Nashville home destroyed in fire

After the Civil War, Nashville quickly grew into an important trade center.Its population rose from 16,988 in 1860 to 80,865 by 1900. Meanwhile, the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was established by Confederate veteran John W. Morton, who initiated General Nathan Bedford Forrest.. In the late 1880s, its African-American and poor white populations were affected by changes to laws by the ...

From Railway Review, March 11, 1922. Fire Destroys Valuable Records of the N.C. & St. L. Ry. Records of the last 50 years of the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. were destroyed this week by a fire which gutted the transportation building of the carrier at Nashville, Tenn.

TIMELINE 1950-1970's. 1950: WSM brings Nashville it's first television station, WSM-TV (Channel 4). The station is owned by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company.

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The Nashville Fire Department is one of the top 20 fire departments in the country due to the size of the population and number of emergencies. NFD is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency medical services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. Davidson County covers a total ...

A Brief History. Nashville’s premiere historic site, The Hermitage, was once home to our 7th U.S. President, Andrew Jackson, from 1804 until his death in 1845.

The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War.It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 10–19, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and Federal forces under Major General George H. Thomas.

PARIS (CNN/ABC/WKRN) - A fire has broken out at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the city's most iconic sights. The fire began at 6:50 p.m. local time Monday, the Paris fire department ...

WOODBURY, Tenn. (WKRN) - A fire that destroyed a two-story home Monday morning in Cannon County appeared to start in the kitchen, authorities say. Crews from several departments responded around 9 ...

Flying W Ranch working to reopen after fire, flood damage. The owner is planning to reopen on Memorial Day weekend in 2018 with the same starlit chuckwagon suppers and Flying W Wranglers Original ...