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'''Swallow Bluff Island''' is a [[river island]] on the [[Tennessee River]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{GNIS|1303955}}</ref> The island is {{convert|69|acre}} in size.<ref name="Post">{{cite web | url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/article/20442981/new-owner-of-swallow-bluff-island-already-in-court | title=New owner of Swallow Bluff Island already in court | work=Nashville Post | accessdate=25 January 2018 | author=Wood, Nicki Pendleton}}</ref> The island was named for the [[swallow]]s which congregated there.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJ8KT_aU9pEC&pg=PA829|year=1886|publisher=Southern Historical Press|page=829| isbn=9780893080976 }}</ref> |
'''Swallow Bluff Island''' is a [[river island]] on the [[Tennessee River]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{GNIS|1303955}}</ref> The island is {{convert|69|acre}} in size.<ref name="Post">{{cite web | url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/article/20442981/new-owner-of-swallow-bluff-island-already-in-court | title=New owner of Swallow Bluff Island already in court | work=Nashville Post | accessdate=25 January 2018 | author=Wood, Nicki Pendleton}}</ref> The island was named for the [[swallow]]s which congregated there.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJ8KT_aU9pEC&pg=PA829|year=1886|publisher=Southern Historical Press|page=829| isbn=9780893080976 }}</ref> |
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Swallow Bluff Island contains the ancient [[Swallow Bluff Island Mounds]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Clarence Bloomfield|title=Aboriginal Sites on Tennessee River|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFL_LRrlUfgC&pg=PA208|year=1915|publisher=na|page=208}}</ref> The state of Tennessee sued a developer who in 1999 razed parts of the island for new |
Swallow Bluff Island contains the ancient [[Swallow Bluff Island Mounds]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Clarence Bloomfield|title=Aboriginal Sites on Tennessee River|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFL_LRrlUfgC&pg=PA208|year=1915|publisher=na|page=208}}</ref> The state of Tennessee sued a developer who in 1999 razed parts of the island for new home construction, damaging the mound in the process.<ref name="Post" /> |
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Latest revision as of 06:17, 19 March 2024
Swallow Bluff Island is a river island on the Tennessee River in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1] The island is 69 acres (28 ha) in size.[2] The island was named for the swallows which congregated there.[3]
Swallow Bluff Island contains the ancient Swallow Bluff Island Mounds.[4] The state of Tennessee sued a developer who in 1999 razed parts of the island for new home construction, damaging the mound in the process.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swallow Bluff Island
- ^ a b Wood, Nicki Pendleton. "New owner of Swallow Bluff Island already in court". Nashville Post. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Southern Historical Press. 1886. p. 829. ISBN 9780893080976.
- ^ Moore, Clarence Bloomfield (1915). Aboriginal Sites on Tennessee River. na. p. 208.
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