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In 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, the legislature of the Southwest Territory chartered Blount College in Knoxville as one of the first three colleges established west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1807, the school changed its name to East Tennessee College. The school relocated to a 40-acre tract, known today as "the Hill," in 1828 and was renamed East Tennessee University in 1840. The Civil War literally shut down the university.
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"The University of Tennessee has its origins in Blount College, founded in 1794 and named after territorial governor William Blount even before Tennessee was a state. The last scholarly history of the university appeared in 1978, but this book presents a very different treatment. It seeks nothing less than to be a social history of the university, fully integrating historical context, and allowing the book's central 'character'--the university itself--to...
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