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2 unusual facts about Middle Tennessee


Bell Town, Tennessee

Folk history has it that the traditional residents are descendants of the slaves of Middle Tennessee ironmaster Montgomery Bell; as Bell was widely reputed to have had several slave mistresses, many inhabitants claim descent from Bell via these women.

Tommy Head

He was regarded as one of the chamber's most powerful Middle Tennessee-based members at one point.


2013 Conference USA football season

Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas joined C-USA from the Sun Belt.

Shiloh Indian Mounds Site

Archaeologists think the presence of prestige goods from the Cahokia site in Illinois means the people of Shiloh Mounds were more closely tied politically to that area than to chiefdoms in the Middle Tennessee area.


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2008 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Middle Tennessee put itself back in strong position to become bowl eligible following an impressive 21-10 win against hated rival Western Kentucky, on a cold rainy/snowy day in Bowling Green, KY.

Beasley Mounds Site

More examples of Mississippian stone statuary have been found at the site than any other in the Middle Tennessee area.

Kirk Haston

He and his wife Kasey soon returned from Sicily to Middle Tennessee when he was waived due to a right knee injury prior to the start of the season.

Wartburg, Tennessee

Wartburg is centered near the junction of U.S. Route 27, which connects the city to Kentucky to the north and Harriman and Interstate 40 to the south, and Tennessee State Route 62, which connects Wartburg to Oak Ridge to the east and Middle Tennessee to the west.

William B. Campbell

In early 1862, after the Union Army occupied Middle Tennessee, Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott recommended Campbell for military governor, but the appointment went to Andrew Johnson.