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76-685: Clarksville, Tennessee , had been previously represented in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League by the Clarksville Villagers in 1903 and the Clarksville Grays in 1904. From 1910 to 1916 the city fielded a team known as the Clarksville Volunteers (1910 and 1916), Clarksville Billies (1911), Clarksville Rebels (1912), and Clarksville Boosters (1913–1914). After a 39-year absence, Clarksville returned to

152-620: A lavish home built in 1770 in New Bern . This was resented by the Regulators, who were already paying substantial taxes. William (The Regulator) Butler was quoted as saying, "We are determined not to pay the Tax for the next three years, for the Edifice or Governor's House, nor will we pay for it." Governor Josiah Martin succeeded Governor Tryon in office just after the end of the rebellion. His policies eased

228-516: A $ 35,000 grant. A new terminal building was built in 2011–2012. Cobb Field was a small private airfield. It was 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the Dover Crossings area, just across the street from Liberty Elementary . It had one grass/sod runway that measured 1,752 ft (534 m). This airfield was not open to the public and is no longer suitable for landing aircraft due to runway encroachment by nearby trees and brush, as well as fencing across

304-563: A defense line around Clarksville expecting a land attack. The city was home to three Confederate States Army camps: The Union sent troops and gunboats down the Cumberland River, and in 1862 captured Fort Donelson , and Fort Henry . On February 17, 1862, the USS Cairo , along with another Union ironclad , came to Clarksville and its troops captured the city. There were no Confederate soldiers to contend with because they had left prior to

380-506: A group of flat boats up the Cumberland River bound for the French trading settlement, French Lick (or Big Lick), that later became Nashville . When the boats reached Red Paint Hill, Moses Renfroe , Joseph Renfroe, and Solomon Turpin, along with their families, branched off onto the Red River. They traveled to the mouth of Parson's Creek, near Port Royal , and went ashore to settle down. Clarksville

456-484: A hero of the colonies for defeating the larger group of Regulators with his small, well prepared militia. However, as the initial excitement over the battle died down, many newsmen, especially in the Boston area, began to question the reasons behind the rebellion and investigated further. Several reasons were found to regard the destruction of the Regulators as an act of an oppressive government. Most particularly admonished were

532-630: A need for banking independent of their husbands and fathers who were fighting. In response, the First Women's Bank of Tennessee was established in 1919 by Mrs. Frank J. Runyon. The 1920s brought additional growth to the city. A bus line between Clarksville and Hopkinsville was established in 1922. In 1927 the Austin Peay Normal School was founded, later to develop as Austin Peay State University . In 1928 two more theaters were added,

608-589: A new location; it was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1878. The sixth courthouse was built in 1879. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 95.5 square miles (247 km ), of which 94.9 square miles (246 km ) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km ) (0.71%) is covered by water. Clarksville is located on the northwest edge of the Highland Rim , which surrounds

684-582: A population of 166,722 as of the 2020 census . It is the principal central city of the Clarksville metropolitan area , which consists of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky. The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark , frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of

760-471: A small airport, Outlaw Field , located 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown. Outlaw Field accommodates an average of slightly over 32,000 private and corporate flight operations per year (average for 12-month period ending 2014), and is also home to a pilot training school and a few small aircraft companies. It has two asphalt runways, one 6,000 by 100 ft (1,829 by 30 m) and the other 4,004 by 100 ft (1,220 by 30 m). Outlaw Field has received

836-514: A system that heavily benefited the colonial officials and their network of plantation owners mainly near the coast. Bassett interprets the events of the late 1760s in Orange and surrounding counties as "...a peasants' rising, a popular upheaval." The western region of Provincial North Carolina experienced dramatic population growth in the 1760s. Thousands of colonists arrived from the eastern districts seeking greater opportunities. The inland section of

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912-625: Is elected at large. Mayor Joe Pitts was first elected in 2018 , when he defeated former Mayor Kim McMillan who was the first woman mayor of any Tennessee city with more than 100,000 population. The city consolidated its school system with that of the county, forming the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System . It operates a total of 39 public schools to serve about 37,666 students, including eight high schools, seven middle schools, 24 elementary schools, and one magnet school for K–5, in addition to Middle College on

988-724: The Battle of Alamance . Captain Benjamin Merrill had about 300 men under his control and would have assumed control over military leadership after James Hunter, but he was unable to serve in the Battle of Alamance. Governor Arthur Dobbs , who wrote such popular works as Trade and Improvement of H'elend and Captain Middleton's Defense, served as the Royal Governor of North Carolina until his death in 1765. William Tryon succeeded him. Tryon had

1064-593: The Clarksville Coyotes of the independent Big South League . Three players also played in at league one game in Major League Baseball during their careers. These players and their seasons with Clarksville were: Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee , United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state, after Nashville , Memphis , Knoxville , and Chattanooga . The city had

1140-423: The Clarksville Coyotes . In 1907, Clarksville was among several cities in Tennessee that gained legislative approval to adopt a board of commission form of government, with commissioners elected by at-large voting. Its population was 9,000. Other cities adopting a board of commission were Chattanooga and Knoxville in 1911, Nashville in 1913, and Jackson, Tennessee in 1915. The result of this change favored

1216-596: The Lewis and Clark Expedition . Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University ; The Leaf-Chronicle , the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell , United States Army post. The site of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell is located about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Clarksville and straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky state line. The area around Clarksville

1292-698: The Nashville Basin , and is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Nashville . Fort Campbell North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Christian County, Kentucky. It contains most of the housing for the Fort Campbell Army base. The population was 14,338 at the 2000 census. Fort Campbell North is part of the Clarksville , TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area . The climate is humid subtropical ( Köppen : Cfa ) with hot summers and cold winters but interspersed with milder times due to its location between

1368-565: The North Carolina Legislature on December 29, 1785. It was the second town to be founded in the area. Armstrong's layout for the town consisted of 12 four-acre (16,000 m ) squares built on the hill overlooking the Cumberland as to protect against floods. The primary streets (from north to south) that went east–west were named Jefferson, Washington (now College Street), Franklin, Main, and Commerce Streets. North–south streets (from

1444-682: The Regulator Insurrection , War of Regulation , and War of the Regulation , was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials whom they viewed as corrupt. Historians such as John Spencer Bassett argue that the Regulators did not wish to change the form or principle of their government, but simply wanted to make the colony's political process more equal. They wanted better economic conditions for everyone, instead of

1520-753: The Regulator movement from near where present-day Raleigh, North Carolina now stands. In 1772, Robertson and the pioneers who had settled in northeast Tennessee (along the Watauga River, the Doe River , the Holston River , and the Nolichucky River ) met at Sycamore Shoals to establish an independent regional government known as the Watauga Association . In 1772, surveyors placed the land officially within

1596-800: The Treaty of Sycamore Shoals (also known as the Treaty of Watauga), Henderson purchased all the land lying between the Cumberland River, the Cumberland Mountains , and the Kentucky River , and situated south of the Ohio River in what is known as the Transylvania Purchase from the Cherokee Indians. The land thus delineated, 20 million acres (81,000 km ), encompassed an area half as large as

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1672-541: The Clarksville Colts in 1947. They accumulated a record of 40–83 (.325), placing last of eight teams. The Colts posted two more losing seasons in 1948 (49–77; .389) and 1949 (40–85; .320), placing sixth and seventh respectively. Clarksville lost their last two games, 7–3 and 6–1, in a doubleheader with Hopkinsville on September 5, 1949. Over four seasons, the team had accumulated a record of 187–312 (.375). Clarksville did not field another professional team until 1996 with

1748-647: The KITTY League in 1946 with the Colts, who played their home games at Goodrich Park . They lost their season opener, 11–0, to the Hopkinsville Hoppers before a home audience of around 3,000 people on May 8. The Colts gained their first win the next evening, beating the Hoppers 11–6. Clarksville ended their first season in fifth place, just missing the playoffs, with a record of 58–67 (.464). The team became known as

1824-593: The Majestic (with 600 seats) and the Capitol (with 900 seats). John Outlaw, a local aviator, established Outlaw Field in 1929. With the entry of the United States into World War II, defense investments were made in the area. In 1942 construction started on Camp Campbell (now known as Fort Campbell ), the new army base ten miles (16 km) northwest of the city. It was capable of holding 23,000 troops, and as staffing built up,

1900-587: The Red River. Nine years later, the Clarksville- Hopkinsville Turnpike was built. Railroad service came to the town on October 1, 1859, in the form of the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad . The line later connected to other railroads at Paris, Tennessee and at Guthrie, Kentucky . By the start of the Civil War , the combined population of the city and the county was 20,000. Planters in

1976-611: The Regulator Movement. The terms Regulation and Regulator were introduced in the Regulator Advertisement in 1768. While small acts of violence had been taking place for some time, mainly out of resentment, the first organized conflict was in Mecklenburg County in 1765. Settlers in the region, who were there illegally, forced away surveyors of the region assigned with designating land. Minor clashes followed for

2052-479: The Regulator side. Afterwards Tryon conducted a campaign of terror against the population and hanged outlaw Regulators, burned people's homes, and forced oaths out of the population. Six Regulators were rapidly tried and hanged for their part in the uprising. Following the battle, Tryon's militia army traveled through Regulator territory, where he had Regulators and Regulator sympathizers sign loyalty oaths and destroyed

2128-441: The Regulators entered Hillsborough, broke up the court, and dragged those they saw as corrupt officials through the streets. The mob attempted to have the judge try the cases that were pending against several Regulator leaders, including Husband. The presiding Judge Richard Henderson quickly adjourned the court until the next morning to avoid being forced to make a ruling in the presence of an angry mob of Regulators, and escaped in

2204-562: The Salisbury-Hillsborough Road Tryon met the Regulators with 1,000 men and 8 cannons. After ordering them to disperse and waiting for an hour they opened fire with cannons and muskets on to the crowd. The battle lasted 2 hours and involved 1% of the North Carolinian population at the time and most of its prominent people. The battle was over with nine deaths for the governor's forces and about 100 killed and 200 wounded on

2280-629: The Union. The USS Cairo tied up in Clarksville for a couple of days before moving to participate in the capture of Nashville . Between 1862 and 1865, the city shifted hands, but the Union retained control. It also controlled the city's newspaper, The Leaf Chronicle , for three years. Many slaves who had been freed or escaped gathered in Clarksville and joined the Union Army lines. The army set up contraband camps in mid-Tennessee cities, to provide shelter for

2356-647: The area depended on enslaved African Americans as workers in the labor-intensive tobacco industry, one of the major commodity crops. In 1861, both Clarksville and Montgomery counties voted unanimously for the state to secede and join the Confederate States of America . The birthplace of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was about 20 miles across the border in Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky . Both sides considered Clarksville to be of strategic importance. Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston set up

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2432-462: The arrival of Royal Governor William Tryon in 1765, volatile conditions in North Carolina increasingly worsened. Many of the officers were greedy and often would band together with other local officials for their own personal gain. The entire system depended on the integrity of local officials, many of whom engaged in extortion; taxes collected often enriched the tax collectors directly. The system

2508-417: The arrival of the ships. White flags flew over Ft. Defiance and over Ft. Clark. Those town citizens who could get away, left as well. Before leaving, Confederate soldiers tried to burn the railroad bridge that crossed the Cumberland River, so that the Union could not use it. But the fire did not take hold and was put out before it could destroy the bridge. This railroad bridge made Clarksville very important to

2584-669: The base gave a huge boost to the population and economy of Clarksville. In 1954, the Clarksville Memorial Hospital was founded along Madison Street. Downtown, the Lillian was renamed the Roxy Theater, and today it still hosts plays and performances weekly. The Roxy has been used as a backdrop for numerous photo shoots , films , documentaries , music videos and television commercials ; most notably for Sheryl Crow 's Grammy Award-winning song " All I Wanna Do ." Since 1980,

2660-401: The body of a long deceased slave was placed upon the lawyers' bar. The mob continued to destroy shops and property in the town, and ultimately brought their destruction to Fanning's personal residence. After destroying all of the furniture and drinking all of his alcohol, they picked apart his entire house. Henderson's barn, along with his stables and home, were burned to the ground. They cracked

2736-583: The burden on former Regulators and allowed them to be assimilated back into society. Edmund Fanning was the main opposition to the Regulators. A graduate of Yale College , he was generally regarded by his friends as well-disciplined and firm. He held many political offices in Orange County. He was once found guilty of embezzling money (along with Francis Nash) but was fined only one penny per charge. North Carolina's colonial court met in Hillsborough . In 1768,

2812-769: The campus of Austin Peay State University . Public high schools (grades 9–12) in Clarksville-Montgomery County: Most of the city is in the Clarksville-Montgomery system. Portions in Fort Campbell are instead use the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) as their school district. Private schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County include: Clarksville is served commercially by Nashville International Airport but also has

2888-600: The church bell of the Church of England but stopped short of looting the church. There were several different publications and petitions circulated to promote the end of taxation and other issues. A number of influential members of the area communities signed the Regulator Advertisement and the Regulator Petition , of which there were several versions of each. Each document identified concerns and issues relevant to

2964-399: The colonies had once been predominantly composed of planters with an agricultural economy. Merchants and lawyers began to move west, upsetting the social and political structure. They were joined by new Scots-Irish immigrants, who populated the backcountry. At the same time, the local inland agricultural community suffered from a deep economic depression because of severe droughts throughout

3040-417: The docket increased nearly sixteen-fold, from seven annually to 111 in Orange County, North Carolina, alone. Such court cases could often lead to planters losing their homes and property, so they grew to resent the presence of the newcomers. The shift in population and politics eventually led to an imbalance within the colony's courthouses, and the new and well-educated lawyers used their superior knowledge of

3116-560: The domain of the Cherokee tribe, who required negotiation of a lease with the settlers. As the lease was being celebrated, a Cherokee warrior was murdered by a white man. Through diplomacy, Robertson made peace with the Cherokee, who had threatened to expel the settlers by force. In March 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1,200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, including Cherokee leaders such as Attakullakulla , Oconostota , and Dragging Canoe . In

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3192-404: The eastern regions of North Carolina, mostly unaffected by the issues with local sheriffs. Husband retained very little control over the Regulators, who generally went against his policies of winning over public sentiment and committed acts of minor violence at regular intervals. Another Regulator leader was James Hunter. He refused to take command of the Regulators after Husband's departure before

3268-454: The election of candidates favored by the majority in each city. It closed out minorities from being able to elect candidates of their choice to represent them in local government. Clarksville changed its government system, and in the 21st century, has a 12-member city council elected from single-member districts , which has increased the range of representation. In 2015, four of the members were African American, and eight were white. The mayor

3344-410: The fastest-growing large cities in Tennessee. At its present rate of growth, the city was expected to displace Chattanooga by 2020 as the fourth-largest city in Tennessee. The first Montgomery County courthouse was in 1796. It was replaced by a second courthouse built in 1805, and a third in 1806. The fourth courthouse, in 1811, and was the first to be built of brick . In 1843, a courthouse was built at

3420-787: The former runway. Cobb Field is no longer displayed on VFR sectional charts available from the FAA . Clarksville Transit System has 10 bus routes, and the service operates Mondays-Saturdays. Clarksville's nicknames have included The Queen City , Queen of the Cumberland , and Gateway to the New South. In April 2008, the city adopted "Tennessee's Top Spot!" as its new brand nickname. [REDACTED] Gunpo, Gyeonggi , South Korea Regulator movement William Tryon Herman Husband Benjamin Merrill  ( POW )  [REDACTED] The Regulator Movement in North Carolina , also known as

3496-496: The freedmen families. Other freed slaves lived along the side of the river in shanties. The Army enlisted freedmen in all-black regiments , in some cases putting them to work in building defenses. The 16th United States Colored Infantry regiment was mustered in at Clarksville in 1863. After the war, the city began Reconstruction , and in 1872, the existing railroad was purchased by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad . The city

3572-448: The highest cumulative amount of 142 mm in the form of rain. The wet season runs from February through July, while the dry season runs from August through January with a September nadir of 85 mm and secondary December peak of 125 mm. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 166,722 people, 58,985 households, and 39,595 families residing in the city. Notable industrial employers in Clarksville include: Clarksville

3648-517: The land grant program. Since the area of Clarksville had been surveyed and sectioned into plots, it was identified as a territory deemed ready for settlement. The land was available to be settled by the families of eligible soldiers as repayment of service to their country. On January 16, 1784, John Armstrong filed notice with the Legislature of North Carolina to create the town of Clarksville, named after General George Rogers Clark . Even before it

3724-404: The law to their sometimes unjust advantage. A small clique of wealthy officials formed an exclusive inner circle in charge of the legal affairs of the area. The group was seen as a " courthouse ring " made up of officials who grabbed most of the political power for themselves. The abuse of the justice system was exacerbated by the tax-collecting local sheriffs supported by the courts. In many cases,

3800-446: The leadership of Captain Benjamin Merrill . Realizing his force was outnumbered, he fell back to Salisbury . Two days later, on May 11, 1771, having received word of the retreat from a messenger, Tryon sent the force to support General Waddell. He intentionally chose a path which would lead his forces through Regulator territory. By May 14, 1771, his militia troops had reached Alamance and set up camp. Leaving about 70 men behind to guard

3876-513: The main leaders remained in hiding until 1772, when they were no longer considered outlaws. Many Regulators moved further west into places such as Tennessee , notably establishing both the Watauga Association in 1772 and the State of Franklin in 1784. After 1775, many of the ex-Regulators who remained in North Carolina became Loyalists and opposed the American Revolution . In the late 1760s

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3952-420: The majority of the backcountry population of North and South Carolina, and the wealthy planter elite, who comprised about 5% of the population but maintained almost total control of the government. The stated primary aim of the Regulators was to form an honest government and reduce taxation. The wealthy businessmen/politicians who ruled North Carolina saw it as a threat to their power. Ultimately, they brought in

4028-403: The methods Tryon had used to win the battle. The use of a riot act and the execution of rebellion leaders after the battle was frowned upon. Reports also indicated that battlefield misconduct had taken place on the governor's side, including giving the farmers a one-hour warning period before the battle began, and subsequently breaking that agreement to bombard them with artillery fire. Many of

4104-408: The militia to crush the rebellion and hanged its leaders. It is estimated that out of the 8,000 people living in Orange County at the time, some 6,000 to 7,000 supported the Regulators. Herman Husband became one of the unofficial leaders of the Regulators. Husband was from Maryland , born into a Quaker family. One of the major flaws in Husband's campaign was he tried to invite good relations with

4180-412: The newly established town had 22 stores, including a bakery and silversmith. In 1820, steamboats begin to navigate the Cumberland, bringing hardware, coffee, sugar, fabric, and glass. The city exported flour, tobacco, cotton, and corn to ports such as New Orleans and Pittsburgh along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In 1829, the first bridge connecting Clarksville to New Providence was built over

4256-436: The next several years in almost every western county, but the only true battle of the movement was the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771. Governor Tryon and his forces, which numbered just over 1,000, with roughly 150 officers, arrived at Hillsborough on May 9, 1771. At the same time, General Hugh Waddell , supporting the governor, en route with a contingent of 236 militia, was met by a large contingent of Regulators under

4332-401: The night. The Regulators rioted, destroying public and private property alike. Fanning was among the lawyers beaten, found after taking refuge in a shop neighboring the courthouse. According to Judge Henderson, Fanning's beating was so severe that "one of his eyes was almost beaten out." The courthouse was systematically and symbolically vandalized. Human waste was placed on the judge's seat, and

4408-403: The north side of Franklin Street between Front and Second Street. The Public Spring was on Lot #74, on the northeast corner of Spring and Commerce Streets. Weakley built the first cabin there in January 1786, and about February or March, Col. Montgomery came there and had a cabin built, which was the second house in Clarksville. After an official survey by James Sanders, Clarksville was founded by

4484-402: The population of Clarksville has more than doubled. This increase was due in part to annexation, as the city acquired communities such as New Providence and Saint Bethlehem . The construction of Interstate 24 north of Saint Bethlehem added to its development potential and in the early 21st century, much of the growth along U.S. Highway 79 is commercial retail. Clarksville is currently one of

4560-462: The position, he moved the remainder of his force, slightly under 1,000 men and 8 cannons, to find the Regulators. About 10 miles (16 km) away, a force of approximately 2,000 Regulators (by some accounts, 6,000), was gathered mainly as a display of force and not a standing army. The general Regulator strategy was to scare the governor with a show of superior numbers in order to force the governor to give in to their demands. On May 16, 1771, along

4636-431: The present state of Kentucky. Henderson's purchase was in violation of North Carolina and Virginia law, as well as the Royal Proclamation of 1763 , which prohibited private purchase of American Indian land. Henderson may have mistakenly believed that a newer British legal opinion had made such land purchases legal. All of present-day Tennessee was once recognized as Washington County, North Carolina . Created in 1777 from

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4712-401: The previous decade. The loss of crops cost farmers their food source as well as their primary means of income, which led many to rely on the goods being brought by newly arrived merchants. Due to income loss, the local planters often fell into debt. The merchants, in turn, relied on lawyers and the court to settle disputes. Debts were common at the time, and from 1755 to 1765, the cases brought to

4788-401: The properties of the most active Regulators. He also raised taxes to pay for his militia's defeat of the Regulators. At the time of their defeat at Alamance, public opinion was decidedly against the Regulators. They were seen as "lawless desperadoes," and Governor Tryon was praised for his actions in stamping out the rebellion. As news articles spread the word of his victory, Tryon was branded

4864-437: The river eastward) were named Water (now Riverside Drive), Spring, First, Second, and Third Streets. The tobacco trade in the area was growing larger every year and in 1789, Montgomery and Martin Armstrong persuaded lawmakers to designate Clarksville as an inspection point for tobacco. When Tennessee was founded as a state on June 1, 1796, the area around Clarksville and to the east was named Tennessee County. (This county

4940-425: The sheriffs and the courts held sole control over their local regions. Historian William S. Powell writes that these local officials were perceived to be "unjust and dishonest", having engaged in extortion, embezzlement, and other schemes to benefit themselves. One early protest was the Nutbush Address, given by George Sims on June 6, 1765. George was from Nutbush (later Williamsboro, North Carolina ). This address

5016-473: The warmer climates of the Gulf of Mexico and the colder ones of the Midwest . Freezing temperatures are not uncommon but usually the averages are above zero in January (around 2 °C) and in July can often pass through 25 °C. Snow in winter is common, but large accumulated amounts are more sporadic; usually the soil is covered by a thin layer during some time of winter. Precipitation is abundant year-round without any major difference, but May tends to have

5092-470: The western areas of Burke and Wilkes Counties, Washington County had as a precursor a Washington District of 1775–76, which was the first political entity named for the Commander-in-Chief of American forces in the Revolution. In 1779, Hadley W. and Hannah W. brought a group of settlers from upper East Tennessee via Daniel Boone 's Wilderness Road . Hadley and Hannah later built an iron plantation in Cumberland Furnace . A year later, John Donelson led

5168-433: Was a protest about provincial and county officials and the fees they charged residents of Granville County . This later led to the "Regulator Movement" in North Carolina. In 1764, several thousand people from North Carolina, mainly from Orange, Granville, and Anson counties in the western region, were dissatisfied with the wealthy North Carolina officials, whom they considered cruel, arbitrary, tyrannical and corrupt. With

5244-414: Was designated as a town to be settled in part by soldiers from the disbanded Continental Army that served under General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War . At the end of the war, the federal government lacked sufficient funds to repay the soldiers, so the Legislature of North Carolina, in 1790, designated the lands to the west of the state line as federal lands that could be used in

5320-427: Was endorsed by Governor Tryon, who feared losing the support of the various county officials. The effort to eliminate the system of government became known as the Regulator Uprising, War of the Regulation, or the Regulator War. The most heavily affected areas were said to be those of Rowan , Anson, Orange, Granville, Cumberland , and Dobbs counties. It was a struggle between mostly lower-class citizens, who made up

5396-421: Was established in 1788, by North Carolina.) Later, Tennessee County was broken up into modern day Montgomery and Robertson counties, named to honor the men who first opened up the region for settlement. Clarksville grew at a rapid pace. By 1806, the town realized the need for an educational institution, and it established the Rural Academy that year. It was later replaced by the Mount Pleasant Academy. By 1819,

5472-464: Was first surveyed by Thomas Hutchins in 1768. He identified Red Paint Hill, a rock bluff at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers, as a navigational landmark. In the years between 1771 and 1775, John Montgomery , the namesake of the county, along with Kasper Mansker , visited the area while on a hunting expedition. In 1771, James Robertson led a group of 12 or 13 families involved with

5548-567: Was flourishing until the Great Fire of 1878, which destroyed 15 acres (60,000 m ) of downtown Clarksville's business district, including the courthouse and many other historic buildings. It was believed to have started in a Franklin Street store. After the fire, the city rebuilt. The first automobile rolled into town, drawing much excitement. In 1913, the Lillian Theater was opened on Franklin Street and owned by Joseph Goldberg . In 1914, it

5624-456: Was home to several Minor League Baseball teams that played in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League during the first half of the 20th century. They were called the Clarksville Villagers (1903), Grays (1904), Volunteers (1910 and 1916), Billies (1911), Rebels (1912), Boosters (1913–1914), Owls (1916), and Colts (1947–1949). It also hosted a team of the independent Big South League and Heartland League from 1996 to 1997 called

5700-502: Was officially designated a town, lots had been sold. In October 1785, Col. Robert Weakley laid off the town of Clarksville for Martin Armstrong and Col. Montgomery, and Weakley had the choice of lots for his services. He selected Lot #20 at the northeast corner of Spring and Main Streets. The town consisted of 20 'squares' of 140 lots and 44 out lots. The original Court House was on Lot #93, on

5776-682: Was severely damaged in a fire, but reopened later in 1915. It was later renamed the Roxy after renovations in 1941. As World War I raged in Europe , many locals volunteered to go, reaffirming Tennessee as the Volunteer State, a nickname earned during the War of 1812 , the Mexican–American War and other earlier conflicts. Also during this time, women's suffrage was becoming a major issue. Clarksville women saw

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