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Excerpt from A Brief Summary of the Resources of Tennessee: For the Homeseek, Investor, Business Man, Farmer and Others With the Opening Of the Panama Canal in 1913, there will be Offered to the Southern States a gateway to the Pacific coast Of both North and South America, and to all Of the Orient, through which they will have decided advantages over their more distant neighbors to the north. Aside, therefore, from the phenomenal growth that these states have had during the last few years, they seem to be on the threshold Of a still greater Opportunity. The wide-awake manufacturers, miners, and capitalists all over the country are alive to this opportunity, and they, as well as farmers and mechanics, are looking to the South for chances for investment and work. This short bulletin is intended to present in a few words a clear, reliable statement Of the State's resources - mineral, agricultural and forest, and in addition a picture of the State's character as a place to live and grow up in, both in the city and the country. The pictures Show the character Of the country, give some idea Of city improvements and illustrate some Of the more typical industries. For fuller information, the reader is referred to the list Of Survey publications at the back Of this bulletin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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