Stop 105 Tennessee Davidson County Nashville Fort Nashborough Replica & Parthenon Centennial Park & Belle Meade Plantation

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STOP 105

IN TENNESSEE

IN DAVIDSON COUNTY

WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1783.

IT IS THE SECOND MOST POPULOUS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WITH 684,410 IN 2016.

ITS AREA IS 526 SQUARE MILES.

THE COUNTY SEAT IS NASHVILLE.

VANDERBUILT UNIVERSITY IS HERE.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

GRAND OLE OPRY

PARTHENON

RYMAN AUDITORIUM

THE HERMITAGE

FORT NASHBOROUGH REPLICA

PRINTER'S ALLEY

ROBERT'S WESTERN WORLD

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM.

BELLE MEADE PLANTATION

NASHVILLE

TENNESSEE

Stop 104 Tennessee Sevier County Gatlinburg Entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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AT ONE OF MY FAV STOPS ON VACATIONS

STOP 104

SEVIER COUNTY TENNESSEE

THIS COUNTY WAS FOUNDED SEPT 28, 1794.

ITS COUNTY SEAT AND LARGEST CITY IS SEVIERVILLE.

ITS POPULATION IN 2016 WAS 96,673.

ITS AREA IS 598 SQUARE MILES.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

DOLLYWOOD

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

OBER GATLINBURG

GATLINBURG SPACE NEEDLE

SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME.

Stop 103 Tennessee Rhea County Spring City Southern Style Motel & Restaurant

STOP 103

IN THE POSTCARD TRIP IN THIS BLOG
TO ALL U.S.3007 COUNTIES.

HERE WE ARE IN TENNESSEE 

IN RHEA COUNTY 

THE POPULATION HERE IN 2016 WAS 32,442

ITS AREA IS 336 SQUARE MILES.

THE COUNTY SEAT HERE IS DAYTON

THIS COUNTY WAS  NAMED FOR JOHN RHEA AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AND POLITICIAN IN THE U.S.  HOUSE OF REPS.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

RHEA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

BRYAN COLLEGE

OXFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL

TRAIL OF TEARS

BLYTHE FERRY

STOP 24 CONNECTICUT Postcards New Haven County

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AT STOP 24 

ON OUR POSTCARD TRIP TO ALL 3007 U.S. COUNTIES

HERE IN THIS BLOG.

NEW HAVEN COUNTY

CONNECTICUT

THIS COUNTY'S AREA IS 862 SQUARE MILES.

NEW HAVEN IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN CO.

COUNTY GOVERNMENTS WERE ABOLISHED IN CONNECTICUT IN 1960.  

THIS COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED MAY 10, 1666.

YALE UNIVERSITY IS HERE. IT IS THE 3RD OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE U.S.

YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SERVES ALL OF ITS 14 CONSTITUENT SCHOOLS.

IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST ACADEMIC LIBRARY  IN THE US AND HOLDS MORE THAN 15 MILLION VOLUMES. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A GIFT   OF THE BEINECKE FAMILY.

POINTS AND PEOPLE OF INTEREST HERE:

NORMAN LEAR

GEORGE W. BUSH BORN HERE.

ERNEST BORGINE

AL CAPP CARTOONIST

ELI WHITNEY INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER

MICHAEL BOLTON SINGER AND SONGWRITER.

NEW HAVEN 

THE THREE CHURCHES ON THE GREEN

TRINITY CHURCH, CENTER CHURCH AND UNITED CHURCH

EZRA STILES COLLEGE YALE UNIVERSITY

HYLAND HOUSE 

WEST ROOM FIREPLACE

GUILFORD

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AERIAL VIEW OF MERCY CENTER

MADISON

NEW HAVEN COUNTY

CONNECTICUT 

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