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Timeline Of Clarksville, Tennessee
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. 18th-19th centuries * 1784 - Town platted; named Clarksville after military leader George Rogers Clark. * 1788 - Blockhouse (fort) built. * 1794 - November 11: "Native American attack repulsed at blockhouse." * 1796 - Town becomes seat of newly formed Montgomery County. * 1800 - Religious " revival at Red River" held near Clarksville. * 1815 - '' Clarksville Chronicle'' newspaper in publication. * 1820 - James E. Elder becomes mayor. * 1822 - First Presbyterian Church founded. * 1830 ** Tobacco stemmery in business. ** Post House built (approximate date). * 1846 - Clarksville Female Academy chartered. * 1850 - Stewart College active. * 1855 - City of Clarksville incorporated. * 1860 - Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad begins operating. * 1868 - Labor strike of the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. * 1869 - '' Clarksville Tobacco Leaf'' newspaper begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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List Of Newspapers In Tennessee
This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States. Daily and nondaily newspapers Defunct See also * Tennessee media ** List of radio stations in Tennessee ** List of television stations in Tennessee ** Media of cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville * Journalism: ** :Journalists from Tennessee ** University of Memphis Department of Journalism ** Southern Adventist University School of Journalism and Communication, in Collegedal* Tennessee literature References Bibliography * (List of titles 50+ years old * * * * * * (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Tennessee) * (Includes information about newspapers) * Jack Mooney, ed., A History of Tennessee Newspapers (1996) External links * . (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century) * (Includes information about newspapers) * (Directory ceased in 2017) * . (Digitized issues) * . (Searchable by locale) * * * * * (Includes Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Customs House Museum And Cultural Center
The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is Tennessee's second largest general interest museum. It features fine art, history, and children's exhibits. It is located in Clarksville, TN's Downtown District on 200 South 2nd Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as Clarksville Federal Building. It was established in 1984 as the Clarksville Montgomery County Museum. 1898 building The 1898 portion of the Museum was originally designed for use as a Federal post office and custom house to handle the large volume of foreign mail created by the city's international tobacco business. It is built on the site of a former boarding house. The structure was designed by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, William Martin Aiken, in the eclectic style popular to Victorian America. Aiken incorporated many architectural styles including Stick Stick or the stick may refer to: Thin elongated objects * Twig * The weapon used in stick fighting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the rights to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City would subsequently host the proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively. Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but appears to have dropped out during the final phase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 x 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Due to the worldwide television coverage of the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rudolph became an international star along with other Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), Oscar Robertson, and Rafer Johnson who competed in Italy. As an Olympic champion in the early 1960s, Rudol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional Airport
Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional Airport (John F. Outlaw Field), or simply Outlaw Field, is seven miles northwest of Clarksville, in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by the city of Clarksville and Montgomery County and is near Fort Campbell. History It opened in 1937 as a private airport. It was taken over by the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and became known as Clarksville Army Airfield. It was established as a sub-base for the larger Campbell Army Airfield in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and was activated on 1 June 1942 as a primary basic flying training (level 1) airfield. It conducted flying training until inactivated on 31 October 1945. It remained inactive until transferred to USAF Tactical Air Command on 31 March 1946 and remained under USAF control until 1959 when the Air Force turned over all airport facilities to the United States Army. In 1960 it returned to public airport status. Ozark Airlines provided commerci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Campbell
Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Campbell is home to the 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The fort is named in honor of Union Army Brigadier General William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee. History The site for Mid-Campbell was selected on September 9, 1941, and the Title I Survey was completed November 15, 1941, coincidentally the same time the Japanese Imperial Fleet was leaving Japanese home waters for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Construction of Camp Campbell began on January 12, 1942. Within a year, the reservation designated as Camp Campbell was developed to accommodate one armored division and various support troops, with a total size of , and billets for 2,422 officers and 45,198 enlisted personnel. Due to its close proximity to Nashville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxy Theatre (Clarksville, Tennessee)
The Roxy Theatre is a theatre located in the historic downtown section of Clarksville, Tennessee in the United States. Standing on a corner of the Public Square it offers live theater shows to the public offering a wide variety of selection in the spirit of literary theater. The Roxy was built in 1947 after the 1913 Lilian Theater burned down in 1945. The Roxy has been used as a backdrop for numerous photo shoots, films, documentaries, music videos and television commercials; most notably for Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three li ...'s Grammy-award-winning song '' All I Wanna Do''. Since the early 20th century, the corner of Franklin and First has been the anchor for Clarksville's entertainment community. The Lillian, built in 1912, was the first theatre on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Radio Stations In Tennessee
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Tennessee, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * W4XA * WCLC * WEMG, Knoxville * WFWL * WHER, Memphis * WMRO * WNTT * WOCV * WSM-FM (1941–1951) * WTNW * WUTS * WUTZ * WXOQ See also * Tennessee media ** List of newspapers in Tennessee ** List of television stations in Tennessee ** Media of cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville References Bibliography * * * * * (About WDIA) External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Images File:1942 woman and electric appliances in Knox County Tennessee Library of Congress owi2001046824.jpg, Woman with radio (far right), Knox County, Tennessee, 1942 File:WKDF Nashville on Stahlman Building.jpg, WKDF, Nashville, 2009 File:WLIK studios and transmitter Newport Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNZE
WNZE (1400 AM, "NewZee 105.5") is a radio station broadcasting a conservative talk format. Licensed to Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. The station is currently owned by the Five Star Media Group subsidiary of Saga Communications, through licensee Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC. Programming Two local programs are broadcast: Good Morning Clarksville (Monday-Friday, 6-9 AM) and SportsTalk with Justin Swallows (Monday-Friday, 3-6 PM). The station also carries most Clarksville Academy Clarksville Academy is a private college-preparatory school in Clarksville, Tennessee, offering pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school has several sports teams with a cougar as their mascot and school colors being royal blue and yellow gold. ... high school football and boys' basketball games. In addition to local offerings, WNZE serves as an affiliate of the University of Tennessee Vol Network for football and both men's and wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University () is a public university in Clarksville, Tennessee. Standing on a site occupied by a succession of educational institutions since 1845, the precursor of the university was established in 1927 and named for then-sitting Governor Austin Peay, who is further honored with "Governors", the name of the university's athletic teams. Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents, it is now governed by the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and, in 2012, was the fastest-growing university in Tennessee. In 2019, Austin Peay officially hit 11,000 students enrolled. Presidents * Philander Claxton, 1930–1946 * Halbert Harvill, 1946–1962 * Alisa White, 2014–2020 Organization Academics at Austin Peay are organized into six colleges, two schools, and 28 subordinate departments and offices: College of Arts and Letters * Department of Art and Design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood, Clarksville, Tennessee
Greenwood is a neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. Located directly south of downtown, Greenwood is often defined as the area delimited by South Riverside Drive to the west, the Mason Rudolph golf course to the east, Ashland City Road ( US-41A Bypass/ TN-12) to the south, and Crossland Avenue to the north. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Clarksville. The cemetery that lies within the community, and also bears its name, is one of the oldest in the state of Tennessee, and is the final resting place of Frank Sutton of Sgt. Carter fame from the show ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''. Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph is also buried in Greenwood at a much smaller cemetery, adjacent to the Mason Rudolph golf course. In the early 21st century, the neighborhood had declining conditions of some of its older homes and rising crime rates. The Greenwood and Summit Heights housing project is located in Greenwood, as are the Montgomery C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
