True Tales of Tennessee

Download or read book True Tales of Tennessee written by Bill Carey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beginnings of the The Volunteer State Tennessee was a remote place in 1810. By 1850, some of the most influential people in America had come from Tennessee, such as Sequoyah, David Crockett, the filibuster William Walker and the slave trader Isaac Franklin. Learn about the state's first steamboats and its initial telegraph message. Read newly discovered accounts from the Trail of Tears. Hop along the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and relive the glory and tragedy. Author and columnist Bill Carey details these stories and more on early history in The Volunteer State.