About Chattanooga
Chattanooga
is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee.
The city is located in southeastern Tennessee in East Tennessee, on
Chickamauga Lake and Nickajack Lake, which are both part of the Tennessee
River. The city is therefore surrounded by various mountains and ridges. A
unique distinction for Chattanooga is the fact that the city has its own
typeface, Chatype, which was launched in August 2012. This marks the first time
that an American city has its own typeface and also the first time a
crowd-funded custom-made typeface has been used for any municipality in the
world. Chattanooga has received numerous awards over the decades, including the
prestigious All-America City Award in 1962 and being recognized as a Tree City
USA community since 1990.
History of Chattanooga
Native
Indians were the first residents of the Chattanooga area. Most of the Native
Indians that lived in this area were believed be the Archaic,Woodland,
Mississippian/Muskogean, and Cherokee according to the places dating back to
the Upper Paleolithic period. The name Chattanooga originated from the name of
a small Indian village. This village or hamlet was located near the base of
Lookout Mountain, on the bank of Chattanooga creek. Chattanooga means "to
draw fish out of water" in Cherokee language, which shows by the
collection of huts that were occupied by Indian fishermen.
The
US government forced the Cherokees, along with other American Indians to relocate
from southeastern states to what is now known as the state of Oklahoma in 1838.
Soon after, Chattanooga became one of the three large internment camps for US
Army. Around 1850 the city became a boom town because of well-suited locations for
river business and the arrival of the railroad. Then the city was known as the
site "where cotton meets corn," referring to its location along the
cultural boundary between the mountain communities of Southern Appalachia to
the north and the cotton-growing states to the south.
During
the American Civil War, Chattanooga was a center of battle. During the
Chickamauga Campaign, Union artillery bombarded Chattanooga as a diversion and
occupied it on September 9, 1863. Following the Battle of Chickamauga, the
defeated Union Army retreated to safety in Chattanooga. On November 23, 1863,
the Battles for Chattanooga began when Union forces led by future United States
President and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant reinforced troops at Chattanooga and
advanced to Orchard Knob against Confederate troops besieging the city. The
next day, the Battle of Lookout Mountain was fought, driving the Confederates
off the mountain. On November 25, Grant's army routed the Confederates in the
Battle of Missionary Ridge. These battles were followed the next spring by the
Atlanta Campaign, beginning just over the nearby state line in Georgia and
moving southeastward. After the war ended, the city became a major railroad hub
and industrial and manufacturing center
In
1867 the largest flood in Chattanooga’s history occurred. Then in 1933 the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system was created by Congress. The flood was
about 58 feet so the city was simply swamped. Since the completion of the
reservoir system, the highest Chattanooga flood stage has been nearly 37 feet,
which occurred in 1973. Chattanooga was a major priority in the design of the
TVA reservoir system and remains a major operating priority in the 21st century.
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