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3 unusual facts about West Tennessee


Damon Rivers Headden

A Democrat, Headden represented a district from the northern part of West Tennessee.

West Tennessee

Two future interstates are to travel in West Tennessee: Interstate 69 and Interstate 22.

River that empty into the Tennessee River include the Big Sandy River and Beech River.



see also

Austin Peay

Entities named for Peay include Austin Peay State University, which he had authorized while governor, a bridge over the Cumberland River (since demolished) in Jackson County, and a highway in West Tennessee (a portion of Tennessee State Route 14).

Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee

The diocesan motto, Ubique Inter Flumina, means "everywhere between the rivers", referring to the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, which bracket West Tennessee on two sides.

George Washington Lent Marr

One of the largest landowners in west Tennessee, Marr moved from Clarksville to Obion County in 1821.

Malcolm R. Patterson

In October 1908, a feud between the West Tennessee Land Company and Obion County residents over control of Reelfoot Lake resulted in two of the company's officers, Quentin Rankin and Robert Z. Taylor, being kidnapped by a vigilante group known as the Night Riders.

West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex

West Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Tennessee.