{
    "id": "tn-history-timeline",
    "name": "Tennessee History Timeline",
    "description": "60 dated events in Tennessee history, from the earliest people to today, each with the agency, archive or encyclopedia page it was read from.",
    "page": "https://itstennessee.com/history/timeline/",
    "csv": "https://itstennessee.com/data/downloads/tn-history-timeline.csv",
    "json": "https://itstennessee.com/data/downloads/tn-history-timeline.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's Tennessee (itstennessee.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's Tennessee (2026). Tennessee History Timeline. https://itstennessee.com/history/timeline/",
    "publisher": "It's Tennessee",
    "geo_scope": "Tennessee, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-20",
    "row_count": 60,
    "columns": [
        "date",
        "era",
        "event",
        "place",
        "county",
        "source_title",
        "source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "date": "Date as the source writes it",
        "era": "Era of state history (our grouping)",
        "event": "One-sentence description",
        "place": "City, county or area",
        "county": "County where one applies",
        "source_title": "Title of the source page",
        "source_url": "Source page the row was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "date": "over 10,000 years ago",
            "era": "First peoples",
            "event": "People used the entrance of Dunbar Cave from the end of the last ice age onward.",
            "place": "Dunbar Cave, Clarksville",
            "county": "Montgomery",
            "source_title": "Dunbar Cave State Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/dunbar-cave/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "8,000-6,000 B.C.",
            "era": "First peoples",
            "event": "The Early Archaic Period began in Tennessee, a time of hunting-and-gathering bands.",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Archaic Period (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/archaic-period/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "300 B.C. to A.D. 900",
            "era": "First peoples",
            "event": "The Woodland Period, when Pinson Mounds and the Old Stone Fort were built.",
            "place": "Pinson Mounds; Old Stone Fort",
            "county": "Madison; Coffee",
            "source_title": "Woodland Period (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/woodland-period/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "ca. A.D. 900 to 1600",
            "era": "First peoples",
            "event": "Mississippian culture towns with platform mounds flourished along the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi rivers.",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Mississippian Culture (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/mississippian-culture/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1000-1500 AD",
            "era": "First peoples",
            "event": "Mississippian people built and lived at the Chucalissa mound site, now the C.H. Nash Museum.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa (University of Memphis)",
            "source_url": "https://www.memphis.edu/chucalissa/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "winter of 1540-41",
            "era": "Colonial era",
            "event": "Chickasaw warriors resisted Hernando de Soto's expedition when he tried to force them to help his search for gold.",
            "place": "West Tennessee / Chickasaw country",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Chickasaws (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/chickasaws/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1756",
            "era": "Colonial era",
            "event": "The British began building Fort Loudoun on the Little Tennessee River, named for the Earl of Loudoun.",
            "place": "Vonore",
            "county": "Monroe",
            "source_title": "Fort Loudoun (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fort-loudoun/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "August 9, 1760",
            "era": "Colonial era",
            "event": "After a Cherokee siege, the Fort Loudoun garrison surrendered and began a march toward South Carolina; many were killed in an ambush soon after.",
            "place": "Vonore",
            "county": "Monroe",
            "source_title": "Fort Loudoun (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fort-loudoun/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1772",
            "era": "Colonial era",
            "event": "Settlers along the Watauga River formed the Watauga Association to govern themselves.",
            "place": "Elizabethton (Sycamore Shoals)",
            "county": "Carter",
            "source_title": "Watauga Association (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/watauga-association/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1775",
            "era": "Colonial era",
            "event": "Richard Henderson negotiated the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals.",
            "place": "Elizabethton",
            "county": "Carter",
            "source_title": "Sycamore Shoals (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sycamore-shoals/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1779",
            "era": "Revolution",
            "event": "North Carolina chartered Jonesborough, the oldest town in Tennessee; it was laid out in 1780.",
            "place": "Jonesborough",
            "county": "Washington",
            "source_title": "Jonesborough (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/jonesborough/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1780",
            "era": "Revolution",
            "event": "Settlers of the new Cumberland settlement signed the Cumberland Compact, the start of Nashville's government.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Cumberland Compact (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/cumberland-compact/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "September 25, 1780",
            "era": "Revolution",
            "event": "The Overmountain Men mustered at Sycamore Shoals before marching to the Battle of Kings Mountain.",
            "place": "Elizabethton",
            "county": "Carter",
            "source_title": "Sycamore Shoals (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sycamore-shoals/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1784",
            "era": "Revolution",
            "event": "Frontier leaders meeting at Jonesborough began the movement for the separate State of Franklin.",
            "place": "Jonesborough",
            "county": "Washington",
            "source_title": "State of Franklin (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/state-of-franklin/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1786",
            "era": "Territory and statehood",
            "event": "James White built the fort on the Tennessee (Holston) River that became Knoxville.",
            "place": "Knoxville",
            "county": "Knox",
            "source_title": "Knoxville (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/knoxville/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May 26, 1790",
            "era": "Territory and statehood",
            "event": "Congress created the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (the Southwest Territory).",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Southwest Territory (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/southwest-territory/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1790",
            "era": "Territory and statehood",
            "event": "Governor William Blount set up the territorial office at William Cobb's home, Rocky Mount, the first territorial capital.",
            "place": "Piney Flats",
            "county": "Sullivan",
            "source_title": "Southwest Territory (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/southwest-territory/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "June 1, 1796",
            "era": "Territory and statehood",
            "event": "Tennessee became the 16th state, the first created from territory under federal jurisdiction.",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Celebrate Statehood Day at the Library and Archives (Tennessee Secretary of State)",
            "source_url": "https://sos.tn.gov/press-releases/celebrate-statehood-day-at-the-library-and-archives",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "January 8, 1815",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "Andrew Jackson defeated the British at New Orleans, a few weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed.",
            "place": "New Orleans (Tennessee troops)",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Andrew Jackson (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/andrew-jackson/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1818",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "The Jackson Purchase Treaty extinguished the last Chickasaw land claims in Tennessee.",
            "place": "West Tennessee",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Chickasaws (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/chickasaws/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1819",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "Memphis was founded and named for the ancient Egyptian capital.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Memphis (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/memphis/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1828",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "Andrew Jackson of the Hermitage was elected president of the United States.",
            "place": "Hermitage",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Andrew Jackson (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/andrew-jackson/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1832 to 1838",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "Red Clay served as the last seat of the Cherokee Nation's government east of the Mississippi.",
            "place": "Red Clay, near Cleveland",
            "county": "Bradley",
            "source_title": "Red Clay State Historic Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/red-clay/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May 1838 to March 1839",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "The Cherokee were forcibly removed from their homelands on the Trail of Tears; the roundup began in May 1838 under General Winfield Scott.",
            "place": "Southeast Tennessee and routes west",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Trail of Tears (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/trail-of-tears/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "July 4, 1845",
            "era": "Early statehood",
            "event": "The cornerstone of the Tennessee State Capitol, designed by William Strickland, was laid.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Tennessee State Capitol (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tennessee-state-capitol/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "June 8, 1861",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Tennessee voters approved secession, about 105,000 to 47,000, while East Tennesseans largely voted against it.",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Civil War (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/civil-war/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "February 16, 1862",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Confederates surrendered Fort Donelson and about 13,000 soldiers to Union forces under Grant.",
            "place": "Dover",
            "county": "Stewart",
            "source_title": "Civil War (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/civil-war/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "April 6-7, 1862",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "The two-day Battle of Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties around Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing.",
            "place": "Shiloh",
            "county": "Hardin",
            "source_title": "Meet the Past - Living History Bus Tour (NPS Shiloh news release)",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/news/meet-the-past-living-history-bus-tour.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "The Battle of Stones River was fought near Murfreesboro, one of the bloodiest battles of the war.",
            "place": "Murfreesboro",
            "county": "Rutherford",
            "source_title": "Battle of Stones River 163rd Anniversary Programs (NPS)",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/stri/learn/news/163rd.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "November 24-25, 1863",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Union forces took Lookout Mountain (the \"Battle Above the Clouds\") and then Missionary Ridge, lifting the siege of Chattanooga.",
            "place": "Chattanooga",
            "county": "Hamilton",
            "source_title": "Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battles-of-chickamauga-and-chattanooga/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "April 12, 1864",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Confederates under Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Fort Pillow; accusations of a massacre of surrendering Union soldiers, especially U.S. Colored Troops, followed.",
            "place": "Henning",
            "county": "Lauderdale",
            "source_title": "Fort Pillow State Historic Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/fort-pillow/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "November 4, 1864",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Forrest raided the Union supply depot at Johnsonville on the Tennessee River.",
            "place": "New Johnsonville",
            "county": "Humphreys",
            "source_title": "Johnsonville State Historic Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/johnsonville/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "November 30, 1864",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "The Battle of Franklin left some 9,500 soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing in about five hours; Carnton became the largest field hospital.",
            "place": "Franklin",
            "county": "Williamson",
            "source_title": "Carnton History (Battle of Franklin Trust)",
            "source_url": "https://boft.org/carnton-history",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "December 15-16, 1864",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "The Battle of Nashville continued the destruction of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Battle of Nashville (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-nashville/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "April 15, 1865",
            "era": "Civil War",
            "event": "Andrew Johnson of Greeneville was sworn in as president the morning after Lincoln was shot.",
            "place": "Washington, D.C. (Johnson of Greeneville)",
            "county": "Greene",
            "source_title": "Andrew Johnson (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/andrew-johnson/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "January 9, 1866",
            "era": "Reconstruction",
            "event": "Fisk Free Colored School, forerunner of Fisk University, opened in Nashville to educate formerly enslaved people.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Fisk University (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/fisk-university/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May 1-2, 1866",
            "era": "Reconstruction",
            "event": "During the Memphis race riot of May 1-2, 1866, some forty-six African Americans and two whites died.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Memphis Race Riot of 1866 (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/memphis-race-riot-of-1866/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May or early June 1866",
            "era": "Reconstruction",
            "event": "The Ku Klux Klan was organized in a Pulaski law office by six Confederate veterans.",
            "place": "Pulaski",
            "county": "Giles",
            "source_title": "Ku Klux Klan (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/ku-klux-klan/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "July 1866",
            "era": "Reconstruction",
            "event": "Tennessee ratified the Fourteenth Amendment and was readmitted to the Union before Congressional Reconstruction began.",
            "place": "Statewide",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Reconstruction (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/reconstruction/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1878",
            "era": "New South and industry",
            "event": "A yellow fever epidemic infected over 17,000 people in Memphis and killed 5,150.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Yellow Fever Epidemics (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/yellow-fever-epidemics/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1888 and 1892",
            "era": "New South and industry",
            "event": "The Union Gospel Tabernacle, later Ryman Auditorium, was built between 1888 and 1892.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Ryman Auditorium (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/ryman-auditorium/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1899 to 1975",
            "era": "New South and industry",
            "event": "Tennessee Copper Company ran its mine operations headquarters at the Burra Burra Mine.",
            "place": "Ducktown",
            "county": "Polk",
            "source_title": "Ducktown Basin Museum & Burra Burra Mine (Tennessee Historical Commission)",
            "source_url": "https://www.tn.gov/historicalcommission/state-programs/state-historic-sites/burra-burra.html",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1918",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "Alvin C. York of Pall Mall captured 132 German soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and earned the Medal of Honor.",
            "place": "Pall Mall (York's home)",
            "county": "Fentress",
            "source_title": "Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/sgt-alvin-c-york/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "August 18, 1920",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "The Tennessee House voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, making Tennessee the 36th state needed for woman suffrage.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Woman Suffrage Movement (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/woman-suffrage-movement/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "July 10, 1925",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "The Scopes trial over teaching evolution opened in Dayton.",
            "place": "Dayton",
            "county": "Rhea",
            "source_title": "The Scopes Trial (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/the-scopes-trial/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "November 25, 1925",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "WSM's George D. Hay put fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson on the air, the broadcast that grew into the Grand Ole Opry.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Grand Ole Opry (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/grand-ole-opry/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "March 3, 1927",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "Congress established Stones River National Battlefield.",
            "place": "Murfreesboro",
            "county": "Rutherford",
            "source_title": "Stones River Launches Centennial Logo (NPS news release)",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/stri/learn/news/centennial_logo_2026-03-03.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1932",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "Myles Horton and Don West founded the Highlander Folk School near Monteagle.",
            "place": "Monteagle",
            "county": "Grundy",
            "source_title": "Highlander Folk School (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/highlander-folk-school/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May 18, 1933",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "President Franklin Roosevelt signed the act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.",
            "place": "Tennessee Valley",
            "county": null,
            "source_title": "Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tennessee-valley-authority/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "September 1942",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "Gen. Leslie Groves came to East Tennessee for the Manhattan Project; land for the Clinton Engineer Works (Oak Ridge) was taken that fall.",
            "place": "Oak Ridge",
            "county": "Anderson; Roane",
            "source_title": "Oak Ridge (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/oak-ridge/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1951",
            "era": "20th century",
            "event": "Sam Phillips recorded Jackie Brenston's \"Rocket 88\" at his Memphis Recording Service, which many historians call the first rock-n-roll record.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Sun Records (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sun-records/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "August 20, 1956",
            "era": "Civil rights",
            "event": "Twelve African American students registered at Clinton High School, beginning court-ordered desegregation.",
            "place": "Clinton",
            "county": "Anderson",
            "source_title": "Clinton Desegregation Crisis (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/clinton-desegregation-crisis/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1960",
            "era": "Civil rights",
            "event": "Nashville students launched a full-scale nonviolent sit-in campaign against segregated downtown businesses.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Civil Rights Movement (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/civil-rights-movement/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "February 12, 1968",
            "era": "Civil rights",
            "event": "African American sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Memphis Sanitation Strike (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/memphis-sanitation-strike/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "April 4, 1968",
            "era": "Civil rights",
            "event": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel while supporting the strike.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "Memphis Sanitation Strike (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/memphis-sanitation-strike/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1982",
            "era": "Modern era",
            "event": "Graceland opened to the public; Knoxville hosted the 1982 World's Fair the same year.",
            "place": "Memphis; Knoxville",
            "county": "Shelby; Knox",
            "source_title": "Graceland (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/graceland/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1991",
            "era": "Modern era",
            "event": "The National Civil Rights Museum opened to the public at the former Lorraine Motel.",
            "place": "Memphis",
            "county": "Shelby",
            "source_title": "National Civil Rights Museum (Tennessee Encyclopedia)",
            "source_url": "https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/national-civil-rights-museum/",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "1996",
            "era": "Modern era",
            "event": "Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park was dedicated on Tennessee's 200th birthday.",
            "place": "Nashville",
            "county": "Davidson",
            "source_title": "Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park - Highlights (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/bicentennial-mall/highlights",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "September 2024",
            "era": "Modern era",
            "event": "Hurricane Helene flooding along the Nolichucky River destroyed nearly every building at David Crockett Birthplace State Park.",
            "place": "Limestone",
            "county": "Greene",
            "source_title": "David Crockett Birthplace State Park (Tennessee State Parks)",
            "source_url": "https://tnstateparks.com/parks/david-crockett-birthplace",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        },
        {
            "date": "May 4, 2026",
            "era": "Modern era",
            "event": "The Andrew Johnson Homestead in Greeneville reopened for guided tours.",
            "place": "Greeneville",
            "county": "Greene",
            "source_title": "The Historic Home of President Andrew Johnson Reopens (NPS news release)",
            "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/anjo/learn/news/historichomerepoens.htm",
            "checked": "2026-10-20"
        }
    ]
}