History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ghly favorable to thegrowth and development of animal life. No country afifords a moredelightful residence to the human race, and no country is better suitedto the raising of horses, cattle, poultry, and live stock of all kinds. 542. Occupations.—These varied natural resources atTord to thepeople the opportunity to engage in a great variety of is the most important industry. To this pursuit the tastesand habits of the people incline them, and the genial soil invites manufacturing and mining industries are
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ghly favorable to thegrowth and development of animal life. No country afifords a moredelightful residence to the human race, and no country is better suitedto the raising of horses, cattle, poultry, and live stock of all kinds. 542. Occupations.—These varied natural resources atTord to thepeople the opportunity to engage in a great variety of is the most important industry. To this pursuit the tastesand habits of the people incline them, and the genial soil invites manufacturing and mining industries are rapidly growing. The facilities for transportation add greatly to the value of theseveral industries, and have developed important commercial Comptrollers report for 1898 shows that there are in the State2, miles of railroad, and 20, miles of telegraph and tele-phone lines. The Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers,navigable at all seasons of the vear, afiford excellent facilities for river 312 History of Counties of Andersou ..Bedford .... Benton Bledsoe Blount Bradley .... .... Carroll Carter Chester Claiborne .. Clay Cocke Coffee Crockett Cumberland Davidson Decatur De Kalb ... Dickson Dyer Favette County Seat. Clinton . Camden Pikeville Maryville ...Cleveland ... .. CityHenderson .. Celina Newport Manchester . Alamo Crossville ...\ Charlotte Dyersburg Somerviile .. a ^— 7^ 0 . — 0 V X «(£ OS 3 eL( 1801 1807 24,739 1835 11,230 1S07 6,134 1795 17,589 ly^vS 13,607 1806 13,486 I8,^S 12,197 1821 23,630 1796 13,3-^9 1856 8,845 1879 9,069 iSoi 15,103 1870 7,260 1797 I6,.523 iS.^S 13,827 1S70 15,146 ,S 5,376 1783 108,174 1845 8,995 18, 15,650 1803 13,645 1823 19,878 1824 28,878 Fentress ...Franklin . . Gibson Giles Greene Grundy .... ..Hancock .. .
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