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Chattanooga (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 18 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Tennessee River in SE Tennessee; name came from Amerindian expression for nearby Lookout Mountain; railroad stimulated economic growth in 1850s; Confederate communications point during Civil War where Federal armies successfully fought in 1863. |
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| Chattanooga (preferred,C,V)
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| Ross' Landing (H,V)
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| Lookout City (C,V)
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| Old French Store (C,V)
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| Rosss Landing (C,V)
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| Rosss Store (C,V)
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| Rosss Warehouse (C,V)
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| Rosss Wharf (C,V)
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1815 by John Ross, who was given status of Cherokee Indian chief & established site as a trading post |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1851 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1819 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for farm implements |
| cultural center (C) |
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includes an opera association, symphony orchestra, theater & Hunter Gallery of Art |
| educational center (C) |
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houses University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tennessee Temple University & Chattanooga State Technical Community College |
| industrial center (C) |
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for iron & steel products & nuclear reactors |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for chemicals, textiles, steam boilers, stoves, plumbing supplies, machinery, castings, soil pipe, furniture & ceramics |
| mining center (C) |
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includes iron & coal mines |
| port (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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for Lookout Mountain & waterfall, Booker T Washington & Harrison Bay State Parks & Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military Parks |
| battlefield (H) |
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November 1863 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| is location of .... |
Citico Mound .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Tennessee, Hamilton county) [8712839] |
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