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BRICEVILLE, TN. HISTORY AND FACTS PAGE
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FACTS and HISTORY
THE TOWN BRICEVILLE, TN
Briceville, TN
Briceville Community Church built in 1888 by Welsh immigrant miners
Briceville is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is named for rail tycoon and one-term Democratic U.S. Senator Calvin S. Brice of Ohio, who was instrumental in bringing railroad service to the town.
Briceville is a community located in Anderson County at latitude 36.178 and longitude -84.185. The elevation is 912 feet
Briceville's economy was historically based on coal mining. The town was originally called "Nantglo" by the Welsh miners that founded the town.
'Welsh' means from Wales, England
Nantyglo is located in South Whales.
Nantyglo's English meaning is "Brook or stream of Coal"
Briceville was the site of three memorable incidents, the Coal Creek War in 1891, the Fraterville Mine Disaster of 1902, and the Cross Mountain Mine Disaster of 1911.
Coal Creek War 1891:
The Coal Creek War grew out of worker opposition to the system of leasing prisoners to businesses, thus reducing the value of conventional labor.[1] On July 14, 1891, about 300 miners surrounded the prison stockade at Briceville, where convicts had been working in the coal mines. The miners took control of the prisoners housed there, marched them and their guards five miles to Coal Creek (now Lake City), loaded them onto railroad boxcars, and shipped them to Knoxville. The miners asked Governor John P. Buchanan to intervene to protect the rights of labor. Buchanan met with the miners, but first ordered the state militia to restore order in Briceville and return the convicts to work in the mines. He urged the miners to seek justice through the court system. [1]
The Tennessee Militia encampment sent to enforce prison labor working the mines.
The miners conducted another guerrilla action on July 20, and Buchanan called a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly to consider the issue of convict leasing. The legislature's only actions in the August special session were a measure to expand the power of the governor to act against insurrectionists and a resolution to abolish convict leasing after the current contracts expired.[1]
Image of miners preparing for battle
On October 31, miners again surrounded the stockade at Briceville, released the prisoners, and burned the buildings and stockade. On November 2 they raided the Cumberland Mine in Oliver Springs. By the end of December the rebellion was quashed and convict laborers returned to the mines, guarded by state militia. In 1893 the General Assembly voted to abolish convict leasing in 1896, when the leasing contract expired. Additionally, the legislators voted to build a new state prison, Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. [1]
[1] Convict Lease Wars, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
B>Fraterville Mine Disaster of 1902
mine entrance as it appeared in 1902
Cross Mountain Mine Disaster 1911
Cross Mountain Mine No. 1, Briceville, TN Mine Explosion 12/09/1911 17th left baricade behind which living men were found. It extended to roof but was pulled down by rescue corps to get at men.
The morning after the Cross Mountain Mine Disaster
BRICEVILLE ECONOMIC INFORMATION
As of 2007, Briceville's population is 1,675 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 6.38 percent.
Compared to the rest of the country, Briceville's cost of living is 30.77% Lower than the U.S. average.
Briceville public schools spend $4,761 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $6,058.
The unemployment rate in Briceville is 4.00 percent(U.S. avg. is 4.60%). Recent job growth is Positive. Briceville jobs have Increased by 3.46 percent
TENNESSEE FACTS
Ladybug The ladybug was assigned the official Tennessee insect in 1975. Tennesee's smallest state symbol, the ladybug is around four-tenths of an inch long, colored brightly, round, and has about four black spots on each wing. Ladybugs are very useful in Tennessee agriculture for controlling crop pests.
State Abbreviation - TN
State Capital - Nashville
Largest City - Memphis
Area - 42,146 square miles [Tennessee is the 36th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 5,689,283 (as of 2000) [Tennessee is the 16th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Tennesseans
Major Industries - mining (coal), electrical power, enriched uranium production, music, automobile manufacturing, farming (tobacco, cattle, soybeans, cotton), walking horses, tourism
Major Rivers - Tennessee River, Mississippi River, Cumberland River, Clinch River, Duck River
Major Lakes - Kentucky Lake, Norris Lake, Chickamauga Lake, Cherokee Lake, Tims Ford Reservoir
Highest Point - Clingmans Dome (located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park) - 6,643 feet (2,025 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia
Origin of the Name Tennessee - The name Tennessee came from a Cherokee village in the region that is called "Tanasie."
State Nickname - The Volunteer State
State Motto - "Agriculture and Commerce"
State Songs - My Homeland Tennessee, The Tennessee Waltz, When It's Iris Time in Tennessee, My Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee, and The Pride of Tennessee.
Tennessee State Symbols and Emblems:
State Flag:
The official state flag of Tennessee was adopted on April 17, 1905. This flag was designed by LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry. The three white stars in the center symbolize the three different geographical regions of Tennessee: the Great Smoky Mountains (in eastern Tennessee), the highlands (in central Tennessee) and the lowlands (in western Tennessee, by the Mississippi River). The white circle binds them together. The blue stripe along the margin was added for distinction when the flag is hanging; with the stripe, not only the red shows while the flag is hanging.
Official State Flag of Tennessee
State Bird: The Mockingbird
Mokingbird
State Wild Animal: Raccoon(Procynn lotor)
State Insects: Firefly and Ladybug (ladybird beetle)
State Butterfly: Zebra swallowtail (Eurptides marcellus)
Zebra swallowtail
State Flower: Iris (Genus Iridaceae)
Iris (Genus Iridaceae)
State Wildflower: Passion flower (Benus Passiflora)
State Tree: Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera )
State Gem: Tennessee River pearls (pearls from fresh water mussels)
State Rocks: Limestone and Agate
State Folk Dance: Square dance
 A Day at the Briceville Public Library
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 Ms. Epps pays Briceville a visit |
 Old Doctors Office
Briceville Community Church built by Welsh settlers in 1888
 (Odd Fellow) Opera House built in 1895, burned in 1918
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