Second Floor
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  • M-F: 8:30am - 5pm
865-215-8824, eths@eastTNhistory.org
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First Floor
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  • M-F: 9am - 4pm
  • Sat: 10am - 4pm
  • Sun: 1pm - 5pm
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Third Floor
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  • M-Tu: 9 am - 8:30 pm
  • W-F: 9 am - 5:30 pm
  • Sat: 9 am - 5 pm
  • Sun: 1 - 5 pm
865-215-8801
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Second Floor
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  • M-F: 8 am - 4:30 pm
865-215-8800
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Sept 21

September 21, 1807

On this day in 1807, Kingston, Tennessee became the capital of Tennessee for one day. The Cherokee had been promised that if they ceded land in Roane County, the state capital would be moved there.  Having fulfilled this promise, the Tennessee General Assembly moved their meeting and the capital back to Knoxville the next day.

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East Tennessee Historical Society
M-F: 8:30am - 5pm
865-215-8824, eths@eastTNhistory.org
Museum of East Tennessee History
M-F: 9am - 4pm • Sat: 10am - 4pm • Sun: 1pm - 5pm
865-215-8830
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
M-Tu: 9 am - 8:30 pm • W-F: 9 am - 5:30 pm • Sat: 9 am - 5 pm • Sun: 1 - 5 pm
865-215-8801
Knox County Archives
M-F: 8 am - 4:30 pm
865-215-8800

601 South Gay Street
PO Box 1629
Knoxville, TN 37901-1629

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