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Few cities are so identified with a song as
CHATTANOOGA
, in the southeast corner of Tennessee. Though visitors expecting Tex Beneke's and Glenn Miller's
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
may be let down to find that there is no longer even an Amtrak service, the town continues to celebrate its railroad history, and has plenty more to offer besides - not least its beautiful location on a deep bend in the
Tennessee River
, walled in by forested plateaus on three sides. This setting led John Ross, of Scottish and Cherokee ancestry, to found a trading post on the spot in 1815, and its strategic importance made it a great prize during the Civil War; victories here in 1863 were the springboard for Sherman's march through Georgia.
The Town
The centerpiece of Chattanooga's twenty miles of reclaimed riverfront is
Ross's Landing
(the town's original name), a park at the bottom of Broad Street. Here the splendid five-story
Tennessee Aquarium
traces the aquatic life of...
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