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Excerpt from the Cumberland Compact: "That as this settlement is in its infancy..."

The Cumberland County Courthouse in Crossville.

The historic village of Cumberland Furnace in Dickson County.

Emil Bott's painting of the Cumberland River near Nashville, ca. 1855.

The Cumberland River at Rome Ferry.

Memorial Hall at Cumberland University.

Cumberland University in Lebanon.

Contestant at Uncle Dave Macon Days in Murfreesboro.

The Eastern Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Association

Stone engraving of David Crockett, 1834.

Falls at David Crockett State Park.

Uncle Dave Macon.

Davies Manor is the oldest extant dwelling in Shelby County.

Decatur County Courthouse at Decaturville.

Decaturville Square in Decatur County.

Dinah Shore arriving in Nashville, March 14, 1941.

Like many company towns throughout the country, Dixie Mercerizing built a school in Lupton City for the children of its employees and bused students from across the 1,000-acre area and surrounding communities.

Between 1968 and 1975 Dolly Parton appeared weekly on the Porter Wagoner show. Dolly and Porter are featured here opening fan mail in February 1970.

Governor Don Sundquist.

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, 1939.