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SPECIAL THANKS

We'd like to extend a special thanks to the following folks who helped us make this project possible:

We'd like to that our funders USDA Rural Development , Tucker Foundation, Tennessee Department of Tourism Development, the Cracker Barrel Foundation, our sponors, and the numerous other private and public donors that made this Web site and it's promotion possible.

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Thanks to Darrell Kerley, Jesse Kaufman, Donna Zec and all the Web site programmers at MMA Creative for nuturing the idea of this project and making it a reality. 

Thank you Randy Williams of the Upper Cumberland Development District for giving this project the Edge, and thanks to all our members and partners who have always participated with the Alliance, and supported our efforts to pursue a more inclusive vision for the region's future.  

 

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Fort Blount-Williamsburg Site

Fort Blount was a frontier fort and federal outpost located along the Cumberland River in Jackson county. Fort Blount was created 1794 in order to protect settlers and travelers going from east Tennessee to Middle Tennesssee. The fort also provided an important stopover for migrants and merchants and thus was a good trading spot. Eventually the fort was demolished around the 1800's, and the community of Williamsburg was developed. Williamsburg then became the county seat for the newly formed Jackson County untill 1818. Wiliamsburg would remain the seat of government for Jackson county untill 1818, when the people voted to move the seat to a more central location, and the city of Gainesboro was established. Today the historical sites of Williamsburg and Fort Blount remain, and have been placed on the national registry of historical places. 

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2399 Smith Bend Ln
Gainesboro, Tennessee 38562

Phone: (931) 268-0971
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Blount

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