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press release
Media Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Cindy Milligan 423-424-4267
SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE FACTS
- Home of the Cherokee National Forest
- Home of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
- Home to state areas, including:
- Red Clay State Park
- Fall Creek Falls State Park
- South Cumberland State Park
- Booker T. Washing State Park
- Harrison Bay State Park
- Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
- Prentice Cooper State Forest
- Bledsoe State Forest
- Home of the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge (sandhill & whooping cranes)
- Home of the Yuchi State Wildlife Refuge (cranes, waterfowl)
- Home of the Nickajack Cave Refuge (bats)
- Home of the Tennessee River Gorge
- Home of the world-class Tennessee Aquarium
- Home of the world-famous “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
- Home to Rock City & Ruby Falls
- Home of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial
- Home of the Buttonwillow Church Civil War Dinner Theater
- Home to the Hiwassee River Rail excursion/Tennessee Valley Railroad
- Home of Mayfield Dairy farm
- Home of the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park
- Home of the Ocoee River (1996 Olympic Canoe and Kayak Slalom Competition)
- Home of the Scopes Trial Museum & Rhea County Courthouse
- Home of the hang-gliding capital of the Eastern United States
- Home of the National Cornbread Festival
- Home to Tennessee’s oldest bakery – The Old Dutch Maid Bakery
- Home of the World’s longest yard sale on Hwy 127
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Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association works to promote tourism in ten counties in Southeast Tennessee. For more information, go online to www.southeasttennessee.com or call 423-424-4267.
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