Tennessee

Capital: Nashville

Largest City: Memphis

Size Rank: 36th

Population Rank: 16th

Admission to Union: 16th

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The Cache Across America Series: This is a series of caches that will take you on a caching tour of the entire United States. One cache is hidden in each of the 50 states. These caches each contain a numeric clue that will lead you to one final cache located in our nation's capital upon completion of the series.

About this cache: Nashville is known for many things, including its universities and colleges, top-notch medical facilities and of course MUSIC!

This cache is located near a small town in Middle Tennessee that is a treat in and of itself to visit. The following is excerpted from their website: http://www.leipersforkvillage.com

Back in the old days, long before the early settlers arrived, the vast area around Leipers Fork was a communal hunting ground to an assortment of prehistoric American Indians who later evolved into tribes known today as the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Shawnee. Their presence in the area is marked by a seemingly endless supply of relics dating back some 4,000 years. Early settlers who came across the mountains from the east found a rich, fertile land but a harsh lifestyle in a strange and challenging wilderness. Because of the formidable environment containing both natural and man-made dangers, it was an ongoing struggle just to till the land, feed a family and reach old age. By 1795, certain adaptations had come to the frontier; a semblance of order prevailed for homesteaders while the Native Americans continued to reconcile to the changes the Europeans brought. The Leipers Fork area was settled in the late 1790s by pioneering families from North Carolina and Virginia that were given land grants as payment for their services in the Revolutionary War. The present village of Leipers Fork is situated on part of the 2,504 acre land grant of Col. Jesse Steed which was later purchased by Jesse Benton in 1801. Among the most famous settlers was Benton’s son, Thomas Hart Benton who later became a U.S. Senator from the state of Missouri, prominently influencing establishment of the West. Today, an historic marker honors the site of the Benton home. During the early days, travelers on the Natchez Trace who passed through the Benton homestead referred to the settlement as Bentontown. After a quarrel with General Andrew Jackson, which ended in a brawl and gun fight in a hotel in Nashville with Jackson seriously injured from a gunshot through the shoulder, the Bentons decided that Tennessee was not large enough for them and Jackson. They beat a hasty retreat to Missouri. The village was renamed Hillsboro as many of the early settlers, like the Bentons, were originally from Hillsborough, North Carolina. Logging Requirements: Enjoy this cache as you would any other.

Logging Requirements: Enjoy this cache as you would any other. If you are searching this cache as a participant in the Cache Across America series, please post a photo of yourself or a member of your group with the cache in your online log. If you for some reason are unable to meet the photo requirement, please make alternate arrangements to verify your find with the individual cache owner. There is no photo requirement for non-challenge participants.

Individual verification of all 50 state finds will be required before logging the series final.

If participating in the series, please take note of the three digit code located inside this cache. Save this code in a secure place. When you have visited all 50 caches, and have collected all 50 codes, you are welcome to seek and find the final cache! Good luck!