History of the TN State Fairgrounds

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CAPTAIN JOHN RAINS (Pioneer hunter and settler)On Christmas 1779 he led his family and livestock across the frozen Cumberland and settled in this vicinity. In 1784 he built a fort that enclosed the spring 75 yards east. At James Robertson's orders he often led a company of scouts against Indians. His home was on this hell until he died in 1834, age 81.


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