Dickson

The Clement Railroad Hotel Museum is located in Dickson, Tennessee. Opened in June 2009, the museum focuses on local history, including the Civil War... and local railroads. Governor Frank G. Clement was born in the hotel in 1920, and managed the hotel for some years. The museum's displays will include Clement family items and exhibits about his life. The building is a Tennessee state owned historic site operated by the Clement Foundation in partnership with the Tennessee Historical Commission. It is also known as the Halbrook Hotel, Hotel Halbrook Railroad & Local History Museum, and the Gov. Frank G. Clement Railroad Hotel Museum. It has previously also been known as Edwards Hotel and as Frank G. Clement Birthplace. Built in 1913, the railroad hotel was designed by R. F. Ridings, and is one of few remaining examples in Tennessee of a rural railroad hotel. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as Halbrook Hotel. It is located at 100 Clement Place, or 100 Frank G. Clement Place, in Dickson.
more

Craig Morgan Greer is an American country music artist. A veteran of the United States Army, Morgan began his musical career in 2000 on Atlantic... Records, releasing his self-titled debut album for that label before the closure of its Nashville division in 2000. In 2002, Morgan signed to the independent Broken Bow Records, on which he released three studio albums: 2003's I Love It, 2005's My Kind of Livin', and 2006's Little Bit of Life. These produced several chart hits, including "That's What I Love About Sunday," which spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard country charts and was that publication's Number One country hit of 2005. A greatest hits package followed in mid- 2008 before Morgan left the label for BNA Records, on which he released That's Why later that same year. My Kind of Livin' is also his highest-selling album, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America . Morgan has charted seventeen times on the Billboard country charts.
more

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's... western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902. The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.
more