Chattanooga Tennessee Hamilton County And Lookout Mountain

Author : Louis L. Parham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365504900
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Chattanooga, Tennessee; Hamilton County, and Lookout Mountain written by Louis L. Parham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chattanooga, Tennessee; Hamilton County, and Lookout Mountain: An Epitome of Chattanooga From Her Early Days Down to the Present; Hamilton County, Its Soil, Climate Area, Population, Wealth, Etc;, Lookout Mountain, Its Battle-Fields, Beauties, Climate, and Other Attractions The settlement of Chattanooga commenced in 1835. At that period, the site of the present city was one vast forest, through which the aborigines roamed at will. In December of the pre vious year, the treaty for the lands in this section was made with the Indians, and ratified by the U. S. Senate May, 1836. At this time there were but few whites here - a primitive hut did service for a hotel - daniel henderson, esq, father-in-law of our' es teemed fellow-citizen, richard henderson, esq, doing the honors of the host. The name of the place was Ross' Landing, taking its sug gestive title from john ross, a distinguished half - breed, who re sided here, and the Chief of the Cherokee nation. He educated his daughters in North Carolina - thus evincing his estimate of culture and knowledge. He established a ferry and warehouse at the Tennessee River, and resided at Rossville, just over the line, 5 miles south of Chattanooga, in Georgia. In 1835, among the whites who settled here were samuel williams, who is still living, daniel henderson, and john keeney. In 1836 came aaron M. Rawlings, jno. P. Long, D. A. Wilds, W. M. Davis, samuel stewart, wm. Long, Dr. Nathan harris. In 1837 the first postoffice was established, and the first postmaster was Capt. John P. Long, now living in the city, an esteemed, useful member of society. The first news paper was the Hamilton Gazette, by ferdinand A. Parham, deceased in 1862. The material for this paper was floated down the Tennessee river in a flat-boat, from Knoxville, and placed in a small log cabin on Walnut st., near cor. Third. This was the year 1837. Politically, the Gazette was a Whig paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.