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The Tennessee River Today |
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The Tennessee River today bears little resemblance to the river Mary Neely would travel in 1779 and 1780.
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It would be transformed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930's and 1940's into a series of lakes created by dams... And the vast power of the Tennessee River would be tamed and converted into electricity for millions of people...
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And the Indian villages where so many of the vicious attacks were planned and launched would be replaced by settlements and eventually turned into thriving towns and cities, the Tennessee River a place for enjoying nature's beauty...
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And those who travel the bridges over it or walk its banks or whitewater
raft its
waters may never know the blood that lies just beneath...
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