WILDER, TENNESSEE, IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS NEAR COOKEVILLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. IT IS AN ALMOST ABANDONED TOWN IN A ONCE GREAT MINING AREA. IT REACHED A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 20,000 IN THE 1920'S AND HAD A SLIGHT COMEBACK DURING WORLD WAR II. NOW THE POPULATION OF SOME 400 LIVES ON WELFARE AND PENSIONS

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