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How Jacksonville Became Old Hickory
The wartime town was named for Andrew Jackson. In 1923, so was the name that replaced it — after the mail kept wandering to Florida.
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Powder City on the Bend
In 1918, a gunpowder plant and a planned village rose on Hadley’s Bend so quickly that DuPont called it a world record.
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The Village That Stayed
East of Hadley Avenue, the 1918 permanent village still stands — ten house types, a grid of porches, and a place on the National Register.
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A World War II Landing Ship Ties Up on Old Hickory Lake
LST-325, which carried troops and tanks toward the beaches of Normandy, spent a week in late September docked at Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville.
Sep 231 min read
The Hermitage Unveils a $132 Million Plan for Its Next Century
Andrew Jackson's Hermitage plans a new visitor and education center and a landscape-first approach for its 1,120 acres.
Sep 211 min read
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