During my caching adventures over the past seven plus years now I have traveled throughout the Country with a new perspective. Not like I used to… before I would travel around and not even take a second look at the city or state I was in. I have always traveled for work and pleasure but never took the time to “see” where I was going. I would hit a town do my work and go back to the hotel and sit in my room clicking the clicker until the wee hours of the morning or go to the “one” spot and miss everything else around me.
Now, with every new town and state I pass through it is refreshing. I thrive on the new treasures I see… monuments I would have whizzed by. They are now new nuggets of knowledge, vista points I would have passed by without a blink are now postcard images burned in my mind, and side streets of towns are secret treasures that only non tourists find. Geocaching has made me stop and smell the roses.
Hopefully, this little puzzle will help enlighten you on the State of Tennessee and maybe make you “stop and smell the roses” too.
N 36° 34.ABC
A = On August 18, 192(A), Tennessee became the thirty-sixth and final state necessary to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided women the right to vote.
B = Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest continuously-running live radio program in the world. It has broadcast since 19(B)5.
C = The highest point in Tennessee is Clingmans Dome coming in at 6,6(C)3 feet above sea level.
Checksum ABC = 6
W 083° 39.DEF
D = Tennessee has provided the United States with a total of (D) Presidents of the United States.
E = The lowest point in Tennessee is the Mississippi River coming in at 1(E)8 feet above sea level.
F = Tennessee has a total of 9(F) counties.
Checksum DEF = 15
Some interesting tidbits about Tennessee:
State Capital – Nashville
Largest City – Memphis
State Nickname – Volunteer State
State Slogan – Tennessee—America at its best!
State Song – “My Homeland, Tennessee”
State Bird – Mockingbird (Orpheus Polyglottus)
State Flower – Iris (Genus Iridaceae)
State Tree – Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
State Flag – The three stars on the flag represent the three different land forms in Tennessee. Mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. On the flag these regions are bound together in an unbroken circle. The field is crimson with a blue background for the stars. The final blue strip relieves the sameness of the crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when it is limp.
Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state, and more soldiers for the Union Army than any other Southern state.
Davy Crockett was not "born on a mountaintop in Tennessee," as the song says. He was born on the banks of Limestone Creek near Greeneville, where a replica of the Crocketts' log cabin stands today.
I would like to thank Selina Wagnor Mother of MaddieCacheGrabber and Blondvoodoo for being my sponsor for State of the Nation – Tennessee and of course MaddieCacheGrabber and Blondvoodoo for helping me place this gem.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
As always, enjoy.