Tullahoma – RDZ Photography

Welcome to Tennessee.

State Capital & History

1958 1974 1977 1978 1993 2008 2015 2017

Nashville is the state capital, with the capitol building dating from 1859.

State Symbols – Tennessee is the ‘leader in the clubhouse’ with over 60 state symbols, including 10 state songs and 3 state trees. Among the most unusual are:

State Cowboy Poet Laureate – David Nelson. A 16 paragraph resolution has identified David ‘Buffalo Bill’ Nelson, a humorist and performer the State Cowboy Poet Laureate.

The State Bicentennial Rap Song.

TENNE-, TENNE-, TENNES-SEE!

Oh, how proud we are of thee!

Volunteer State since 1812 –

Glad our fathers picked here to dwell!

Presidents, Presidents – proud are we!

Jackson, Polk, and Johnson – three!

Crockett, Forrest, and John Sevier;

Alvin York and Hull lived here!

Baker, Gores, and Kefauver,

Served our country with honor!

U.T., Memphis and Vandy U.,

Tennessee Tech and Sewanee, too!

Appalachian Mountains, mountains high –

Reaching up in the smoky sky!

Tennessee River, flowing through –

We will cross near the Choo Choo!

Dollywood and Walking Horse Show!

Opryland and the Opry Show!

Whisky, whisky – sipping smooth –

Moon, Moon Pies and Goo Goo Goos!

Reelfoot Lake and cotton fields,

Natchez Trace and Civil War fields!

Mocking birds and raccoons grow,

And tulip poplars and iris show!

Bessie Smith and Memphis blues –

W.C. Handy and Elvis, too!

Eastman, Oak Ridge, and TVA –

Nissan, Saturn, and Country Music pay!

Chickasaw, Sequoyah, and Cherokee –

Cumberland Plateau and Mississippi!

BIRTHDAY WISHES ON 200 YEARS –

GIVE TENNESSEE A BIG, BIG CHEER!

As most people know Nashville is the center of country music,, with many tributes and landmarks around the city celebrating this history.

Memphis – Tennessee’s largest city, and one of the home of the Blues. (All Memphis photos from the internet)

Graceland – Elvis’s home.

Bridges & Bi-ways

1972 – Reelfoot Lake 1988 1993 2001 – TN Highway 96 Double Arch Bridge – Natchez Trace Parkway 2002 – Nashville Speedway and Stones River

Travelling about the Tennessee countryside reveals some unique and quirky sights.

Lane Motor Museum in Nashville has a great collection of micro cars.

Beech Aircraft Museum in Tullahoma has a fantastic collection of aircraft.

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Mountain Roads

1979 1981 – Lookout Mountain 1993 1994 1995 – Greay Creek Bridge on State Route 40 Polk County 2000 2003

Central Tennessee is home to numerous waterfalls.

Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Home to some of the tallest mountains in the east, this park was dedicated in 1940. It was created in response to the clear cut logging that was occurring, destroying the area. (Photos from Pintrest)

Flowery Tennessee

1985 1989 1999 – First Lady Promoting Wildflowers along Freeways 2000 – Cerobala Skyway 2005 2007 – Tennessee State Flower 2011 2013

The Tennessee State Flower – the Iris. (photos from internet)

Nashville’s Cheekwood Botanical Gardens (photos from Pintrest)

Roane Mountain near Asheville is home to the largest Rhododendron Garden in the world. (photos from Pintrest)

The small city of Tullahoma, Tennessee has had a long association with flight, as it is located next to Arnold Air Force Base – where many engineers evaluate aircraft and other military apparatus for flight.

As a result of their passion for flight, they have a museum dedicated to Beechcraft Aircraft, despite the fact the planes themselves are built in Wichita, Kansas.

The lighting of the walkway to the museum is made to look like runway lights.

Inside you find 36 aircraft in a number of hangars. The most famed early Beechcraft airplanes are known as staggerwings – as their biplane wings are slightly offset from each other.

These airplanes are quite rare, but the museum has a nice collection of them.

This airplane is known as Serial Number 1 – Travel Air Mystery Ship.

The next hangar have some Twin Beechs in addition to the biplanes.

The final hangar was the largest, with a great collection of single engine aircraft.

Also included in the collection is a cutaway to show the frame of the aircraft.

They are beautiful little airplanes.

The final stop on our tour of their museum was an all composite Beechcraft Model 2000A Starship. This unusually shaped airplane was one of the first carbon fiber frames, as well as rear facing engines and propellers.

The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is a nice stop for any aviation enthusiasts.