Southern Mountaineers, The . d their indomitable purpose andperseverance, these consecrated men conducted col-leges that served the cause of God even more grandlythan the founders dared to dream. The story of the Appalachians would be only im-perfectly told were no mention made of the splendidservice of Washington and Lee University, as it isnow called; Washington (Tennessee), chartered in1795; Greeneville and Tusculum, chartered as Greene-ville in 1794, and as Tusculum in 1844, and nowcalled Tusculum; Blount College, now the Universityof Tennessee, founded in 1794; and Maryville Col-lege, fou
Southern Mountaineers, The . d their indomitable purpose andperseverance, these consecrated men conducted col-leges that served the cause of God even more grandlythan the founders dared to dream. The story of the Appalachians would be only im-perfectly told were no mention made of the splendidservice of Washington and Lee University, as it isnow called; Washington (Tennessee), chartered in1795; Greeneville and Tusculum, chartered as Greene-ville in 1794, and as Tusculum in 1844, and nowcalled Tusculum; Blount College, now the Universityof Tennessee, founded in 1794; and Maryville Col-lege, founded as The Southern and Western Theologi-cal Seminary, in 1819. Hampden Sidney, founded in1775, Centre College, founded in 1819, and Cumber-land University, founded by the Cumberland Presby-terian Church in 1842, though located outside theAppalachians, contributed to their illumination. Theseseveral institutions provided many of the leaders ofChurch and State not merely for the Appalachians,but also for the great PIONEER PRESBYTERIANISM 83 Just as the first of these institutions trained amongmany other pioneer educators, the founders and firstpresidents of Washington, Blount, Maryville, Tus-culum, and several other colleges, so did these insti-tutions in their turn raise up a host of educators forthe Southwest. Indeed, most of the professional menand other leaders of that great region received whattraining was theirs in the humble halls of these col-leges of the frontier. The records of these institu-tions, where any records have survived the ravagesof time and of the Civil War, bear eloquent tributeto the unparalleled service our Presbyterian fore-fathers of the log colleges rendered in the making ofthe West. The pioneer ministers, in view of their education, culture, and ability, were naturally deferred to even in political matters. They assisted Helped Found materially in the foundation of the the State ,..,... - , . political institutions of the fron-tier. The
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