Carter Mansion at Sycamore Shoals State Park. Photo Courtesy of Sycamore Shoals State Park.

Tennessee America 250

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What is Tennessee America 250

Tennessee America 250 celebrates and commemorates America’s 250th Anniversary by interpreting and preserving the unique Tennessee stories, objects, landmarks, and places that have defined who we are as Tennesseans and Americans.

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[Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River] was one of the most significant early settlement areas on the western frontier. Here in 1772 residents established the Watauga Association, recognized as the first majority-rule system of American democratic government.

Dr. Carroll Van West, "Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area" from the Tennessee Encyclopedia

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