Humans have relied on grains for millennia as the main staple of their diet. People must thresh wheat and grind corn in grist mills to make flour for eating. "Threshing" refers to removing the edible grains from the end of the cut and dried plant . . . — — Map (db m258988) HM
Caleb Crosby originally built the barn and threshing machine on the north side of the Holston River, in what later was called the Crosby Settlement in Noeton community. Both are built entirely from wood by hand. Oxen generated power was transmitted . . . — — Map (db m259109) HM
Divided loyalties in Anderson County, as elsewhere in East Tennessee, often erupted in violence. It was commonplace for guerillas on both sides to raid farms and capture opposing sympathizers. In the county seat of Clinton, Confederates . . . — — Map (db m119021) HM
Named for George W. Norris
United States Senator from Nebraska in recognition of his public services.
Built for the people of The United States of America by the Tennessee Valley Authority under direction of the Congress and the President. . . . — — Map (db m102771) HM
Originally constructed along Lost Creek, Union County, this mill was built by James Rice. After migrating from North Carolina to Sharp’s Station in 1790, “Uncle Jim” and his sons completed construction of the grist mill in the autumn of 1798. . . . — — Map (db m259108) HM
The American Institute of Certified Planners has designated The Tennessee Valley Authority as a National Planning Landmark
Founded in 1933 and encompassing a multi-state region of more than 40,000 square miles, T.V.A. was the first large-scale . . . — — Map (db m101833) HM
The TRIGONIA ELM, a slice of which stands beside you here, was declared to be the largest American Elm in the United States (and probably in the world) on page 39 of The NEW YORKER Magazine for July 15, 1961. It was called the Trigonia Elm
because . . . — — Map (db m259110) HM
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Holston and the French Broad Rivers join.
The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receives . . . — — Map (db m101834) HM
