Greeneville, Tennessee has the only monument in the United States honoring both the Union and Confederate armies. It is located on the lawn of the Green County Courthouse.
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The largest earthquake in American history, the New Madrid Earthquake occurred in the winter of 1811-12 in northwestern Tennessee. Reelfoot Lake located in Obion and Lake Counties was formed during this earthquake.
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Coca-Cola was first bottle in 1899 at a plant on Patten Parkway in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee after two local attorneys purchased the bottling rights to the drink for $l.00.