USA Guide
The South
Tennessee
Stretching almost five hundred miles from east to west, Tennessee is full of contrasts. The traditional mountain culture of the Smoky Mountains could not be further from the blues-soaked, cotton culture of the Mississippi valley.
Only one sizeable settlement has found a foothold above the marshlands that line the Mississippi – the expansive port of Memphis. Tennessee's largest city, it is the birthplace of urban blues, and long-time home of Elvis Presley, and is cherished by music fans. The fine plantation homes and tidy towns of middle Tennessee's rolling farmland reflect the comfortable lifestyle of its pioneers; and smack in the heart of it sprawls Nashville – synonymous with country music. The mountainous east shares its top attraction with North Carolina – the peaks of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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