Tennessee – Capitol – Nashville
Population: 6.8 million
Unemployment Rate: 3.5%
Points of Interest: Nashville, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Graceland, Dollywood, Grand Ole Opry
Tennessee, dubbed the “Volunteer State, became the 16th state of the union in 1796. It’s capitol is Nashville. It is just 112 miles in height, but stretches 432 miles from the Appalachian Mountains boundary with North Carolina in the east to the Mississippi River borders with Missouri and Arkansas in the west. Tennessee’s two largest cities, Memphis and Nashville, are known as centers of blues, country and Christian music. Memphis is also famous for its barbecue and hosts the well-attended “Memphis in May” barbecue competition each year.
Nashville is famous for the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the electric honky-tonks music row downtown. The Grand Ole Opry hosts the annual Country Music Awards and the Christian Music Awards. Every country singer who is anyone has played there.
Nashville is home of the Titans pro football team that has come close to playing the superbowl twice in it’s short existance.
