Nashville

the capital of Tennessee. It is situated on the southern bank of the Cumberland, near the center of the state. In size it is the second city of the state. It is located in the midst of pleasing hills in a region noted for fruit and general farming. The average rainfall is about forty-nine inches. An abundance of timber and coal in the surrounding region has made Nashville a manufacturing city of importance. Wagons, carriages, stoves, clothing, harness, saddles, shoes, flour, and soap enter into an annual output of $20,000,000. The city is noted as an educational center. Vanderbilt University has been liberally endowed by the Vanderbilt family. The University of Nashville, the Peabody School for Teachers, Roger Williams University, and other institutions are located here. The city maintains an efficient system of graded and high schools. Nashville was settled in 1780. It was named at first Nashborough, in honor of Governor Nash of North Carolina. The name was changed four years later. The city was made the capital of the state in 1843. During the Civil War the battle of Nashville was fought in the immediate vicinity. After Sherman had set out on his "march to the sea," General Hood, the Confederate commander, conceived the plan of marching northward, with a view to the invasion of Ohio. He was met at Nashville by General Thomas. After severe fighting, Hood was repulsed and his army was broken up. Population (1910), 106,476. See Tennessee