Oct 21st 2015, 23:53:02
A suggested post on my Facebook page has prompted this post, so here's the game: You pick a curious/interesting/little know story from your local area and share it with the rest of us.
I'll start:
The Curious Case of Moccasin Bend: https://rootsrated.com/...utm_campaign=dark_october
Moccasin Bend was a home for the original inhabitants of the Chattanooga area from the time of the Paleo-Indians until eight years after the Indian Removal Act passed. After that, the lands were divided among the settlers until the civil war turned the bend into a strategic point in the Battles of Chattanooga. After the civil war, Moccasin Bend languished until plans were almost made to turn the peninsula into a recreation area, but the Great Depression came. After World War II, a tug of war between industry and preservationist took hold with industry nominally winning, but no large scale industrial operations ever coming. What did come was a mental institution, landfill, water treatment facility, and Chattanooga Police Department/Hamilton County Sheriffs Office gun range. Now, the mental institution and gun range are looking for new homes and plan to vacate Moccasin Bend at some point in the near future.
I'll start:
The Curious Case of Moccasin Bend: https://rootsrated.com/...utm_campaign=dark_october
Moccasin Bend was a home for the original inhabitants of the Chattanooga area from the time of the Paleo-Indians until eight years after the Indian Removal Act passed. After that, the lands were divided among the settlers until the civil war turned the bend into a strategic point in the Battles of Chattanooga. After the civil war, Moccasin Bend languished until plans were almost made to turn the peninsula into a recreation area, but the Great Depression came. After World War II, a tug of war between industry and preservationist took hold with industry nominally winning, but no large scale industrial operations ever coming. What did come was a mental institution, landfill, water treatment facility, and Chattanooga Police Department/Hamilton County Sheriffs Office gun range. Now, the mental institution and gun range are looking for new homes and plan to vacate Moccasin Bend at some point in the near future.
-Angel1