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<text id=93AT0746>
<title>
Tennessee--History
</title>
<history>
Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory
Tennessee
</history>
<article>
<source>Compact</source>
<hdr>
History
</hdr>
<body>
<p> Ten thousand years ago Tennessee was inhabited by
prehistoric Indian peoples. The first white man known to have
come to Tennessee was the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in
1540. At that time the dominant tribes were the Cherokee,
Shawnee, and the Chickasaw. The first permanent white settler
was William Bean, who in 1769 built a cabin on the Watauga River
in northeast Tennessee. In 1779 Jonesborough became the first
chartered town in what is now Tennessee.
</p>
<p> Tennessee settlers played a vital part in winning the
American Revolutionary War. The "Overmountain Men" helped to
defeat the British at the Battle of King's Mountain, a victory
which proved to be a major turning point in the war.
</p>
<p> Tennessee was at first part of North Carolina, and then was
known briefly as the State of Franklin. It later became part of
the "U.S. Territory South of the River Ohio," and finally was
admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee--the 16th
state--on June 1, 1796.
</p>
<p>Source: State of Tennessee.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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