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Franklin
Tennessee
Evidently, Franklin,
Tennessee is taking on more popularity than it did in its earliest
days. Franklin, Tennessee, the tenth largest city in
Tennessee, is evolving with industry and economy and real estate, as
well as with efforts to preserve historical value on famous sites in
the city.
The month was November; the day was the thirtieth; and the year was
1864. It was four in the afternoon. The Civil War
was in full boom, and what was to be the finishing stroke to the
Independence of the Southern Confederacy occurred at Franklin,
Tennessee--according to 1st Tennessee Infantryman, Sam
Watkins. Also according to Watkins and others, it was
“the bloodiest battle of modern times…in any
war.” The battle, lasting only five hours, was also
fought on one of the smallest plots of land, a section that was no more
than two miles long and a mile and a half wide.
That land now holds some of the oldest of structures, historically
relevant and in commemoration: in the city of Franklin, Tennessee, for
example, rests the former war hospital used during the battle of
Franklin, Carnton Plantation, complete with cemetery. Also
there is Andrew Jackson’s home, The Hermitage, and such
infamous sites as the Belmont Mansion, occupied in summers at the time
of the war by one Adelicia Acklen, the ballsy belle who during the war
had the smarts and the bravada to negotiate with Union and Confederate
ranks, so she could get her cotton bales shipped on schedule (this
feat—getting 2,800 bales successfully through, yielded Acklen
$960,000).
Other real estate is nearly as sought after or revered. In
the Franklin and surrounding cities, towns, and counties, homes are
available from under 150,000 to over a half a million
dollars. And the homes are sprawling, spacious, manicured and
maintained—be they older homes…such as the
established Rebel Meadows mansion with the contemporary amenities and
fixtures, or custom-built homes…such as the 4-bedroom
Colonial with the coveted two fireplace and four-closet features or the
condo-living styled home in Prescott Place at Fieldstone Farms with the
three bedrooms and contemporary loft and huge back yard.
With a population of fewer than 50,000 in 2004, with such important
crime statistics as zero murders in 2003, 2002, and 2001, and with
healthy employment opportunities in industries from education to
manufacturing to finance to science to real estate, Franklin, Tennessee
(and its proponents) offers an ideal place to live.