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Tennessee Volunteers

Monday, Jan. 4, 1999 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. #2 Florida St. (ACC) 0 9 0 7 —16 #1 Tennessee (SEC) 0 14 0 9 —23 2nd; 14:05; Tennessee—Shawn Bryson 4-yd…

Tennessee Williams

Name at birth: Thomas Lanier WilliamsTennessee Williams wrote smoldering, passionate, conflicted dramas that attracted top actors and gave 20th-century American theater and film some of its most…

Holston

(Encyclopedia) Holston, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, formed by the uniting of its northern and southern forks, NE Tenn., and flowing SW through the Great Appalachian Valley, joining the French…

Memphis, University of

(Encyclopedia) Memphis, University of, at Memphis, Tenn.; coeducational; opened 1912 as a normal school, became West Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925. The school was renamed Memphis State…

Clinch

(Encyclopedia) Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. Its waters and those…

York, Alvin Cullum

(Encyclopedia) York, Alvin Cullum, 1887–1964, American soldier known as Sergeant York, b. Fentress co., Tenn. He was reared on a back-country farm in Tennessee. A conscientious objector at the…

Bate, William Brimage

(Encyclopedia) Bate, William BrimageBate, William Brimagebrĭmˈĭj [key], 1826–1905, U.S. politician and Confederate general, b. Castalian Springs, Tenn. He served in the Mexican War and was involved…

Kefauver, Carey Estes

(Encyclopedia) Kefauver, Carey EstesKefauver, Carey Esteskēfôvər [key], 1903–63, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1949–63), b. Madisonville, Tenn., known as Estes Kefauver. He became a Chattanooga lawyer…

Tombigbee

(Encyclopedia) TombigbeeTombigbeetŏmbĭgˈbē [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in NE Miss. and flowing SE into W Alabama, then generally S to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River…