Davy Crockett was not born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, as the song says. He was born on the banks of Limestone Creek near Greeneville, where a replica of the Crockett's log cabin stands today.
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Dolly Parton is a native of Sevierville, Tennessee. A major highway, the Dolly Parton Parkway, takes visitors traveling to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Tennessee won its nickname as The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed marked valor in the Battle of New Orleans.