The Fort Loudoun State Historic Area and the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum are partnering for the Great Island Festival, slated for September 11-12, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day.
The family and descendants of Edgar and Rebecca (Spurling) Gardner invite everyone to the annual Gardner/Spurling Family Reunion on Sept. 5, 2010 from 12-4 pm at the Conasauga Valley Fire Hall (Rural Vale) on Hwy 315 (Reliance Rd.), near Tellico Plains.
The event is set for Saturday, Sept. 4, and winds around and along historic downtown Murphy, NC.
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On February 20th, at 2 PM, Dr. William Bruce Wheeler will speak at the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area Visitors Center. Dr. Wheeler’s program is entitled “TVA and the Tellico Lake.”
On February 20th, at 2 PM, Dr. William Bruce Wheeler will
speak at the Fort Loudoun State Historic Area Visitors Center. Dr. Wheeler’s
program is entitled “TVA and the Tellico Lake.” He will emphasize the history
of the Tennessee Valley Authority and its controversial Tellico Lake
Project.
“On November 29, 1979, the Tennessee Valley Authority closed
the gates on the Tellico Dam, impounding the last free flowing stretch of the
Little Tennessee River and creating Tellico Lake, the last in a series of
manmade lakes extending upriver to Fontana Dam in North Carolina. The agency
had planned the Tellico Project for over forty years and now it was finally
finished. Its completion brought TVA to the end of one of the bitterest
controversies the valley had experienced in modern times, one whose skirmishes
stretched in impassioned debates from the quiet lawns of county courthouses to
the corridors of power in Washington,”quoted from TVA and The Tellico Dam
1936-1979.
Dr. William Bruce Wheeler is a Professor Emeritus of History
at the University of Tennessee. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke
University in 1961 and his Master’s degree from the University of North
Carolina in 1963. Dr. Wheeler gained his doctorate from the University of
Virginia in 1967. He has taught at Ohio University, Northern Illinois
University and he joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee in 1970. He
was recognized with the UT Outstanding Teacher Award in both 1980 and 1986. Dr.
Wheeler is the author of several publications including Knoxville,
Tennessee: A Mountain City in the New South and, with co-author Michael J.
McDonald, TVA and the Tellico Dam 1936-1979.
This is the sixth in a series of speakers that will be
presented through the end of February. Other program titles include “The Battle
of Kings Mountain”.
Fort Loudoun is located in Vonore, TN and admission to the lecture
series is free of charge. For additional information call the park office at
423-884-6217 or e-mail fortloudoun@tds.net.
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