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Show (Editor's Note: This is another in the "Stories of the States" series.) By ED EMERINE WNV Features. The spirit of rugged Andrew Jackson still lingers over Tennessee, Ten-nessee, from the Great Smoky mountains to the Mississippi river. His most striking traits of self-confidence, energy, peir- sistency, individualism, honesty, simplicity and loyalty are typical of the state. A product of the frontier, an unlettered youth, Jackson's abilities gained him prominence as a legislator, legisla-tor, commander of troops, first citizen and president of the United States. To walk the halls of the Hermitage, his historic home near Nashville, is to feel the personality of the man who loved his fellow men and all things beautiful. 8 ' &&, I . , j I " pr , ; t . ' , C. a i ' ' , J ; s ' 1 corn, followed by wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, peanuts, pea-nuts, cotton, and a multitude of new crops introduced within the last few years. Tennessee's orchards are expanding. expand-ing. Her dairy herds are increasing. increas-ing. Poultry and poultry products are more valuable each year. Industry Advances. In manufacturing, Tennessee has just begun. The electric energy available in the area is immense. The raw products are near at hand. The accessibility to vast markets is well known. Many industrialists already al-ready are moving there and others have their eyes on that area. It is pleasant for both labor and papital to get away from crowded cities. In Tennessee there is pure air. The sunshine is soothing. The hills and valleys are pleasant to look upon. Life is better there. All men crave recreation, whether they work in an office, on a farm or in a factory. Tennessee Ten-nessee provides beauty and . variety in pleasure. In eastern Tennessee is Cherokee national nation-al forest and Great Smoky mountains national park, with hunting, fishing and natural wonders. The Cumberland mountains, too, are a maze of peaks and ridges, rippling streams and deep cut valleys. The great dams of the TVA system sys-tem have created a chain of lakes extending across the eastern and western ends of the state, providing provid-ing boating and fishing with no closed season. Reelfoot lake in northwest Tennessee covers 14,500 acres and provides a natural fish hatchery and one of the finest fishing fish-ing grounds in the nation. Parks Are Plentiful. State parks cover 55,000 attractive acres in Tennessee. They contain unusual formations, caverns, natural na-tural bridges and other phenomena. There are bridle and hiking trails, long and beautiful highways, and plenty of picnic and outing places, with facilities for swimming, boating boat-ing and fishing. But most Important of all about Tennessee Is its people. They are gracious, friendly, warm-hearted. Their heritage is a great state endowed by nature na-ture with rich resources. Upon that solid base they have built a tradition of which they are proud. Their culture includes a love of beauty in buildings, in cities, in farms, in gardens and in fields. Their 23 institutions of higher learning learn-ing are testimony to their desire for knowledge. Their records on the field of battle proclaim their courage. cour-age. Their progress from the frontier front-ier to their present high development develop-ment attests their determination to move forward. Tennessee is more than a state; it is an experience in life and living. It is not easily forgotten. But Jackson did not mould Ten- nessee; it was Tennessee, with its variety of mountains and plains, rivers riv-ers and lakes, climate and opportunities, oppor-tunities, which aided his development. develop-ment. Seeing Tennessee is to understand under-stand the diversity of places and things and the vigorous culture that sent forth such men s Jackson and Sam Houston to write whole chapters chap-ters of American history. First Settlement. In 1769 Capt. William Bean and his family built a cabin at the mouth of Boon's creek, and here Russell Bean was probably, the first white child to be born in Tennessee. Other families came from North Carolina and Virginia, and the Watauga settlement set-tlement ws established. Stores were opened in other parts of the state, soon to be surrounded by cab-Ins. cab-Ins. - These pioneers were far from their mother states, without government gov-ernment and without protection, eo they set up their own governmental govern-mental organization. It is said these were the first white men of America to establish a free and independent community on the continent. The leaders were John Sevier and James Robertson, Robert-son, j The State of Franklin, or Frank-land, Frank-land, was short-lived, but it served Its purpose. Tennessee was a territory terri-tory of the United States from 1790 to 1796, with Knoxville as its capital. capi-tal. When it became the 16th state of the Union in 1796, Knoxville remained re-mained the seat of government and continued as such until 1812. The legislature, however, met variously at Kingston, Nashville and Mur-freesboro, Mur-freesboro, Nashville being the capital from 1812 to 1817 and Murfreesboro from 1819 to 1825. Nashville has been the capital since October 26, 1826. Frontier Country. When Andrew Jackson came to Tennessee from North Carolina in 1788, the country was real frontier, filled with Individualists, feuds and quarrels, and surrounded by Indians. In-dians. Every man had to be brave, well versed in human nature, able to fight with fist or gun or sword. Since Jackson had those characteristics, character-istics, he soon rose to prominence, helped draft the first constitution of Tennessee and was chosen United States representative from his adopted state. NATIVE RESIDENT . . . Gov. James McCord is a native of Tennessee. Ten-nessee. Born in Unionville, he grew up on a farm. Later he was a traveling salesman, newspaper publisher and livestock auctioneer. auction-eer. After serving as mayor of Lewisburg for more than 25 years, he was elected to congress in 1942. He was elected governor in 1944 and was reelected in 1946. Just as Jackson rose from the wilderness to the Hermitage, so Tennessee evolved from a wild and untamed land to the culture of today, and the end is not in sight! The frontier is gone, but the state's rich resources remain. re-main. Such developments as TVA are but the beginning of a richer, finer Tennessee, which always will retain the Old South atmosphere. Tennessee's forests still cover 30,-000 30,-000 square miles and yield half a j billion feet of lumber. Rich in Minerals. Chief mineral products are coal, iron, copper, zinc, gold, silver, clay products, phosphate rock, sandstone, sand-stone, marble and limestone. Agriculture is the base of Tennessee's Ten-nessee's wealth. The leading crop is |