. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. ill, however, had never been very popular, and it was re-pealed and the commission abolished. The following figures show thegrowth of railroads in Tennessee: In 1850 there was no roadin opera-tion; from 1850 to 1860 1,253 miles of railroad were constructed; thedecade which follows shows an increase of only 239 miles, making atotal in 1870 of 1,492 miles; in 1880 there were 1,872 miles of com-pleted road, with an assessed valuation
. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. ill, however, had never been very popular, and it was re-pealed and the commission abolished. The following figures show thegrowth of railroads in Tennessee: In 1850 there was no roadin opera-tion; from 1850 to 1860 1,253 miles of railroad were constructed; thedecade which follows shows an increase of only 239 miles, making atotal in 1870 of 1,492 miles; in 1880 there were 1,872 miles of com-pleted road, with an assessed valuation of $16,375, The comp-trollers report for 1885 places the whole number of miles of road at2,, with an assessed valuation of $34,350, The history of steam-boat navigation on the Western rivers dates backto 1812. In the winter of that year the steamer Orleans, built atPittsburgh, made the first trip from that city to New Orleans. The suc-cess of this venture revolutionized river navigation and efforts were atonce made to place steam-boats upon the Mississippi and all of itsnavigable tributaries. The message of Willie Blount to the Legislature. 350 HISTOBY OF TENNESSEE. Tiie orator of the day delivered an address of welcome to the commanderof the Hover, Capt. Newman, who, with his ofl&cers, was feasted andtoasted the next day at Brownsville^. The first steam-boat to pass up-the Forked Deer was the Grey Eagle, in 1836. STATE OFFICEES. Governors.—Willi&m Blount, 1792-96; John Sevier, 1796-1801 rArchibald Eoane, 1801-03; John Sevier, 1803-09; Willie Blount, 1809-15; Joseph McMinn, 1815-21; William Carroll, 1821-27; Samuel Hous-ton, 1827-29 ^ William Hall, 1829 ^; William Carroll, 1829-35; New-ton Cannon, 1835-39; James K. Polk, 1839-4:1; James C. Jones, 1841-45;;^aron V. Brown, 1845-47; Neill S. Brown, 1847-49; William Trousdale,1849-51; AVilliam B. Campbell, 1851-53; Andrew Johnson, 1853-57;Isham G. Harris^ 1857-625; Andrew Johnson^, 1862-65; William ,
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