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Rockwood was built on the land of the Cherokee. The village of Chief Tallentuskie was located in what is now the corporate city limits of Rockwood.

In 1868, just after the Civil War had ended, Union General John T. Wilder's Lightening Brigade made an encampment that was to be the beginning of the development of the City of Rockwood. It was during this encampment that Wilder saw evidence of an abundance of iron and coal in the Walden Ridge area. Wilder was known for his cunning tactics which were borrowed from a Confederate officer and noted strategist, General Nathan B. Forrest. Wilder befriended Forrest after the war and was actually accepted as an honorary member in Forrest's Cavalry Brigade because of his efforts to bring industry into the South. After the war Wilder, known as the "Friendly Carpetbagger" because of the enterprises he started in the South following the Civil War and his efforts to hire former Confederate soldiers as employees in his enterprises, returned to the Rockwood area to begin his entrepreneurial life. The Roane Iron Company was formed to mine and process the previously discovered iron deposits. The company prospered and the population quickly grew.

The city was named Rockwood after William O. Rockwood, who was a major stockholder and first president of the Roane Iron Company. Rockwood was to become one of the first major industrial developments in the South following the war.

The same spirit of promoting growth through industry and business is still alive in Rockwood, where the city seeks a bright future while preserving its history.

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