. The Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, stretch over 800 square miles, from the western border of North Carolina to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They got their name from the Cherokee Indians. They called the mountains, Shaconage, for the blue-gray haze that veils the summits.
. Nashville is a small city that feels more like a big town. It is situated along the banks of the Cumberland River in the center of the state of Tennessee. It is commonly known as “Music City USA” and as the world capital of Country Western Music.
. Memphis is situated on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River at the western border of Tennessee. Like its ancient namesake in Egypt, this city lies above the apex of a mighty river delta. It forms a gateway between two radically different regions of the USA. To the south, lie the poverty stricken farms of the delta, the swampy bayous of Louisiana and that great European flavored port city of New Orleans. To the north and west are the rich farms of the Midwestern plains and the northern industrial cities like Chicago and Detroit.
. Lynchburg, Tennessee is a quiet little village nestled in the hills of southern Tennessee about 75 miles south of Nashville. It has an eighteenth century courthouse in the middle of an old town square surrounded by quaint shops. It has only one traffic light and less than 400 residents.
Jack Daniel