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Excerpt from Two Years of Harriman, Tennessee: Established by the East Tennessee Land Company, February 26, 1890 At Big Emory Gap, in Roane County, Tennessee, Where the Emory river breaks its way through Walden's Ridge, after its rapid descent from the Cumberland Plateau, it was. Ordained by nature that a town should be. Col. Byrd, who here held large ownership of land, always thus insisted, and died firm in such faith. Here, with coal close at hand on the west and 011 the north, and with iron near by on the east and within ten miles to the south, there was every essential condition for the establishment of a city with the purest Water supply, the best natural drainage, picturesque surroundings, admirable climate. And here the East Tenn essee Land Company located Harriman, within a crescent formed by the Emory river, between the Cincinnati Southern Railway on the west'and the Walden's Ridge division of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway on the north; fifty miles west of Knoxville, via this latter line; eighty miles north of Chattanooga, and 255 miles south of Cin cinnati, via the Cincinnati Southern Railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Harriman was born of the dreams of prohibitionists who believed they could found a model city of industry where workers would be free from the corrupting influences of demon rum. In the beginning, Harriman appeared to be on the road to achieving this vision: in its first two years, the population exploded from only two farms in 1890 to a city of almost 4,000 by 1892. Settlers poured in from all over the eastern United States to purchase land and take part in the dream of the temperance city. Like most utopias, however, Harriman fell short of its founders' dreams. The Panic of 1893 drove many early backers into bankruptcy. Floods along the Emory River, including a particularly devastating one in 1929, damaged the city's industrial base. Nevertheless, Harriman experienced growth during the 20th century, boasting two major hosiery mills, a bustling downtown, quality schools, and the natural beauty of Appalachia. Today, it remains a unique city of Southern hospitality and Victorian charm.
Draws on the history of America's longest-living minor political party - the Prohibition Party - to illuminate how American politics came to exclude minor parties from governance.
