Creese, Walter L. TVA s Public Planning The Vision ... of the TennesseeValley Authority, 1933 1990 1994 Preston J. Hubbard, Origins of the TVA The Muscle ... Edward Shapiro. The Southern Agrarians and the TennesseeValley Authority, American Quarterly, Vol ..., Indexing and Filing Computations TennesseeValley Authority http www.tva.gov index.htm TVA ... R. Jones Member of the Board of Directors, TennesseeValley Authority , Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library http www.tva.gov abouttva history.htm New Deal Category TennesseeValley Authority ... Pilot da TennesseeValley Authority de TennesseeValley Authority es Autoridad del Valle del ... more details
Infobox nrhp name TennesseeValley Railroad Museum Rolling Stock nrhp type hd nocat yes image SOU4501.jpg caption Mikado Locomotive No. 4501 Southern Railway 4501 , one of six steam locomotives at the museum. location 4119 Cromwell Rd. br Chattanooga, Tennessee nearest city lat degrees 35 lat minutes 4 lat seconds 0 lat direction N long degrees 85 long minutes 12 long seconds 23 long direction W locmapin Tennessee area built architect architecture added August 6, 1980 visitation num visitation year refnum 80003824 mpsub governing body The TennesseeValley Railroad Museum reporting mark TVRM ref Railinc , https www.railinc.com findusrail pub mark search.do?fwd init Search MARKs , accessed September 2009 ref is a railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee . The TennesseeValley Railroad Museum was founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by Paul H. Merriman and Robert M. Soule, Jr. along with a group of local railway preservationists who were concerned with saving steam locomotives and railway equipment for future historical display. History Founded in 1960 and incorporated in 1961, the TennesseeValley Railroad Museum originally stored equipment at the Western Union pole yard which was located adjacent to the Southern Railway classification yard on Holtzclaw Avenue in East Chattanooga. After the termination of passenger rail passenger service to the Southern ... TennesseeValley Railroad Museum http home.chattanooga.net soule RMS Additional information about TVRM ... from a 2 years long restoration which had been done at Lucey Boiler Company in Chattanooga, Tennessee ... down to Summerville, Georgia , on the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway . In 2004, TVRM and the Tennessee ... on the National Register of Historic Places Category Railroad museums in Tennessee Category National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Category Heritage railroads in Tennessee Category Museums in Chattanooga, Tennessee Category Transportation in Chattanooga, Tennessee ... more details
http www.iwflsports.com Official website of the IWFL http www.tigersiwfl.com TennesseeValley Tigers official website http prettytough.com tennesseevalley tigers no stranger to football Pretty Tough.com ... http www.tigersiwfl.com TennesseeValley Tigers official website IWFL Alabama Sports Category Independent ... more details
For the Blount County community adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, see Happy Valley, Tennessee . Happy Valley was a construction camp of trailer homes and hutments at the Clinton Engineer Works of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s. It was located near the K 25 gaseous diffusion plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to lessen travelling time for the seventeen thousand construction men working there. ref Kenneth D. Nichols Nichols, Kenneth The Road to Trinity A Personal Account of How America s Nuclear Policies Were Made p. 127 1987, Morrow, New York ISBN 068806910X ref The Happy Valley settlement was dismantled in the early 1950s. Reference references coord missing Tennessee Category Oak Ridge, Tennessee Category Manhattan Project Category Former populated places in Tennessee ... more details
Summary collection of User SGT141 SGT141 User talk SGT141 talk 15 50, 9 July 2008 UTC Licensing Non free logo Non free use rationale Description Tennessee Valley Authority Police patch Source collection of User SGT141 Article Tennessee Valley Authority Police Portion The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. Resolution The logo is a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution. Purpose Image is similiar if not identical to the Tennessee Valley Authority Police logo used on the unform as a means of public awareness of what the offical logo is when observed by the public. Replaceability Because it is a logo there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary. other information This image is only being used in Wikipedia articles for informational and educational purposes. The image s inclusion here will not result in financial loss to the possible copyright holder Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. Category Images of official seals Category Law enforcement insignia in the United States ... more details
SCOTUSCase Litigants TennesseeValley Authority v. Hill ArgueDate April 18 ArgueYear 1978 DecideDate June 15 DecideYear 1978 FullName TennesseeValley Authority v. Hill, et al. USVol 437 USPage 153 Citation 98 S. Ct. 2279 57 L. Ed. 2d 117 1978 U.S. LEXIS 33 11 ERC BNA 1705 8 ELR 20513 Prior Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Subsequent Holding A permanent injunction was affirmed, thus ceasing construction of the dam. SCOTUS 1975 1981 Majority Burger JoinMajority Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Stevens Dissent Powell JoinDissent Blackmun Dissent2 Rehnquist LawsApplied Endangered Species Act File Percina tanasi01.jpg thumb Percina tanasi Snail Darter TennesseeValley Authority v. Hill et al. , or TVA v. Hill , Case citation 437 U.S. 153 1978 , was a Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court case. It is a commonly cited example of the canons of statutory construction canon of construction expressio unius est exclusio alterius The express mention of one thing excludes all others . Background The TennesseeValley Authority started the building of the Tellico Dam in 1967 ref TennesseeValley Authority v. Hill, 437 U.S. p. 157 ref on the Little Tennessee River and was constructing the dam when an endangered fish species, the snail darter , was found upstream. The Endangered Species Act was passed by Congress in 1973 after construction of the dam had begun. If the dam project was completed, the resulting reservoir would flood the snail darter s river habitat causing considerable harm to the fish. Case The Supreme Court affirmed a court of appeals judgment, which agreed with the Secretary of Interior that operation of the federal Tellico Dam would eradicate an endangered species. The Court held that a prima facie violation ... darter controversy References references External links caselaw source case TennesseeValley Authority ... DEFAULTSORT TennesseeValley Authority V. Hill Category United States Supreme Court cases Category ... more details
Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants Ashwander v. TennesseeValley Authority ArgueDate December 19 ArgueYear 1935 DecideDate February 17 DecideYear 1936 FullName Ashwander v. TennesseeValley Authority USVol 297 USPage 288 Citation Prior Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 78 F.2d 578 Subsequent Holding Congress did not abuse its power with the TennesseeValley Authority, a government corporation established as part of the New Deal to improve the economy of the state. SCOTUS 1932 1937 Majority Hughes JoinMajority Concurrence Brandeis JoinConcurrence Concurrence2 JoinConcurrence2 Concurrence Dissent McReynolds JoinConcurrence Dissent Dissent JoinDissent Dissent2 JoinDissent2 LawsApplied Ashwander v. TennesseeValley Authority , Case citation 297 U.S. 288 1936 , was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court providing the first elaboration of the doctrine of Constitutional avoidance . Background In Ashwander, the Supreme Court faced a challenge to the constitutionality of a congressional program of development of the Wilson Dam. The plaintiffs, preferred stockholders of the Alabama Power Company, had unsuccessfully protested to the corporation about its contracts with the TennesseeValley Authority TVA . Plaintiffs then brought suit against the corporation, the TVA, and others alleging breach of contract and advancing a broad constitutional challenge to the governmental program. ref Id. at 316 17. Plaintiffs argued that the federal government, through the TVA, was undertaking a coup which would open every essential industry and service to direct and permanent governmental competition. Id. at 291 92. Plaintiffs challenged the TVA program s validity in every respect, in its entirety, and in detail, asserting that the program and all of its essentials, the means employed to promote it, its dominant objectives, and its arbitrary methods, do not consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Id. at 293 see also id. at 317. ref In December ... more details
Valley Authority . In the early 1940s, Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established to house ... region, in which numerous tributaries join to form the Tennessee River in the TennesseeValley . This area of Tennessee is covered by fertile valley s separated by wooded ridges, such as Bays Mountain and Clinch Mountain . The western section of the Tennesseevalley, where the depressions become ... of the TennesseeValley this area is covered with flat topped mountains separated by sharp ... predecessors of the Creek people Muscogee people who inhabited the Tennessee River Valley prior to Cherokee ... River were all factors that drove the Federal creation of the TennesseeValley Authority TVA in 1933 ...pp move indef two other uses the U.S. state of Tennessee the river Tennessee River other uses US state Name Tennessee Fullname State of Tennessee Flag Flag of Tennessee.svg Seal Tennesseestateseallrg.png ... Territory Capital Nashville, Tennessee Nashville OfficialLang English language English Demonym Tennessean LargestCity Memphis, Tennessee Memphis LargestMetro Nashville Davidson Murfreesboro, TN Metropolitan ... R Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey Republican Party United States R Legislature Tennessee General Assembly General Assembly Upperhouse Tennessee Senate Senate Lowerhouse Tennessee House of Representatives ... 4 TZ1Where East Tennessee TimeZone2 Central Standard Time Zone Central UTC 6 Daylight saving time 5 TZ2Where Middle Tennessee Middle and West Tennessee West Latitude 34 & 8202 59 N to 36 & 8202 41 ... Name Tennessee Flag Flag of Tennessee.svg Seal Tennesseestateseallrg.png Nickname The Volunteer State Motto Agriculture and Commerce Capital Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Amphibian Salamander Bird ... Agate Gemstone Pearl Tennessee River Pearl Insect Honeybee Quarter 2002 TN Proof.png QuarterReleaseDate 2002 Reptile Eastern Box Turtle Tree Tulip Poplar Wildflower Passion Flower StateRock Tennessee marble Limestone Song List of Tennessee state symbols State songs 7 Songs Tartan http www.tartans.scotland.net ... more details
The Valley may refer to Silicon Valley , in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States San Fernando Valley , California The Valley band , a band from Sydney The Valley, a song from Duran Duran s album Red Carpet Massacre The Valley London , a football stadium in London that is home to Charlton Athletic F.C. The Valley, Anguilla , the capital of Anguilla The Valley novel by Barry Pilton The Valley film , a 1976 amateur film by Peter Jackson The Valleys or the South Wales Valleys The Missouri Valley Conference , a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States The Valley Ashton Nyte album The Valley album La Vall e film The Valley , a 1972 French film The Valley , A fictional television series on The OC The Kashmir Valley, a region of the Indian subcontinent The Valley may also be used for Annapolis Valley in eastern Nova Scotia Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County and eastern Kern County Central Valley California Fortitude Valley , Brisbane Gila River valley basin of south eastern Arizona Jackson Hole a valley of the Teton Range in Western Wyoming Kanawha River valley, West Virginia Las Vegas Valley , the LV metropolitan area referred to locally as the valley Lehigh Valley , Pennsylvania Monongahela Valley , northwestern Pennsylvania Napa Valley , California North Valley, Syracuse and South Valley, Syracuse Pioneer Valley , western Massachusetts Pomona Valley , California Rio Grande Valley , Texas Sacramento Valley , California San Gabriel Valley , California San Joaquin Valley , California Santa Clara Valley , California Santa Clarita Valley , California Shenandoah Valley , Virginia Silicon Valley , California Sonoma Valley , California Spokane Valley , Washington Steel Valley Youngstown , Ohio Steel Valley Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Valley of the Sun , Arizona Willamette Valley , Oregon Yakima River Valley in southeastern Washington Yakima Valley AVA , the first American Viticultural ... more details
about the physical geographic term places named ValleyValley disambiguation Image Glacier park1.jpg right 330px thumb U shaped valley in Glacier National Park U.S. Glacier National Park in Montana , United States . Image Flj tsdalur.jpg right thumb 330px Flj tsdalur in East Iceland , a rather flat valley in Scotland, this type of valley is called a strath Image Glacial Valley MtHoodWilderness.jpg thumb right 330px A glaciated valley in the Mount Hood Wilderness showing a characteristic U shape, the bottom s rocky rubble accretion and the broad shoulders In geology , a valley or Dale origin dale is a Depression geology depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge. The terms U shaped valley U shaped and V shaped valley V shaped ... section of the slopes or hillsides. Name A valley in its broadest geographic sense is also known as a dale . A valley through which a river runs may also be referred to as a vale . A small, secluded, and often wooded valley is known as a Dell landform dell , or in Scotland as a glen . A wide, flat valley through which a river runs is known in Scotland as a strath . A small valley surrounded by mountains is known as a hollow . A deep, narrow valley is known as a coon also spelled combe or coombe ..., River valley For a comprehensive list of world wide river valleys see Category River valleys River valleys category see River phenomenon A valley formed by River flowing water , or river valley ... it approaches its base level , it begins to deposit sediment and the valley bottom becomes a floodplain ... Canyon National Park Grand Canyon NP Alpine Europe Austria narrow passages of upper Inn valley ..., and warmer temperatures at night. The first civilizations grew from these river valley communities .... ... FixHTML beg Image Glacial Valley MtHoodWilderness.jpg thumb right 210px A glaciated valley in the Mount ... right 250px thumb U shaped valley in Glacier National Park U.S. Glacier National Park in Montana ... more details
Into the Valley is a 1979 single music single by Skids band Skids , taken off their Scared to Dance album , and is their best known song, appearing on a number of punk rock and Scottish music compilation album s. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 24 March 1979. ref name Chartstats.com http www.chartstats.com songinfo.php?id 8134 Chart Stats Skids Into the Valley ref It was written by Richard Jobson television presenter Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson . Into the Valley is still used as a theme music theme song for fan person fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. in the Scottish First Division and Charlton Athletic F.C. of the English Football League Championship , whose stadium is aptly named The Valley London The Valley . It was also used in their Premier League premiership years by Bradford City A.F.C. , whose stadium is named Valley Parade. The song s lyrics are notoriously unintelligible owing to Jobson s diction. ref name Indecipherable lyrics http brokencontrollers.com on the theme of indesipherable lyrics channel 136 t5183636.php Discussion of indecipherability of lyrics to Into the Valley ref This has been sent up in a Maxell television advertisement which features printed incorrect translations of the words. ref name TV ad http www.youtube.com watch?v DAsmf1LGcpA Skids Into The Valley Maxell advert ref The chorus, often misquoted, is actually Ahoy, Ahoy, Land, Sea and Sky . Richard Jobson said, in an interview in 2007, that the lyrics were about the recruitment of Scottish youths into the Army, who then served in Northern Ireland ref name Scotland on Sunday http scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com review.cfm?id 538222007 Scotland on Sunday ref Local legend still persists that the valley mentioned is a reference to the village of High Valleyfield , a village with a reputation for mini warfare between its own residents and those of nearby towns ... singles 1970s single stub sv Into the Valley ... more details
United States southeastern United States in the TennesseeValley . The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names. ref name GNIS Course The Tennessee River is formed at the confluence ... times , primarily by TennesseeValley Authority TVA projects. The placement of TVA s Kentucky Dam .... According to TennesseeValley Authority historians, Citation needed date March 2008 until 1933 the river ... that the TennesseeValley Authority headquarters be located on the banks of the Tennessee River ...about the river the song Tennessee River song Geobox River name Tennessee River image Tennessee River Airl.jpg image caption The Tennessee River in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville from the top ... at Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville mouth Ohio River at Livingston County, Kentucky Livingston McCracken County, Kentucky McCracken counties, near Paducah, Kentucky country United States state Tennessee ... 517033 Tennessee River ref source elevation imperial 813 source elevation note ref name Shooks Gap U.S. Geological Survey. Shooks Gap quadrangle, Tennessee. 1 24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C. ... & Cushing map Tennessee watershed.png map caption Map of the Tennessee River watershed Image Tennesseeriverbridge.JPG right thumb The Market Street Bridge Chattanooga John Ross Bridge , spanning the Tennessee ... Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama The Tennessee River is the largest tributary ..., Tennessee . From Knoxville, it flows southwest through East Tennessee toward Chattanooga, Tennessee ... forms a small part of the state s border with Mississippi , before returning to Tennessee . At this point, it defines the boundary between Tennessee s other two Grand Divisions of Tennessee Grand Divisions Middle Tennessee Middle and West Tennessee . The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway , a U.S. ... of Mobile, Alabama Mobile , enters Tennessee near the Tennessee Alabama Mississippi boundary. This waterway reduces the navigation distance from Tennessee, north Alabama, and northern Mississippi to the Gulf ... more details
Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee Claiborne County , Tennessee . Speedwell is an agricultural community that was first settled circa 1790. ref http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com pruittsintn claibornecountytennessee.html Claiborne County Post Office Towns and Villages , Terri Pruitt genealogy website, accessed December 5, 2009 ref It is the site of Powell Valley Elementary School , a Claiborne County public school for kindergarten through grade 8, ref http www.claibornecountyschools.com pvelem index 20II.htm Claiborne County Elementary School website ref and a post office that is assigned zip code 37870. References reflist External links dmoz Regional North America United States Tennessee Localities S Speedwell Claiborne County, Tennessee coord 36 27 31 N 83 52 19 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Claiborne County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennesseetennessee geo stub ... more details
Fly is an Unincorporated area unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee Maury County in the U.S. state of Tennessee . It is along the Natchez Trace Parkway , south of Nashville, Tennessee Nashville . ref GNIS 1284532 Fly ref The small valley known as Fly Hollow is between Fly and the Natchez Trace. ref GNIS 1284536 Fly Hollow ref In the early 19th century a number of Fly family members, mostly from North Carolina, moved to this part of Tennessee near the Natchez Trace on Leipers Creek, a tributary of the Duck River Tennessee Duck River . After a rail line was built through the area the settlement was called Fly s Station. The local store is still called Fly s Store. ref name miller cite book last Miller first Larry L. title Tennessee place names year 2001 publisher Indiana University Press isbn 9780253339843 url http books.google.com books?id gQ r54p36cgC&lpg PR3&pg PR3 page 78 ref References reflist External links GNIS 1647718 New Flys Village GNIS 1284533 Fly Cemetery Maury County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 35 47 22 N 87 9 31 W display title Category Natchez Trace Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Maury County, Tennessee ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Haletown is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee Marion County , Tennessee , United States . It is probably best known as the former location of Hales Bar Dam , a major hydroelectric project of the former Tennessee Electric Power Company completed in 1913 which was later purchased by the Tennessee Valley Authority and operated by it until its replacement by Nickajack Dam , slightly downstream, in the 1960s, after which Hales Bar Dam was partially demolished the remaining portion still exists near Haletown. Haletown consists of only a few businesses and residences. The Marion Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Highway 41 over the Tennessee River at Haletown, but it has lost most of its traffic to the nearby Interstate 24 bridge. Haletown is neither a municipality or a census designated place , and no formal boundaries for the community exist, so no population figures are available. The community is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga , TN&ndash Georgia U.S. state GA Chattanooga metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area . Marion County, Tennessee Coord 35 01 42 N 85 32 18 W type city region US TN display title Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Marion County, Tennessee Category Chattanooga metropolitan area vo Haletown ... more details
The geological environment of Tennessee is as diverse as its landscapes. Politically, Tennessee is broken up into three Grand Divisions East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Physically, Tennessee is also separated into three main types of landforms river valley plain, highlands and basins, and mountain s. Nature centers The environment of Tennessee includes the nature centers of Discovery Center at Murfree Spring , Lichterman Nature Center and Owl s Hill Nature Center . Flora Astragalus bibullatus Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi Isoetes lacustris Rock gnome lichen Sarracenia oreophila Utricularia inflata Utricularia radiata Trees Abies fraseri Ulmus serotina Global warming in Tennessee See Global warming in the United States Executive order United States Executive Order 54 establishes the Energy Policy Task Force with the goal of creating a new state energy plan by December 1 of 2008. ref http www.tennesseeanytime.org governor AdminCMSServlet?action viewFile&id 1201 ref Another order establishes the Interagency Alternative Fuels Working Group with the goal of making Tennessee a leader in the biofuels industry. ref http www.tennessee.gov environment altfuels pdf execorder33.pdf ref The Working Group came up with an Alternative Fuels Strategic Plan which lays out goals for increasing biofuel and feedstock production and displacing petroleum use. Public Chapter 489 2007 requires all agencies and state educational institutions to create plans by January 1, 2008 to reduce or displace ... and local states tn.html Tennessee State Best Practices Clean Energy US EPA Bot generated title ref See also Geology of Tennessee List of Superfund sites in Tennessee References References External links http tennessee.gov environment Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation . http www.state.tn.us environment apc Division of Air Pollution Control http www.tdot.state.tn.us Tennessee ... Environment Of Tennessee Category Environment of Tennessee environment stub ... more details
Encyclopedia of History and Culture , 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2009. ref The TennesseeValley ... the Great Valley or TennesseeValley in the center, and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, bordering ... and Valley section, often called the TennesseeValley or Great Valley, is the region s largest and most ... name moorei40 The Cumberland Plateau rises nearly convert 1000 ft m above the TennesseeValley, stretching ..., Tenn. TennesseeValley Authority, 1985 . ref The region s significant Woodland period 1000 B.C. &ndash ... of the state of Tennessee. ref Samuel Cole Williams, Dawn of TennesseeValley and Tennessee History ... in the mid 1930s Over a period of two decades, the TennesseeValley Authority , created in 1933 ... T072 TennesseeValley Authority . Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture , 2002. Retrieved ... 2009. ref Mussel shoals in the upper Tennessee River valley, mainly above Knoxville, constitute ... 2009 The TennesseeValley Authority, headquartered in Knoxville, provides most of the region s electricity ...div style float right margin 0 0 1em 1em Image East Tennessee counties.png div East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee , one of the three Grand Divisions Tennessee Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 ... counties in the Central Standard Time Zone Central Time Zone , namely Bledsoe County, Tennessee Bledsoe , Cumberland County, Tennessee Cumberland , and Marion County, Tennessee Marion . ref name tngenweb TNGenWeb Project, http www.tngenweb.org maps tngrand3.htm Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee . 1999. Retrieved 17 August 2009. ref East Tennessee is entirely located within the Appalachian Mountains ... river valleys. East Tennessee is both geographically and culturally part of Appalachia , and has ... of Appalachia Knoxville, Tenn. University of Tennessee Press, 2006 , pp. xix xxv. ref East Tennessee ... and hundreds of smaller recreational areas. East Tennessee is often called the birthplace of country ... more details
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