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SLOGAN: VOLUNTEER STATE Airports: 5 ABBREVIATION: TN HOTELS / MOTELS / INNS BROWNSVILLE TENNESSEE COMFORT INN I-40 & SR 76 ex. 56 2600 Anderson Ave. - 38012 BROWNSVILLE TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (901) 772- 4082, www.comfortinn.com CARYVILLE/PIONEER TENNESSEE COMFORT INN 335 Howard Baker Highway, Pioneer - 37847 CARYVILLE/PIONEER TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 566-4400, www.comfortinn.com CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE AIRPORT INN 6650 Ringgold Road Chattanooga UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 423-894-1860 423-894-1860 CHATTANOOGA MARRIOTT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER Two Carter Plaza Chattanooga, TN 37402 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 756-0002 (423) 266-5147 CLARION HOTEL 407 Chestnut St. - 37402 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 756-5150 COMFORT INN 7717 Lee Hwy. - 37421 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 894-5454 COMFORT INN Lookout Mountain 3109 Parker Ln. - 37419 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 821-1499 State Dialling Code (Tel/Fax): ++1 615 COMFORT SUITES 2431 Williams St. - 37408 CHATTANOOGA Tennessee Department of Tourism Development: Rachel Jackson Building, TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 265-0008, 320 Sixth Avenue North, Fifth Floor, Nashville, TN 37243 Tel: 741 2159 or 800 836 www.comfortsuites.com 6200 (toll free) Fax: 741 7225 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tnvacation.com COMFORT SUITES 7324 Shallowford Rd. - 37421-2626 CHATTANOOGA Nashville GMT – 5 Capital: Time: TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 892-1500, Background: Tennessee entered the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. www.comfortsuites.com Many battles of the American Civil War were fought there. Tennessee had an COURTYARD 2210 Bams Drive Chattanooga, TN 37421 CHATTANOOGA agricultural economy until the mid-20th century, when service industries and TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 423/499-4400 423/499-2642, manufacturing became predominant. Nashville, the state’s capital, is noted as a centre www.marriott.com of country and western music, and Memphis, its largest city, was a major site for the HERITAGE INN 7641 Lee Highway Chattanooga UNITED STATES OF development of blues and jazz music. The city of Oak Ridge is a leading centre for the AMERICA 423-899-3311 423-899-4259 research and development of nuclear power. Presidents Andrew Jackson, James MAINSTAY SUITES 7030 Amin Drive - 37421 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE Polk, and Andrew Johnson lived in Tennessee. The name of the state is taken from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 485-9424 the Tennessee River, the name of which is derived from that of a Cherokee village. QUALITY INN 7624 Hamilton Park Drive - 37421 CHATTANOOGA Tennessee is called the “Volunteer State”. Its major cities are Nashville (the capital), TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 499-1993 Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. QUALITY INN Downtown 2000 E. 23rd. St. - 37404 CHATTANOOGA Population: According to the 1990 census, Tennessee had 4,877,185 inhabitants, TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 622-8353 an increase of 6.2 per cent over 1980. The population estimate for 1997 was RADISSON READ HOUSE HOTEL & SUITES 827 Broad Street Chattanooga, 5,368,198. The average population density in 1990 was 45 people per sq km (116 per TN 37402 CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA sq mi). Whites made up 83 per cent of the population and blacks 16 per cent; +1-423-266-4121 +1-423-267-6447 www.radisson.com/chattanoogatn additional population groups included 9,859 Native Americans, 5,911 people of Asian ROYAL INN 3644 Cummings Highway Chattanooga UNITED STATES OF Indian background, 5,653 people of Chinese descent, 4,508 people of Korean AMERICA 423-821-6840 423-821-6840 ancestry, 3,440 people of Japanese extraction, 3,032 people of Filipino descent, and SLEEP INN 2351 Shallowford Village Dr. - 37421 CHATTANOOGA 2,062 people of Vietnamese origin. Approximately 32,700 people were of Latino TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 894-5333 background. RIVER TERRACE 847 S Main Cheboygan UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Location: Tennessee (state), one of the eastern states of the United States, 616-627-5688 616-627-2472 bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia; on the east by North Carolina; on the CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE south by Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; and on the west by Arkansas and COMFORT INN 1112 SR 76 - 37043 CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE UNITED Missouri. The Mississippi River forms the western boundary. STATES OF AMERICA (931) 358-2020, www.comfortinn.com Area: Tennessee has an area of 109,155 sq km (42,145 sq mi); 5.1 per cent of its COMFORT INN North 111 Westfield Dr., I-24 & SR 79 - 37040 CLARKSVILLE land area is owned by the federal government. The state is roughly rhomboid in TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (931) 647-6144 shape, and its extreme dimensions are 790 km (491 mi) from east to west and 185 km EXECUTIVE INN 250 Holiday Rd Clarksville UNITED STATES OF AMERICA If it does not say Intercontex it is not The International Hotel and Travel Directory Directory and Travel Hotel International The it is not Intercontex say does not Ifit (115 mi) from north to south. Elevations range from 56 m (182 ft), along the 931-552-3330 931-552-3485 Mississippi River, to 2,025 m (6,643 ft), from the top of Clingmans Dome, in the east. GREEN TREE INN 1425 Broadway Clarksville UNITED STATES OF The approximate mean elevation in the state is 274 m (900 ft). AMERICA 812-288-9281 812-288-9281 Industries: Mining accounts for less than 1 per cent of the annual gross state QUALITY INN Downtown 803 N. 2nd St. - 37040 CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE product. Among the most important minerals are bituminous coal, phosphate rock, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (931) 645-9084 gemstones, limestone, cement, sand and gravel, copper, silver, clay, natural gas, and CLEVELAND TENNESSEE oil. The state also ranks high among the US states in the output of marble, and, along COMFORT INN 153 James Asbury Dr. - 37312 CLEVELAND TENNESSEE with Missouri, is a leading producer of zinc. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 478-5265, www.comfortinn.com Agriculture contributes about 1.5 per cent of the annual gross state product. Leading QUALITY INN Chalet 2595 Georgetown Rd. - 37311 CLEVELAND commodities are cattle and calves, dairy products, pigs, broiler chickens, and chicken TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 476-8511 eggs. (The Tennessee walking horse is also raised in the Nashville area.) Soya beans are the most valuable crop, followed by tobacco, hay, cotton, corn, wheat, sorghum, CLINTON TENNESSEE beans, tomatoes, apples, and peaches. COMFORT INN 120 Welcome Lane - 37716 CLINTON TENNESSEE UNITED Forests cover nearly half of the state. The most important commercial tree varieties STATES OF AMERICA (423) 457-2255, www.comfortinn.com are hickory, yellow pine, red and white oak, and tulip poplar. The manufacture of timber FRONTIER MOTOR INN 2300 Lincolnway Clinton UNITED STATES OF and wood products, wooden household furniture, and paper and paper products is of AMERICA 319-242-7112 319-242-7117 major economic importance. HILLSIDE INN Hwy 65 & 65B Box 308 Clinton UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The state’s large lakes and its many small streams offer excellent opportunities for 501-745-4700 501-745-2783 recreational fishing. The size of the commercial catch is small; however, the raising of TRADE WINDS COURTYARD INN 2128 Gary Blvd Clinton UNITED STATES catfish and trout is important on some farms. OF AMERICA 405-323-2610 405-323-4655 Manufacturing accounts for about 24 per cent of the annual gross state product. COMFORT INN 1017 N Main St - 46120 CLOVERDALE INDIANA UNITED Leading manufactured goods include chemicals, clothing and textiles, industrial STATES OF AMERICA (317) 795-5011, www.comfortinn.com ©Copyrights Tennessee ®Design Intercontex The Intercontex I.H.T.- Over 150,000 Subscribers Tennessee I.H.T. COLUMBIA TENNESSEE SLEEP INN & SUITES,335 Parkway,Gatlinburg, TN 37738, United States,(865) COMFORT INN 1544 Bear Creek Pike - 38401 COLUMBIA TENNESSEE UNITED 436-9945, www.sleepinn.com THE JACK HUFF'S GATLINBURG HOTEL AND MOTOR LODGE,204 STATES OF AMERICA (931) 380-2664, www.comfortinn.com Cherokee Orchard Road,Gatlinburg, TN 37738, United States,(800) 322-1817 COOKEVILLE TENNESSE www.jackhuffs.com COMFORT SUITES 1035 Interstate Drive - 38501 COOKEVILLE TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (931) 372-1881 GORDONSVILLE TENNESSEE THUNDERBIRD MOTEL 900 South Jefferson Avenue Cookeville UNITED STATES COMFORT INN 479 Gordenville Hwy - 38563 GORDONSVILLE TENNESSEE OF AMERICA 931-526-7115 931-526-7115 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (615) 683-1300, www.comfortinn.com GREENVILLE/BULLS GAP TENNESSEE COMFORT INN 50 Speedway Ln., Bulls Gap - 37711 GREENVILLE/BULLS GAP TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 235-9111, www.comfortinn.com JACKSON TENNESSEE COMFORT INN 1963 US 45 Bypass - 38305 JACKSON TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (901) 668-4100, www.comfortinn.com JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE COMFORT INN 1900 S. Roan St. - 37604-3718 JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 928-9600, www.comfortinn.com COMFORT SUITES 3118 Browns Mill Rd. - 37604 JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 610-0010 OF JOHNSON CITY 569 Harry L Drive Johnson City UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 607-729-9194 607-729-3205 SLEEP INN 925 West Oakland Ave - 36704 JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 915-0081 KINGSPORT TENNESSEE COMFORT INN 100 Indian Center Ct. - 37660 KINGSPORT TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 378-4418 COMFORT INN South 4624 Fairlane Dr. - 37663 KINGSPORT TENNESSEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (423) 239-7447, www.comfortinn.com COMFORT INN 905 N.