DATE
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EVENT
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1790
|
White
settlers began to settle on the northern bank of Tennessee
River where Loudon bridge is today. |
1796
|
Tennessee
admitted to the Union as the 16th state. |
September 1809
|
General
William Lenoir deeded his land to to his son, Major
William Ballard Lenoir. |
1810
|
Carmichael
Inn near Blair's Ferry was completed. |
1810
|
Major
Lenoir and his family moved into their home at Lenoir's
Station. |
October
25, 1813 |
Tennessee
State Legislature established the town of Morganton. |
1817
|
John
Blair and family began controlling traffic across
the Tennessee River. |
1822
|
Philadelphia,
Tennessee is founded by William Knox and Jacob Pearson. |
1823
|
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church is founded |
1828
|
The
Atlas was the first steamboat to sail up the Tennessee
River. |
1834
|
Cherokee
Indian Pathkiller and James Blair began their legal
battle for Blair's Ferry. |
1834
|
The
Lenoir Cotton Mill was built. |
1835
|
Steamboats
began to regularly stop at Blair's Ferry. |
February
21, 1836 |
The
Tennessee General Assembly granted permission to the
Hiawassee Railroad Company to build a road from Blair's
Ferry to Georgia-Tennessee Line. |
1848
|
The
railroad was invented. |
1849
|
James
Blair won the legal battle for Blair's Ferry. |
1850
|
The
Orme-Wilson Storehouse was built. |
1851
|
Blair's
Ferry was renamed to Blairsville. |
1852
|
The
first newspaper, The Loudon Free Press, was
printed. |
1852-1854
|
The
railroad bridge in Loudon was under construction. |
March
17, 1855 |
The
railroad bridge in Loudon opened for traffic. |
June
1861
|
Tennessee
was the last state to secede from the Union. |
November
9, 1861 |
A
group of Unionist East Tennesseans were supposed to
burn the Loudon bridge but decided to get drunk instead. |
November 10, 1861
|
The
Sixteenth Alabama Infantry set up camp at both ends
of the Loudon bridge for constant surveillance. |
June 19, 1863
|
Union
Colonel William P. Sanders raided Lenoir's Station
and struck the railroad. |
September
6, 1863 |
After
CSA General Simon Bolivar Buckner evacuated Knoxville
and crossed over the Loudon bridge heading for Chattanooga,
the Confederates burned the bridge. |
October 20, 1863
|
The
Battle of Philadelphia was fought in Philadelphia,
Tennessee. |
October 28, 1863
|
Union
forces withdrew from the south side of the Tennessee
River and made camp at Blair's farm. |
November 14-15,
1863
|
CSA
General James Longstreet marched his troops through
Loudon to cross the Tennessee River at Huff's Ferry. |
December 3, 1863
|
Confederate
troops again burned the Loudon bridge to prevent it
from falling into enemy hands. |
December
4, 1863 |
Union
General William T. Sherman's troops arrive in Loudon. |
March 1864
|
Union
troops completed a temporary bridge in Loudon. |
November 1864
|
A
permanent bridge was completed to replace the temporary
bridge. |
1865
|
Construction
on the Mason Antebellum Plantation was completed. |
July
24, 1866
|
Tennessee
re-admitted to the Union. |
June 2, 1870
|
Christiana
County was formed from portions of Blount, Monroe,
and Roane Counties. |
July 7, 1870
|
Christiana
County was renamed to Loudon County. |
September 5, 1870
|
The
first County Court was organized at the Baptist Church
in Loudon. |
September 1872
|
The
Loudon County Court House was completed. |
November
24, 1883 |
Andy
Taylor was hanged on the Court House lawn. |
1889
|
The
railroad was completed in Greenback, Tennessee. |
1890
|
The
first passenger train ran through Greenback, Tennessee. |
1890
|
The
Lenoir City Company was established to begin designing
and building Lenoir City, Tennessee. |
1907
|
Lenoir
City was incorporated. |
1914
|
The
L&N Depot was completed in Greenback, Tennessee. |
1927
|
Construction
on the Loudon toll bridge was started. |
1947
|
The
Loudon bridge became a free road. |